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August's 15.8% annual rise in exports was well down from a peak in February, when growth rose to 45.3%.

he Japanese trade figures show that US-bound exports rose 8.8% from a year earlier, but were much weaker than the 25.9% rise in July.

Exports to Asia, which account for more than half of Japan's total exports, rose 18.6% from August last year, slower than July's increase of 23.8%. Exports to China were up 18.5% in August from a year earlier, down from a 22.7% annual increase in July.

Close examination of the found fossils shows that they shared 99.5-99.9% of modern humans' DNA, which makes them our closest relatives.

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Almost two-thirds of wealthy people in the UK want to keep working and never retire

Retirement 'shunned by 60% of UK wealthy individuals'

60% of UK high net worth individuals - which it defined as those having more than £1m in investable assets - do not want to retire,

NI's new energy strategy sets a target of 40% of electricity to come from alternative energy sources by 2020.

Less than 10% of NI's electricity is currently generated from alternative energy, mainly land-based wind farms.

NI targets 40% alternative energy by 2010