The Hong Kong dollar softened late on Wednesday in rangebound trade, while interbank rates were mixed. "There was little direction in the market. The spot rate hovered in a narrow range for most of the

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The Philippine peso hit a five-month peak and other Asian currencies were steady on Wednesday as rising stock markets and local policy measures shielded the region from the Japanese yen's weakness. The US Federal Reserve's

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Captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul put on a brave face Wednesday as he confronted the task his West Indies team have of beating Australia in a cricket series here for the first time in 12 years. The

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Former Sri Lankan international Kaushalya Weeraratne set a new limited-overs cricket record this week when he hit the fastest half-century off 12 balls in a domestic match here. Weeraratne, 24, created the record on Tuesday

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Robby Ginepri made sure there would be at least two Americans in the Paris Masters third round when he muscled past Spain's Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-7 (7/9), 6-3 here on Wednesday. With top seed, and

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Sri Lanka's former World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga on Wednesday predicted a 7-0 sweep for resurgent India in the current one-day series unless the tourists quickly stop the rot. Sri Lanka, beaten in the first

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Australia have matched an expected pace barrage by picking swing bowler Nathan Bracken over second leg-spinner Stuart MacGill for the opening cricket Test against the West Indies starting on Thursday. The Caribbean tourists, looking to

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Ashley Giles and Liam Plunkett took four wickets apiece to scrape a victory by 52 runs for England in their tour opener against the Pakistan Cricket Board Patron's XI. With England staring defeat in the

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Switzerland has agreed to release to Angola $21 million in funds that were blocked five years ago as part of an investigation into suspected money laundering, Swiss officials said on Wednesday. Under the agreement, the

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The heat was rising Wednesday in a dispute between South Korea and China over kimchi, the spicy side dish beloved by Koreans. Officials here said they hope to avert a trade war over South Korea's

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