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AMMAN, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Jordan's most influential businessman, the Palestinian billionaire Sabih al-Masri, returned to his home in Riydah after being detained by Saudi authorities and is expected to be allowed to leave the country soon, sources close to the family said on Sunday.

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WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has told agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services to avoid using certain words or phrases in official documents being drafted for next year's budget, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.

WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has told agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services to avoid using certain words or phrases in official documents being drafted for next year's budget, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.

Sharp fall in self-employed savers despite record level of contributions

NEW YORK, Dec 16 (Reuters) - In the lead-up to the conference agreement for the U.S. Tax Cut & Jobs Act released on Friday, there were too many moving parts for most Americans to know how it would affect them.

Jeremy Corbyn has to steer public opinion towards putting economics before politics

AMMAN, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Sabih al-Masri, Jordan's most influential businessman and the chairman of its largest lender Arab Bank, was detained in Saudi Arabia for questioning after a business trip to Riyadh, family sources and friends said on Saturday.

VIENNA - Austria is set to become the only western European country with the far right in government after the anti-immigration Freedom Party and Sebastian Kurz's conservatives strike a coalition deal. (AUSTRIA-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), expect by 1700 GMT/12 PM ET, by Kirsti Knolle and Shadia Nasralla, 770 words)

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NEW YORK, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Metlife Inc failed to pay pensions to potentially tens of thousands of people and will have to strengthen its reserves because of the costs of finding and repaying them, the New York insurer said.