Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sacked Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi, the sole woman in his cabinet, state television reported on Thursday. The minister had proposed price hikes for a number of medicines due to

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The most-traded April copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed up 0.7 percent to 57,550 yuan ($9,200) a tonne on Thursday. SHFE, China's only metals futures exchange, plans to open up to foreign institutions

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Copper rose to a one-week high in thin trade on Thursday, rebounding from falls in the previous session, as encouraging data from China reinforced signs of a recovery in the economy of the world's top

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Oil prices eased in choppy trading Thursday as unresolved US budget talks left open the possibility that looming mandated tax hikes and spending cuts could push the top oil-consuming economy into recession. Brent and US

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Cotton pierced a long-term technical resistance to hit a fresh three-month high on Wednesday as speculative and light mill buying helped fuel a year-end rally. Cotton rose for a third straight session and the most-active

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Key Tokyo rubber futures rose for a fourth day in a row on Thursday, clearing 300 yen in a rally helped by speculation over buying by China early next year while rubber producers have agreed

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Thursday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT. SOYOIL EU degummed: euro tonne fob ex-mill unquoted. RAPEOIL Dutch/EU: euro tonne fob ex-mill February 2013/April 2013 893.00 May 2013/July 2013 893.00 -7.00 August 2013/October 2013 885.00

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Thursday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT. SOYOIL EU degummed: euro tonne fob ex-mill unquoted. RAPEOIL Dutch/EU: euro tonne fob ex-mill February 2013/April 2013 893.00 May 2013/July 2013 893.00 -7.00 August 2013/October 2013 885.00

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US wheat futures fell 2 percent and hit a six-month low on Wednesday in light technical trading, pressured by end-of-year positioning and a lack off export demand, traders said Corn and soybeans also sagged in

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Malaysian palm oil futures climbed to a five-week high on Thursday on expectations for stronger demand and as monsoon-driven floods in the country's key producing regions sparked concerns of supply disruptions. Malaysian crude palm oil

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