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Turkey's main stock market index and its currency, the lira, fall for a second day as police clash with protestors.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he will leave the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Wal-Mart uses aggressive tactics to stop its workers forming trade unions in the US, a human rights body says.

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