Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton exchanged ratification documents at a conference in Munich.

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The Southern Alliance gained access to the documents exchanged between government officials and utility executives, although it says that it required multiple legal filings.

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Later this month the House of Lords will consider Deloitte's request that some documents exchanged in confidence between the Bank and its lawyers during the Bingham inquiry be released.

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