China's yuan closed stronger against the dollar on Monday as the central bank appeared to wind down intervention to stem its rise, traders said. The yuan closed at 6.2350 per dollar in early afternoon, 0.1

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The Indian rupee weakened for a fourth straight session on Monday as importers including oil refiners stepped up dollar purchases while the lack of dollar inflows exaggerated the local unit's fall. Traders said losses in

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Sterling hit a two-and-a-half month high against the dollar on Monday and traders said it was lifted in thin trading by demand from Middle East investors and companies looking to hedge. Sterling rose to $1.6217,

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More than 250 ancient coins taken in the 1960s and 1970s by British scientists for archaeological studies were returned to Afghanistan Monday, officials said. "The coins, an important part of our cultural history, have returned

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Severe winter weather has claimed 18 lives in Ukraine since the start of the month and three babies were born in traffic jams on snow- and ice-snarled roads, authorities said Monday. Twelve people have died

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North Korea on Monday mourned the death one year ago of leader Kim Jong-Il, with its rocket scientists taking pride of place at a mass memorial ceremony led by his son and successor Kim Jong-Un.

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The United States on Monday named Lebanese ex-information minister Michel Samaha to its global terror list for allegedly aiding Damascus launch assassinations in Lebanon. Samaha, 64, was arrested in August by Lebanese authorities and accused

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Protesters on Monday hurled rocks at Tunisia's President Moncef Marzouki and parliamentary speaker Mustapha Ben Jaafar in Sidi Bouzid, cradle of the revolution that erupted exactly two years ago. The incident began after a speech

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Syrian Vice President Farouq al-Sharaa said that neither the forces of President Bashar al-Assad nor rebels seeking to overthrow him can win the war which is now being fought on the outskirts of Assad's powerbase

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The wreck of a Soviet submarine that was sunk during World War II has been found at the bottom of the Baltic Sea off the Swedish island of Oeland, Sweden's military said on Monday. The

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