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Gold Poised to Regain Safe-Haven Status

By CLEMENTINE WALLOP SINGAPORE—Gold could regain its safe-haven status before the year-end, analysts say, though investors should expect further near-term price volatility as the metal maintains its correlation with risky assets. In recent months, gold has traded broadly in line with industrial metals and equities as investors seek cash due to fears over the euro-zone debt crisis and slowing global growth.

Shares, euro creep up from lows, remain vulnerable

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares and the euro edged up from lows on Monday, as opinion polls showing a lead for Greece's pro-bailout camp helped calm fears of a disorderly exit by Athens from the single currency that had driven a flight from riskier assets last week. The recovery looked vulnerable, however, Moncler Bady as MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.6 percent, still not far from its lowest level since late December touched on Friday.

TWD/ZAR

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Sudan's Bashir ready to pull troops from Abyei: Carter

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has said he is ready to pull troops from a disputed border area with South Sudan, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said on Sunday, describing it as a major step toward achieving peace between the neighbours. Sudan and South Sudan have been at loggerheads over a string of disputes since the southern nation declared independence in July. Clashes near the disputed border raised fears of an all-out war last month.

U.S. condemns 'unspeakable and inhuman brutality' in Syria

(CNN) -- The U.N. Security Council on Sunday condemned the weekend massacre of more than 100 civilians in Syria, with members casting blame on government forces for the deaths, while violence continued to rage on the ground. U.N. military observers said the toll from the Friday assault on the village of Houla included dozens of women and children.

XCD/GBP

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European shares, euro gain as Greek fears ease

LONDON (Reuters) - European stocks rose for a third straight session on Monday and the euro bounced back from two-year lows, as Greek polls showing growing support for pro-bailout parties eased speculation about a disorderly exit by Athens from the single currency.

European shares, euro gain as Greek fears ease

LONDON (Reuters) - European stocks rose for a third straight session on Monday and the euro bounced back from two-year lows, as Greek polls showing growing support for pro-bailout parties eased speculation about a disorderly exit by Athens from the single currency. But the gains were seen as vulnerable to developments in Spain, where the government's borrowing costs rose sharply as investors factored in the impact of fixing the troubled banking sector on the government's finances.

PAB/NZD

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European shares, euro gain as Greek fears ease

LONDON (Reuters) - European stocks rose for a third straight session on Monday and the euro bounced back from two-year lows, as Greek polls showing growing support for pro-bailout parties eased speculation christian louboutin outlet about a disorderly exit by Athens from the single currency. But the gains were seen as vulnerable to developments in Spain, where the government's borrowing costs rose sharply as investors factored in the impact of fixing the troubled banking sector on the government's finances.

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