At least 24 people have been killed in clashes in the troubled southern Sudanese state of Jonglei in recent days, a military spokesman said on Friday. Fighting first broke out on Monday in the Nuer

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has banned the sale and possession of ammonium nitrate fertiliser, which is used by Islamist insurgents to make deadly home-made bombs, a statement said Friday. "Import, production, possession, use, purchase and

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A former Pentagon official has been sentenced to three years in prison for espionage after being convicted of giving classified information to a Chinese spy. The sentence handed down Friday was significantly less than the

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US federal fund futures rose on Friday, as traders widely anticipated the Federal Reserve will leave its short-term interest rate target alone after its policy meeting next week. Short-term cash lending rates were kept in

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Sterling fell broadly on Friday after weak UK retail sales data indicated consumer demand remains sluggish and investors scaled back recent optimism about the British economy. The pound hit its weakest against the dollar in

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The dollar edged lower while the yen gained on Friday as investors pared back riskier trades as global stocks fell after US President Barack Obama announced plans the previous day to limit risky trading by

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The Indian rupee fell for a fourth day on Friday, but pulled back from a two-week low struck early as exporters cashed in their dollars in the belief the drop was overdone. The partially convertible

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Asian bond spreads widened to six-week highs on Friday, as investors were spooked by the US government's plan to limit banks' risk-taking and more tightening measures in China to cool its economy. The Asia ex-Japan

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Asian bond spreads widened to six-week highs on Friday, as investors were spooked by the US government's plan to limit banks' risk-taking and more tightening measures in China to cool its economy. The Asia ex-Japan

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US stocks fell for a third-straight day on Friday, dragged lower by technology shares after Google Inc's revenue and chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc's sales outlook disappointed investors. Continued worries about earnings growth after the

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