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Russia steps up move to stabilize ruble
The Russian ruble has staged a slight rally today after Russian authorities announced plans to sell its foreign exchange holdings in a bid to stabilize the country's currency.
The move comes amid a massive plunge in the value of the Russian currency, even after the Russian central bank brought in a massive interest rate hike to try to prop up the currency.
The move by Russia's central bank is the biggest interest rate hike in the country since 1998.
The ruble has already lost more than 60 percent of its value since January.
China, CEE countries outline blueprint for further economic cooperation
China and Central and Eastern European countries have agreed to expand trade, investment and economic cooperation.
The agreement has been reached at a leaders' meeting among China and 16 different Central and Eastern European countries in Belgrade.
The Belgrade Guidelines for Cooperation between China and CEE countries includes language which says the countries involved are firmly opposed to protectionism.
It also promotes the establishment of an executive body of the China-CEE business council, to be based in Warsaw, Poland.
10 killed as suicide bombers storm local bank office in Afghanistan
At least 10 people, mostly civilians, have been killed after gunmen and suicide bombers stormed a local bank branch in southern Afghanistan.
The attack has taken place in the provincial capital of Helmand.
A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of the New Kabul Bank office.
This then allowed a number of armed militants to enter the building.
So far no group has claimed responsibility.
Funerals held in Pakistan after school attack
Funerals are taking place today in the city of Peshawar following the brutal killing of 132 children and 9 adults in Tuesday's assault on a military-run school.
Special prayer services have been taking place across the city.
Pakistani officials, including the country's Army Chief, are among those attending today's services.
Schools in Peshawar have been shut down as the country began three days of national mourning.
Australia launches urgent investigation on Sydney siege
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says both the federal and New South Wales governments are launching a review of Monday's hostage taking and subsequent siege in Sydney.
In making the announcement, Abbott says there are some obvious questions that need answering in the wake of the attack, including how Mon Haron Monis was able to get a gun licence.
Monis was well known to local police.
He was on bail for being an accessory to the murder of his ex-wife.
Monis was also facing more than 40 charges of sexual assault.
He had already been convicted of sending offensive letters to the families of Australian soldiers killed in-action in Afghanistan.
Death toll of Indonesia landslide reaches 79
A landslide in central Java in Indonesia has left 79 dead and at least 29 or more missing.
Indonesia's disaster management agency says 14 people managed to survive the slide.
Five of them are being treated for serious injuries.
The landslide has left some 13-hundred others homeless.
Heavy rains in Java are being blamed for the slide.
US set to slap new round of anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar panel exports
The US government is set to slap a new round of anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar panels.
The US Commerce Department has set the final dumping margins between 27 and 165-percent.
This comes following a determination Chinese solar panel exporters have received government subsidies up to 50-percent.
The US international Trade Commission is due to issue its definitive ruling at the end of January.
The duties at a time when Chinese solar panel makers are finally starting to emerge from a pan-industrial glut.
Earlier this year, several Chinese solar panel makers entered into joint ventures with US-based companies.
Many observers say the moves are meant to localize production in an attempt to try to avoid trade tariffs.
Xiaomi to resume sales of Qualcomm-based handsets
A court in India is allowing Xiaomi to temporarily sell and import its smartphones that run on Qualcomm chipsets.
The resumption of sales, mainly Xiaomi Redmi 1s, will be allowed until January 8th.
The revised court order comes less than a week after the a court in Delhi suspended all Xiaomi sales and promotions in the country amid a patent dispute between the Chinese smartphone maker and Ericsson.
JD.com in partership with Intel for real sense shopping online
E-commerce firm JD.com has signed an agreement with Intel to set up a joint research facility.
The two companies are planning to develop applications, including 3D product displays and visual fitting rooms for JD.com.
The agreement also includes plans over the next two years to create so-called "smart hardware," as well as developing tailor-made servers for corporate customers to help them promote online sales of their products.
JD.com is one of four Chinese firms in the world's top 10 Internet companies by market value.
USA Announces Bid for 2024 Olympics.
The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has announced that it will bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics.
Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington D.C had all made presentations to the USOC Board in Redwood City, California.
America has not hosted the Summer Olympics since Atlanta in 1996.
Rome is the only city to have officially declared so far it will bid for the 2024 Olympics but Germany is expected to put forward either Berlin or Hamburg.
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