AFP – The spiritual head of Iraq's Shiites met the country's Sunni vice president on Thursday for the first time, an AFP correspondent reported.

AFP – The trial in absentia of a US marine who shot dead a top Italian military intelligence officer in Iraq resumed in Rome on Thursday.

AP – The leading Democratic White House hopefuls conceded Wednesday night they cannot guarantee to pull all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the end of the next presidential term in 2013.

AFP – The US military on Thursday blamed Al-Qaeda for a string of bombings across Iraq this week whose targets included local Sunni leaders fighting the extremist movement.

The New Zealand dollar pushed up toward US75c by the close of trading today as the US dollar continued to languish. The kiwi closed at a six-week high of US74.87c, over half a cent higher than it close yesterday.

(RTTNews) – In trading against the pound, the New Zealand currency saw uncertain action into the early afternoon on Wednesday.

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(RTTNews) – The Swiss currency fell against its American counterpart in trading on Wednesday morning. The franc slipped to a mark of 1.1705 as action progressed.

(RTTNews) – The Swiss currency fell steadily against its European counterpart in trading on Wednesday.

(RTTNews) – In trading against the yen on Wednesday, the Swiss currency saw little direction. The franc moved between a high of 98.63 and a low of 98.23 as action moved into the mid-morning.