AP – More than four years after Saddam Hussein’s ouster, the Security Council voted Friday to shut down the U.N. inspection bodies that helped uncover his illegal weapons programs but were then banned from Iraq by the United States.
U.S. military in Iraq charges two soldiers for murder (Reuters)
Reuters – The U.S. military said on Saturday it
had charged two U.S. Army soldiers with the "premeditated
murder" of three Iraqis.
US military accuses media of reporting 'false' Iraqi claims (AFP)
AFP – The US military accused the international media on Saturday of exacerbating Iraq's violent tensions by reporting false claims of massacres which it said were deliberately fabricated by extremist groups.
U.S. kills 26 militants in Baghdad (Reuters)
Reuters – U.S. troops killed an estimated 26
suspected militants in Sadr City on Saturday in one of the
fiercest clashes in the Shi'ite stronghold since the 2003
U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Iraqi Arabs enjoy life in Kurdish north (AP)
AP – Maher Talaat and his two friends sat on the grassy mountainside, toasting bottles of beer and gazing at the pastoral scene — and at the girls.
New Zealand Currency Varied On Friday Midday (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) – The New Zealand currency was varied against its counterparts in trading on Friday midday in New York. The currency moved as the country reported on the GDP for the March quarter.
Australian Currency Mixed Versus Yen (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) – In trading against the yen on Friday, the Australian currency saw little movement into the midday action. The aussie held between a high of 105.02 and a low of 104.54. On the whole, the Australian currency is moving near a multi-year high against the Japanese yen.
Gold Gains In Early Trading (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) – Gold prices were up Friday in U.S. trading. August-dated bullion was at $652.90, up $2.60. Got got as high as $654.40 earlier in the day. Prices advanced as the U.S. dollar saw weakness against the euro and sterling. The greenback fell to a multi-week low against each currency.
Icap adds sterling/yen currency pair to FX trading platform (Finextra)
Icap (IAP.L), the world’s premier interdealer broker and operator of the leading spot FX trading platform EBS, is introducing a GBP/JPY tradeable …
Swiss Currency Strong Versus Yen On Friday (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) – Versus the yen, the Swiss currency saw strength in trading on Friday. As trading moved into the morning, the franc advanced above the 100 mark to a level of 100.66. Overall, the Swiss currency is moving close to a new multi-year high.
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