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Stories for November 9th 2011

• Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 06:25 UTC

  Bolivia and Washington restore full diplomatic relations

  

  Bolivia and the United States restored full diplomatic ties Monday for the first time since 2008. Three years ago the Andean nation's government expelled the US ambassador and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The US expelled the Bolivian ambassador in return.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 06:22 UTC

  Lloyds reports £ 3.9bn loss in nine months; blames cost of settling PPI claims

  

  Lloyds Banking Group has reported a £3.9bn (6.3bn) loss for the first nine months of 2011, mainly due to the cost of settling claims for mis-selling payment protection insurance (PPI).

• Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 06:19 UTC

  Twitter ‘shouting match’ between Raul Castro’s daughter and dissident blogger

  

  Social media moved into a new realm in technologically backward Cuba Tuesday when Cuban President Raúl Castro's controversial daughter Mariela began tweeting and quickly got into the Twitter equivalent of a shouting match with dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 06:16 UTC

  Berlusconi stepping down; technocrat or national unity government to follow

  

  Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday he would resign after suffering a humiliating setback in parliament that showed a party revolt had stripped him of a majority.