MUMBAI (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron says he wants state-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland to speed up restructuring and has refused to rule out giving the government's share in the bank to the public. The government owns 82 percent of RBS after pumping in 45 billion pounds ($70 billion) of capital when the bank neared collapse in 2008. Speaking in India during a trip aimed at drumming up trade and investment, Cameron made it clear he was keen to return the bank to private ownership as soon as possible and wanted it to step up its efforts to overhaul itself. … Cameron wants RBS to speed restructuring
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron says he wants state-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland to speed up restructuring and has refused to rule out giving the government's share in the bank to the public. The government owns 82 percent of RBS after pumping i n 45 billion pounds of capital when the bank neared collapse in 2008. Speaking in India during a trip aimed at drumming up trade and investment, Cameron made it clear he was keen to return the bank to private ownership as soon as possible and wanted it to step up its efforts to overhaul itself. … 32 Myanmar nationals rescued at sea off Sri Lanka
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2 charged in Papua New Guinea 'witch' killing
SYDNEY (AP) -- Papua New Guinea police have charged two people with the grisly killing of a woman who was tortured and burned alive in front of hundreds of people, including young children, after being accused of witchcraft. Britain and India to agree cyber crime joint taskforce
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Britain and India are expected to agree to set up a joint task force to fight cyber crime on Tuesday, a move London hopes will help it safeguard the personal banking and mobile phone data of millions of Britons, much of which is stored on Indian servers. The agreement is expected to be sealed at a meeting between Prime Minister David Cameron and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi, one of the highlights of Cameron's three-day trade and investment trip to India. … Hancock to honour special jazz link with Turkey on International Jazz Day
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