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By Yoko Nishikawa

TOKYO (Reuters) – Major countries should support the dollar as the key international currency, although emerging nations may discuss a new global reserve currency on the sidelines of the G8 summit next week, a Japanese official said on Friday.

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David Batty and Severin Carrell

Swine flu is spreading so rapidly across Britain that there could be 100,000 new cases a day by the end of next month, the health secretary, Andy Burnham, said today.

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by Hillel Fendel

(IsraelNN.com) A think tank which is arguably the most influential in Washington is proposing an “interim” neutral administration to govern Jerusalem instead of Israel.

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By Jennifer Loven - Breitbart

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says he is "not reconciled" to the idea of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon within a year.

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CNBC

The financial system is crashing and action must be taken by the US government to convert debt into equity to produce a more stable environment, Nassim Taleb, author of "The Black Swan," told CNBC Thursday.

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