The deal, if confirmed, is a major victory for the European parliament negotiators, who insisted on pay curbs as their price for passing Basel, and a sign of London's relative isolation on some financial services issues.

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The BBC's Peter Biles in Johannesburg says that coming from South Africa - the most powerful country in the region - the ANC statement is a further sign of Mr Mugabe's growing isolation.

BBC: Mugabe defiant as criticism grows

This visit has been interpreted as another sign that Burma's ruling generals want to lessen the country's international isolation.

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