(RTTNews) – The British currency showed choppy trading versus the Euro during the morning in New York. The pound jumped against the Euro around 2:00 am ET following the release of the nationwide house prices report in Great Britain and the Germain retail sales report.
British Pound Shows Mixed Trading Against Other Major Currencies During Tuesday Morning In New York (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) – The British pound showed mixed trading against the other major currencies during Tuesday morning in New York. The pound traded in a range versus the Euro, while showing strength versus the greenback and yen. However, the British currency weakened against the Swiss franc.
British Pound Shows Choppy Trading Versus Swiss Franc (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) – The British currency showed choppy trading versus the Swiss franc during the morning in New York. However, the pound did reach its highest point against the franc since April of 2004 at 3:30 am ET. The pound then trended downward and became range-bound.
Iraq to lift Sadr City checkpoints (AP)
AP – Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Tuesday ordered the lifting of joint U.S.-Iraqi military checkpoints around the Shiite militant stronghold of Sadr City — another apparent move to assert his authority with the Americans and appeal to his Shiite support base.
Blair faces embarrassing slap in vote on Iraq probe (AFP)
AFP – British Prime Minister Tony Blair is facing a possible embarrassing defeat in parliament, in a vote on whether he should order an inquiry into how Britain joined the war in Iraq.
3rd marine to plead guilty in Iraq killing (AP)
AP – Another Marine charged with kidnapping and murdering an Iraqi man has agreed to plead guilty to lesser charges, his attorney said Monday.
Iraq PM ends U.S. blockade of militia bastion (Reuters)
Reuters – U.S. troops lifted roadblocks around a
Baghdad militia stronghold on Tuesday when Iraq’s prime
minister ordered them out, flexing his political muscle after a
week of public friction with Washington ahead of U.S.
elections.
Dems counter Bush attack with Iraq ads (AP)
AP – Campaigning for Republicans, President Bush said Monday that “terrorists win and America loses” if opponents of his Iraq policy triumph in next week’s elections. Undeterred, House Democrats countered with television ads critical of the war in several competitive races.
US death toll hits 103 in Iraq in October (AFP)
AFP – The number of US servicemen and women killed in Iraq in October hit 103 with the announcment of the deaths of two soldiers fighting in Baghdad.
U.S. must stay until Iraq forces ready: Iraqi leader (Reuters)
Reuters – U.S.-led forces should only withdraw from
Iraq when local security forces are able to maintain order on
their own, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said in a newspaper
interview published on Tuesday.
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