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Gulf currency union could measure core inflation

Gulf currency union could measure core inflation

Politics & Economics
Need to stick to 2010 deadline might mean having to ignore 'volatile components'.

India exultant over end to nuclear isolation
Politics & Economics
PM says waiver marks end of 'decades-long isolation from nuclear mainstream'.

Iran's inflation tops 27%
Politics & Economics
Iranians battered by rising prices of basic foodstuffs, goods, President Ahmadinejad blamed.

Israeli president opposes strike on Iran
Politics & Economics
Peres prefers use of economic sanctions to persuade Tehran to halt nuclear programme.


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