West Africa currency switch looms
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The eight west African states that use the CFA franc prepare to replace their banknotes in an effort to halt counterfeiting.
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By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia will require banksand money changers to report all international transfers ofmore than $200 starting next year to help combat drug moneylaundering and "narco terrorists" and control the strength ofthe peso.
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HAVANA  - Thousands of Cubans queued up yesterday to swap US dollars - which have been legal tender here for over a decade - for local convertible pesos, in a mad rush ahead of November 8, when US currency will be locked out of commercial transactions
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The pound and the Australian dollar continued to waver as they approached key levels against the US dollar of 2 dollars and 0.8 dollar respectively.
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Officials say the country will move away from peg of 8.28 yuan to the dollar amid US pressure. WASHINGTON  - Chinese officials reiterated that the country would move toward a flexible foreign exchange
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Cubans rushed to change dollars into  local pesos on Tuesday as President Fidel Castro's communist  government prepared to end circulation of the U.S. currency  after a decade.
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NEW YORK Suddenly all eyes are on a weakening dollar. In recent days, the American currency has fallen against the euro, the yen and most other currencies around the world.
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The dollar remains under pressure against the euro, slipping to 20-month lows before recovering slightly.
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Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate has reached a new record high of more than 1,200 percent in August despite the conversion to a new currency designed to halt the upwards spiral.
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Letting Africans save Africa has become an operating objective for world diplomats. But that&#39;s been difficult for one former colonial power, France.
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The US dollar could be losing its lustre as the world's reserve currency, a report suggests.
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Down a dark, narrow alley in  the heart of West Africa&#039;s biggest market, sheltered in his  tiny wooden stall, a trader draws out a wad of crisp bank notes  printed with the words &quot;One Biafran Pound.&quot;
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Gulf Arab states are on course to create a single currency in the world's top oil exporting region by 2010, despite concerns raised last week by at least one participant.
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Economic instability looms as major currencies seem to be racing each other to the bottom of the pile. This is the flavour of the markets at the moment.
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HAVANA -- Cubans rushed to change dollars into local pesos yesterday as President Fidel Castro's communist government prepared to end circulation of the US currency after a decade.
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The planned handover by Nigeria to Cameroon of the disputed region of Bakassi looks set to be delayed.
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Cubans rushed to change dollars into  local pesos on Tuesday as President Fidel Castro's communist  government prepared to pull the U.S. currency from circulation  more than a decade after it was legalized here.