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Helicopters hovering over the crash site of a Black Hawk near the city of Tikrit in Iraq
Black Hawk goes down killing six US troops
A US Black Hawk helicopter that crashed in Iraq killing all six on board was probably shot down by a rocket-propelled grenade, soldiers in a US Army base near Tikrit said. 11:52 | Read
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    The dollar jumped to a fresh month-high against the euro and gained sharply elsewhere after keenly-awaited jobs data comfortably outstripped analysts' expectations.  13:49  | Read

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    Graphic American voters may be evenly divided, but the '50-50 nation' shows that constituencies once hostile to the Republican party have now become fertile ground for a president with a simple message.
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    To help reconcile regulatory differences between capital markets, US and EU officials should operate a steering committee to manage critical issues, write Robert Pozen, former vice-chairman of Fidelity Investments, and Mario Draghi, vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs International. Nov 6 2003 | ReadRequires subscription
    Asia must put its savings to work
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    At last, discussion on how to form proper regional bond markets has begun, argues Marshall Mays, a director at the Asian Bond Market Forum, and Michael Preiss, chief investment strategist at CFC Securities. Nov 6 2003 | Read
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