AP – President Bush said Tuesday that the sectarian violence rocking Iraq is part of an al-Qaida plot to goad Iraqi factions into repeated attacks and counterattacks.

Reuters – A car bomb close to west Baghdad’s main
Yarmouk hospital killed four people and wounded 40 on Tuesday,
police and Interior Ministry sources said.

Reuters – President Bush deflected talk of civil
war in Iraq on Tuesday and said Washington’s conditions for
talking to Iran remained unchanged — Tehran must first suspend
nuclear fuel enrichment.

RBC, 28.11.2006, Moscow 10:32:56. As the special dollar trading session for tomorrow deals opened today, the weighted average dollar exchange rate stood at 26.36 RUR/USD, which is RUR0.01 below the official dollar rate set by the Bank of Russia for November 28. The dollar is sinking against the Russian currency for a fifth trading day straight, having lost a total of RUR0.28 over the previous

(RTTNews) – Late evening New York Monday, the New Zealand currency trended higher against other major currencies. Currently, major NZD pairs are showing choppy trading. NZD Building permits data for the month of October is expected later in the day.

(RTTNews) – Following the Japan October Large-scale retail store sales data, the US currency edged higher against the Japanese Yen, late evening New York Monday. However, at about 7:15 pm Eastern Time, dollar fell sharply. Lately, the pair gained a few pips and has been showing choppy trading.

(RTTNews) – The euro advanced against the yen during New York’s overnight period. Since about midnight Eastern Time, the European currency has been range-bound against its Japanese counterpart, holding near a multi-year high. At about 3:10 pm Eastern Time, the euro was trading at 152.35 yen.

(RTTNews) – Euro traded choppy against the US currency overnight trading New York Monday. At about 3:00 am Eastern Time, Euro staged a fall versus the greenback and pair hit its early morning low at 1.3086 within about a hour.

The euro set a fresh 19-month high of 1.3180 usd against the dollar in trading earlier today, before easing back slightly amid complaints about the single currency\’s ascent from European politicians.

(RTTNews) – The greenback traded choppy against the European currency overnight trading New York Monday. At about 3:00 am Eastern Time, USD made a few gains and the pair hit its early morning low at 1.3086 within about a hour.