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| | Good Morning Aron, | MON 21 Jun 2010 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | June 21, 2010 08:30 AM ET | SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's yuan surged on Monday by the most of any day since its landmark revaluation in 2005, sending a clear signal ahead of this weekend's G20 summit that Beijing is keeping to its word and allowing greater currency flexibility. | | | | June 21, 2010 07:58 AM ET | LONDON/BURAS, Louisiana (Reuters) - BP shares fell on Monday after a U.S. lawmaker released an internal company document over the weekend pegging the worst-case scenario rate for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill far higher than government figures. | | | | June 21, 2010 08:50 AM ET | TEHRAN/VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has barred two U.N. nuclear inspectors from entering the Islamic Republic, adding to tension less than two weeks after Tehran was hit by new U.N. sanctions over its disputed atomic program. | | | | | June 21, 2010 09:09 AM ET | MOSCOW (Reuters) - A former Russian minister testified on Monday in the trial of jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, becoming the first top Kremlin ally to appear in the case which is seen as a test of promised judicial reforms. | | | | June 21, 2010 07:25 AM ET | KABUL (Reuters) - Fourteen suspected Taliban prisoners have been released in Afghanistan after their cases were reviewed as part of a peace deal that seeks to win over insurgent foot soldiers, an official said on Monday. | | | | June 21, 2010 09:29 AM ET | ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's election board confirmed on Monday Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's landslide victory in a May 23 poll disputed by opposition parties and criticised by the European Union and the United States. | | | | | June 21, 2010 09:13 AM ET | JALALABAD, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - Kyrgyz leader Roza Otunbayeva pledged on Monday to press ahead with a referendum in six days' time for the sake of stability, as violence flared again in the Central Asian state. | | | | | June 21, 2010 08:52 AM ET | PRAGUE (Reuters) - The outgoing Czech cabinet will resign on Friday if the opening session of the new lower house of parliament ends on Thursday as planned, Prime Minister Jan Fischer said on Monday. | | | | | June 21, 2010 08:45 AM ET | WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's centrist presidential candidate Bronislaw Komorowski faces a tight run-off vote against his right-wing rival Jaroslaw Kaczynski on July 4 after beating him by only a few percentage points in a Sunday vote. | | | | | June 21, 2010 02:40 AM ET | BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The detritus of occupation comes in all shapes and sizes. | | | | | | | | |
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