BEIJING/WASHINGTON – Policymakers in the world’s economies will closely monitor the Chinese yuan this week for signs that it is actually moving after Beijing announced it would make its exchange rate more flexible.
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OSH, Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyz forces started removing barriers dividing the city of Osh yesterday as the government extended a state of emergency in some regions where up to 2,000 people have been killed in ethnic clashes.
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JERUSALEM – Israel said yesterday it was easing a land blockade on the Gaza Strip to allow in all goods except for arms and materials used to make them.
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WARSAW – Poland’s acting head of state, Bronislaw Komorowski, won most votes in an election yesterday that was forced by the death of President Lech Kaczynski in a plane crash, but faces a runoff against Kaczynski’s twin.
