US Shutdown Looms As Congress Squabbles

The US government is teetering on the brink of a partial shutdown that will curtail all but essential services, with no compromise in sight in a deeply polarised Congress.

If the Democrats and Republicans fail to find a solution before the deadline on a new spending bill, the shutdown goes into force at 12.01am on Tuesday.

The federal funding bill is usually considered routine business, but this time the measure is tied to the highly controversial health care law promoted by President Barack Obama.

It would be the first shutdown in 17 years.

While essential services such as mail delivery would remain in place, up to about 800,000 government employees could be forced off work, possibly without pay.

National parks, some museums and such tourist attractions as the Statue of Liberty would be closed. While Social Security and Medicare benefits would keep coming, there could be some delays in certain cases.

The healthcare law was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010, despite opposition by the Republican Party, especially Tea Party conservatives.

Senator Ted Cruz has been among the most ardent critics of Obamacare

The Republican-dominated House has passed a funding bill that would delay the full effect of the healthcare law by one year.

But the Senate, controlled by the Democrats, has promised to reject the bill when it reconvenes later - resulting in a stalemate.

"To be absolutely clear, the Senate will reject both the one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act and the repeal of the medical device tax," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said.

"After weeks of futile political games from Republicans, we are still at square one."

With a solution looking increasingly elusive, the blame game has begun on Capitol Hill.

A Tea Party leader, Senator Ted Cruz, pointed the finger at Senate Democrats.

"The House has twice now voted to keep the government open. And if we have a shutdown, it will only be because when the Senate comes back, Harry Reid says, 'I refuse even to talk,'" said Mr Cruz, who led a 21-hour talkathon against Obamacare.

The last shutdown was under President Bill Clinton in 1995

White House spokesman Jay Carney said the "Republicans decided they would rather make an ideological point by demanding the sabotage of the healthcare law".

Uncertainty over the budget deadlock was the biggest factor behind falls in world markets on Monday.

In Japan the Nikkei closed 2% lower while the FTSE 100 was almost 1% lower on the day - a political crisis in Italy also feeding in to the minds of investors.

The New York Times said Mark Zandi, the chief economist for Moody's Analytics, estimated that a partial shutdown would trim annual economic growth by 0.2 percentage points in the fourth quarter, even if it ended within four days.

An impasse of a month could cut growth by 1.4 percentage points.

Mr Zanda estimated that an interruption longer than two months "would likely precipitate another recession".

The last time the federal government shutdown was under President Bill Clinton, when services ground to a halt for 28 days between December 1995 and January 1996.

It nearly happened again in April 2011.

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Athlone 'Child Sex Attack' Investigation: Man Held

Irish police are considering whether to charge a man arrested over an alleged sex attack on two girls who are understood to have been lured away from a children's birthday party.

The man was one of three people detained by Garda after the youngsters, who are under the age of 10, were subjected to a serious sexual assault in Athlone, Westmeath, Ireland.

Two men who were in the home where the alleged attacks took place were released without charge this morning.

A file has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions to assess if they will face charges in the future.

The alleged assaults took place on Saturday afternoon while a group of children were celebrating a friend's birthday.

While the party was under way, the girls were playing outside and are believed to have been enticed to a nearby house by a man who was not attending the celebration.

It is believed they managed to flee from their attackers by climbing out of a window.

The girls ran back to the house where the party was taking place and raised the alarm.

More than 300 people took part in the protests

The girls were taken to hospital in Galway for medical treatment.

The three men were initially arrested for public order offences and taken to Athlone Garda Station.

They were subsequently taken before a special sitting of the local District Court on Saturday where they were remanded in custody.

All three were later re-arrested as part of the investigation into the alleged sexual assault and taken back to Athlone Garda Station, however two were subsequently released on Monday.

A decision is expected to be made within the next few hours on whether to take the third man to court on charges related to the alleged sex attack.

Hundreds of people took to the streets of Athlone as detectives questioned the suspect.

Carrying a homemade sign reading "Bring Back Public Hanging" mother-of-one Nicola Quigley said locals felt compelled to come out on to the street.

"It's upsetting when something like this happens, a community has to come together," the 27-year-old said.

"If this happened to my child I would expect the whole town to be here."

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Baby P's Mother Could Be Given Parole In Days

The parole board is expected to decide this week whether to release the mother of Baby P, who died aged 17 months after extensive abuse.

Tracey Connelly was jailed indefinitely in May 2009 with a recommendation she serve a minimum of five years for causing, or allowing, her son Peter's death.

Known as Baby P during Connelly's trial, Peter died at the family home in Tottenham on August 3, 2007 after suffering some 50 separate injuries.

Although he was on the at-risk register following some 60 visits from social workers, police and health professionals, the warning signs were not acted upon

A series of reviews identified missed opportunities when officials could have saved him had they acted sooner.

The letter Tracey Connelly sent to the judge before sentencing

Connelly wrote a letter to the judge presiding over her trial on the eve of her sentencing, expressing remorse for the death of her son.

"Dear judge ... I accept I failed my son Peter," she wrote.

"By not being fully open with social services I stopped them being able to do a full job. As a direct result of this, my son got hurt and sadly lost his short life.

"I have lost all I hold dear to me. Now every day of my life is full of guilt. I am trying to come to terms with my failure as a mother.

"There is not a day that goes by that I don't cry at some point. I have let down my family, my ex-husband, myself and most importantly my darling son.

"I would like to say I am sorry for all the pain and suffering my failures have caused."

Connelly's boyfriend Steven Barker, and his brother Jason Owen

News of her possible release was met with anger from Peter's grandmother, Mary O'Connor.

"She should never come out," she said. "But even if she does I won't be seeing her again; she's out of my life."

Connelly's boyfriend Steven Barker and his brother Jason Owen were also imprisoned after being convicted over Peter's death.

Barker, who Peter called "Dad", was jailed for 12 years for his "major role" in Peter's death. He was also jailed for life with a minimum term of 10 years for raping a two-year-old girl.

Owen was jailed indefinitely with a minimum three-year term but later won an appeal to lower it to a fixed six-year term. He was freed in August 2011 but was recalled to prison again in April this year.

Connelly is understood to be held at Low Newton jail near Durham.

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McCririck: Channel 4 Urged 'Panto Villain' Act

Horse racing pundit John McCririck has told an employment tribunal that Channel 4 encouraged him to be a "pantomime villain" on air.

Speaking on the first day of the hearing against his former employer, the 73-year-old said he lost his job because of "youth obsessed" bosses.

"There's nobody better around, I have been sacked purely because of my age," he said.

McCririck - known for his jewellery, sideburns and deerstalker hat - was part of Channel 4's racing coverage and also appeared in reality TV shows such as Celebrity Big Brother and Celebrity Wife Swap.

He was dropped last year when the station unveiled a new presenting team headed by Clare Balding.

McCririck attended the brief hearing with his wife Jenny

McCririck later announced his plans to sue Channel 4, as well as production company IMG Media Limited, for £3m.

Speaking after this morning's brief hearing, McCririck, accompanied by wife Jenny, claimed the decision to axe him had been made by "ruthless, tough people".

"We have got anonymous suits and skirts who come into any company, they make their decisions, unattributable, unchallenged, they decide the future of people and no-one can answer against them," he said.

McCririck denied he was "anti-women"

"It's an age thing - they use the word 'freshen up'. 'Freshen up' is a euphemism for kicking out older people."

He also said his apparent sexism was part of a pantomime role he had been encouraged to continue, especially on reality TV shows.

"All the Big Brothers etc, it's a pantomime," he said.

"Because Captain Hook is horrible to Peter Pan and kids in Peter Pan, it doesn't mean the actor playing him goes around abusing kids in the street.

"All this is a pantomime villain thing that Channel 4 encouraged."

McCririck denied he was "anti-women", saying if anyone he had given a nickname to on air had asked him not to, he would have stopped.

"It's a very public school thing, it's a bit immature but it lightens up the programme," he said.

"Channel 4 never, ever said 'Look, we don't like this sexist thing, we don't like it when you call your names, don't wave your arms around'.

McCririck said he has been depressed since being sacked

"If the producer had said 'Don't wave your arms around', fine, I would not have. They never, ever spoke to me once."

McCririck said losing his job left him depressed and reduced to watching daytime TV.

"It is awful. For over 50 years I have worked every single day, never been late for a job, never missed a day's work," he said.

"Now suddenly the phone doesn't ring anymore. I don't want pity. There are more than two million people in Britain who want jobs but can't get them. I'm one of many."

A Channel 4 spokesman said: "We are grateful to John McCririck for his contribution towards Channel 4 Racing over many years.

"However we reject the suggestion that discrimination on the basis of age played any part in the decision not to include John in the Channel 4 Racing team from 2013 and we are vigorously defending this claim."

The case, in central London, was adjourned until tomorrow morning while its panel of judges reads witness statements and watches clips of McCririck's appearances .

The tribunal will reconvene at 10am on Tuesday and is expected to last up to seven days.

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Osborne Wants Fuel Duty Frozen Until 2015

Fuel duty will be frozen until 2015 if the money is available, George Osborne has told the Tory party conference.

The Chancellor revealed he aims to cancel the 2p-a-litre rise pencilled in by Labour for September 2014, continuing a freeze that has already lasted two-and-a-half years.

Aides claimed drivers would save £750m a year, leaving pump prices 20p-per-litre lower than under the plans inherited from Labour, if the cancellation goes ahead.

The promise is conditional on finding savings to pay for it and came as Mr Osborne declared that he wanted a future Conservative government to run a surplus.

Warning that the battle to rebuild the UK economy is not over, he effectively outlined a new fiscal rule designed to protect Britain from future crashes.

He said: "What is the alternative? To run a deficit for ever? To leave our children with our debts? To leave Britain perilously exposed to the next time the storm comes?

The Chancellor leaving the stage after his keynote address

"This crisis took us to the brink. If we don't reduce our debts, the next could push us over. Let us learn from the mistakes that got Britain into this mess.

"Let us vow: never again. This time we're going to run a surplus. This time we're going to fix the roof when the sun shines."

Mr Osborne told delegates a continued squeeze on welfare and spending even after the deficit is eliminated would also allow for tax cuts and vital investment.

In a deliberately sombre speech, he rejected accusations of complacency about the recovery, insisting there was "no feeling of a task completed or a victory won".

He said: "The sun has started to rise above the hill and the future looks brighter than it did just a few dark years ago".

But he also cautioned: "The battle to turn Britain around is not even close to being over and we are going to finish what we have started."

He accused Ed Miliband of making up Labour policy "on the back of a fag packet" and warned his energy price freeze plan was a "quick-fix con" that would stunt growth and cost jobs.

But in a move to show the Tories are also determined to help ease the cost of living, he said he was ready to take immediate action to help drivers.

"Provided we can find the savings to pay for it, I want to freeze fuel duty for the rest of this Parliament," he announced to loud applause.

George Osborne says "the sun has started to rise above the hill"

He added: "Conservatives don't just talk about being on the side of hard-working people. We show it day in day out in the policies we deliver."

Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Rachel Reeves described the move as "panicky" and claimed it was just another unfunded "aspiration".

The British Chambers of Commerce said it would be welcomed by small businesses, although its chief John Longworth warned: "They will want to ensure that ambition becomes a reality."

The address also confirmed tough new rules to make the long-term unemployed earn their benefits by doing full-time unpaid community work will come into force next year.

From April, people still without work after two years on the coalition's Work Programme will face three options if they want to remain on the dole.

They will either have to do community work such as litter picking, visit a job centre every day or take part in compulsory training to tackle problems like illiteracy.

Those who break the rules of the new Help-to-Work scheme, for example by failing to turn up without a good reason, could lose their benefit for four weeks.

A second offence would see them lose it for three months.

The scheme, devised by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, will cost around £300m - with the money likely to be found from departmental underspends.

Critics claimed the Government scheme would treat the unemployed more harshly than criminals and was just a "rehash" of plans that had already failed.

Joanna Long, from the Boycott Workfare campaign, said: "It's bad news for people who will be forced to work at far below the minimum wage - and it's terrible news for the people whose jobs they will be replacing."

Graeme Cooke, from the Institute for Public Policy Research, added that the measures would probably affect only one in 20 people on the dole and warned it needed careful planning.

"The key issue is how such schemes are designed. If they give people real experience of work and the practical employability habits that go with it, they can help people be more attractive to prospective employers," he said.

"But if it is pitched as a punishment where people do menial tasks, it risks acting as a signal to employers that these are people not to employ."

But Matthew Sinclair, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, welcomed the move. "There is plenty of international evidence from countries such as Australia, Canada and the US that this type of scheme is not only fairer on those footing the welfare bill, but also gets people back into work," he said.

Simon Walker, director general of the Institute of Directors, hailed the "bold ambition" of returning Britain to a surplus but also called for an explicit commitment to lower taxes.

Meanwhile, Ms Reeves claimed "nobody will believe a word" Mr Osborne says about capital spending because he had already broken his pledge to balance the books by 2015.

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Knox And Sollecito Absent From Kercher Retrial

By Tom Kington, in Florence

The retrial of Amanda Knox and Rafaelle Sollecito over the murder of British student Meredith Kercher has begun in Italy, but neither defendant has been in court.

American student Knox, 26, repeatedly said she would not return to Florence from Seattle, nor is she compelled to do so by law.

Her former boyfriend Sollecito, a 29-year-old Italian IT graduate, is following proceedings from the Caribbean, where he is on holiday, said his father.

"I will be informing Raffaele of what happens on the phone after the hearing," said Francesco Sollecito.

He added he would be attending every hearing in the appeal trial, which is expected to last until Christmas.

Sollecito's father denied suggestions in the media that his son was dipping into a fund he had set up for contributions to his legal expenses.

Raffaele Sollecito is on holiday in the Caribbean

"The holiday was provided by a supporter," he said. "We have raised $25,000 (£15,000) and haven't touched it."

Knox's decision to not be present in court was criticised by Patrick Lumumba, the former barman who Knox initially accused of taking part in the murder of Miss Kercher in Perugia.

"Knox is afraid - she knows she has responsibility for the death of poor Meredith," he said in court.

As the hearing got under way in Florence, the presiding judge turned down a request from Knox's lawyers to exclude Mr Lumumba as a civil plaintiff from the trial.

Lawyers for Knox and Sollecito requested an array of new expert opinions and evidence to reach a definitive verdict, including examining the handle of the knife that was the purported murder weapon and the handling of the crime scene.

Knox's defence lawyer Carlo Dalla Vedova said there was a risk of an "infinite trial," since the charge of murder has no statute of limitations.

Sollecito's lawyer Giulia Bongiorno asked the court to accept only "reliable evidence," saying the intense media attention on the case had affected the previous trials.

Knox and Sollecito during the investigation

Ms Bongiorno asked the court to reconsider Miss Kercher's mobile phone as key evidence, calling it the "black box" of the trial, which could prove her exact time of death due to two "anomalous", incomplete calls around 10pm on the night of November 1 when she was killed.

Francesco Maresca, a lawyer representing the Kercher family, handed the judge a letter from the family, explaining their absence from the session on health grounds.

The letter also said: ''We desperately want to uncover the truth and find justice for Meredith, who was brutally taken away from us.

"Nothing will bring back our beautiful Meredith and we will always have her in our hearts and in our memories but we need to know what happened, she deserves, at least the dignity of the truth.

''The only way that our pain and suffering can begin to be alleviated is to obtain as clearly as possible an understanding of the tragic events of November 1st 2007.''

The new trial is being held in a modern appeal court building on the fringes of Florence, a stark contrast to Perugia's medieval court building where hearings have previously been held.

Amanda Knox cries after hearing she has been acquitted

In 2009, Knox and Sollecito were convicted of killing 21-year-old Miss Kercher two years earlier in the student flat the two women shared in Perugia.

A third man, Rudy Guede, was convicted over the murder and is serving a 16-year jail term. A court found that Guede had not acted alone.

The latest trial is expected to re-examine forensic evidence to determine whether Knox and Sollecito helped kill Miss Kercher.

An appeals court acquitted the two suspects in 2011, citing weaknesses in DNA evidence.

The pair, who at that point had spent four years behind bars, were released, and the American flew back home.

But in March this year, Italy's supreme court overturned the acquittal, citing what it said were "shortcomings, contradictions and inconsistencies" in the appeal court's verdict, and ordered a retrial.

A new appeal verdict will now be reached before the case returns to the supreme court.

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Pennsylvania Family Members Killed In Gunfight

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The four family members died at the parents' rural home Pic: WTAJ

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Syria: UN Chemical Weapons Inspectors Leave

United Nations weapons inspectors have left Damascus after investigating alleged cases of chemical munitions use.

Their examination included three reported strikes around Damascus in the days after an attack on August 21 which killed an estimated 1,500 people.

A convoy of four UN vehicles carrying the team left a central Damascus hotel on Monday afternoon, heading for Beirut.

Team leader Ake Sellstrom (2nd L) leaves a hotel in Damascus

Meanwhile, another team of 20 UN inspectors who will begin verifying and eliminating Syria's chemical weapons have arrived in Beirut on a private flight from the Netherlands and will head to Damascus later this week.

UN inspectors in Syria at the time of the attack in August have already confirmed that sarin gas was used.

President Bashar al Assad's Western opponents said the inspectors' report left little doubt his forces were to blame for the attack.

But Syrian authorities have denied the accusation, and Russia has said the inspectors' report did not provide irrefutable proof that Assad's forces were responsible.

The inspectors have been clarifying the type of weapons used

Speaking to Kommersant newspaper, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said: "We have presented the evidence we possess ... that led to the conclusion that this was done by the opposition and we have serious suspicions that such attempts continue."

Lavrov said Russia is prepared to contribute cash to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to fund the weapons destruction operation, but did not say how much and suggested Moscow's main contribution would be personnel.

Michael Mann, a spokesman for European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, told reporters in Brussels the EU is "happy to provide technical and financial support" but is awaiting an official request from OPCW.

A chemical strike in August left hundreds of people injured and dead

The operation to destroy Syria's chemical arsenal will be one of the largest and most dangerous of its kind.

Syria's arsenal is believed to include more than 1,000 tonnes of sarin, mustard gas and other banned chemicals stored at an estimated 45 sites across the country.

The United Nations has launched an urgent appeal for experts to join the mission to destroy the weapons by a target date of mid-2014.

The UN has said it will issue a comprehensive report on its findings next month.

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Naomi Campbell On Her First Major TV Project

By Charlotte Hawkins, Sky News Presenter

Naomi Campbell has been one of the world's best-known faces for more than a quarter of a century.

She has until now resisted a move into television, but her first major TV project sees the supermodel turn her hand to finding the next big modelling sensation.

Since making history as the first black model to grace the cover of the French edition of Vogue, Naomi Campbell has been on the cover of more than 500 magazines.

She now not only fronts new TV show The Face, but is also executive producer. As one of three mentors, she fights it out with fellow supermodels Erin O'Connor and Caroline Winberg in a competition to find Britain's next "face".

The series is already a success in the US and is now being exported to not only the UK, but also Australia.

Before jetting off to New York I caught up with Naomi, who told me what it was about the show that caught her attention.

"The mentoring, because I'd rather not have a show focused on my everyday life and following me, and have someone benefit."

In this role she has to be good at spotting aspiring talent, so just what does it take to make it?

"Most of all having that passion and that drive, and knowing not to take that rejection too much inside you, and saying 'OK this wasn't meant for me... next' and the discipline."

Campell and her fellow mentors on 'The Face'. Pic: Sky Living

That discipline is obviously still a big part of Naomi Campbell's life even now. At the age of 43 she looks amazing, and having ditched the junk food is even more strict about what she eats.

"What we are is what we eat, and it's finally rung home to me just now.

"Before in my past if I wanted to eat chocolate, if I wanted to eat Kentucky, I had it. If I wanted to eat fish and chips I had it, I never deprived myself of anything in terms of food, in my career, but now I'm in my forties and I felt I wanted to maintain my body in a different way."

The industry continues to have a bad reputation for the lengths models go to in a bid to look thin, from eating tissues to working out eight hours a day. Naomi Campbell is firm about the fact the supermodel judges need to give a clear message when it comes to body image and diet.

"I tell my girls OK when we've broken for a break, eat, you know, it's eat because you need energy, we've got to shoot five hours after, so you explain why."

Another controversial aspect of the industry remains the extent to which photos are airbrushed, as the images in magazines can often be some way off the truth. Naomi Campbell says as a model, that's something that is out of her hands.

"I'm not a photographer, everyone can take a picture, but not everyone is a photographer, let the photographers do what they know best, and again that's up to the photographer and the brand that they are working for, if that's what they want and that's the image they want to put out, so be it.

"For me, in all the pictures that I do, they all look different but they are me, it's another facet of me, and for me I am in front of the camera, they are behind the camera, they are the professional photographers, I trust."

Sky's Charlotte Hawkins spoke to Campbell

Naomi Campbell's role in The Face sees her mentoring others, and when I asked her who inspires her she immediately says Nelson Mandela. He has had a big effect on her life, so much so she calls him her honorary Grandfather.

"I was very blessed to meet Nelson Mandela in 1993 and to be around such an amazing, unique individual who has no bad or ill feeling towards anyone.

"I still pinch myself and say 'do I really know Granddad?'. I call him Tata. 'Do I really know Tata?'."

The 95-year-old former South African president remains seriously ill after spending almost three months in hospital earlier this year, and it is clear she is concerned for his health.

"It's a sensitive moment for everyone that loves him, around the world, most of all for his family.

"He taught me and explained to me about the meaning of sharing, and no matter what I've gone through in my life, up or down, I've always shared and my true friends all know that."

The supermodel pictured with Nelson Mandela

Her reputation for having a temper, and previous convictions for assault, mean she often gets negative portrayal in the press. Does she feel misjudged as a consequence?

"I really, honestly, at this point in my life, it's am I happy in my own skin, am I happy with the people that love me, am I happy with the people that I love? And, it's very simple, what other people think of me is their business, it's not mine.

"I don't care what people think about the real me, I really don't, you're going to see me in different sides, some people have never even seen me speak."

Those who have seen her speak in the US version have already dubbed her the "Simon Cowell of the modelling world".

She's keen, however, to make the point she's a mentor, not a judge. I asked her about her approach on the show, and just how she feels about being compared with TV's Mr Nasty.

"I am competitive, you see it, it's who I am, I am not candy coating who I am, I think people will get to know me more than they have.

"I love Simon Cowell I have a huge respect for him, I think what he does and the careers that's he's given to people with talented voices and talent in any way (is fantastic).

"Hands down to Simon, that's I guess a compliment."

:: You can watch The Face on Sky Living tonight at 9pm.

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Steve Ballmer Cries At Microsoft Goodbye

Video of Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer's tearful farewell speech has emerged, showing the 57-year-old striding off to a song from Dirty Dancing.

Mr Ballmer, who recently announced he was stepping down within 12 months, paced around the stage, his voice quivering as he told an arena of employees: "You work for the greatest company in the world - soak it in!"

"Microsoft's like a fourth child to me," said Mr Ballmer - after a pause to compose himself.

"Children do leave the house. In this case, I guess I'm leaving the house."

Mr Ballmer has been chief executive since co-founder Bill Gates gave up the position in 2000, and the company is now busy looking for someone to replace him.

Known for his flamboyant speeches and sporting a bright yellow shirt, the Microsoft boss thanked thousands of employees who had packed into Seattle's Key Arena - normally a venue for sports events and rock concerts.

"My last song is one I've always wanted to use, but it was always deemed inappropriate - it's a great song!" said a teary-eyed Mr Ballmer.

Thousands of employees packed a Seattle arena for the send-off

"It's from one of my favourite movies, one of my favourite songs ... a song that talks about what you have meant to me and what you have done for me.

"You have made this the time of my life."

With the famous Dirty Dancing tune booming out, Mr Ballmer hugged and high-fived employees and raised his arms aloft, shouting "thank you!" before bouncing out of the arena at the song's climax.

The executive - who has an estimated $18bn (£11bn) fortune according to Forbes - oversaw massively successful products such as Windows XP during his time in charge.

However, in recent years Microsoft has been left behind by the likes of Apple in terms of innovation.

It is now playing catch-up in the tablet and mobile markets, with its Surface device struggling to gain popularity and its Windows 8 operating system also being criticised.

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