AP - A planned Royal Air Force mission to police Iceland's airspace has been called off amid a diplomatic feud triggered by the global financial crisis, Britain and Iceland said Friday.
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AP - Russia and Ukraine should coordinate efforts in facing the global economic turmoil, given that enterprises in the two former Soviet republics were still economically linked, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday.
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AP - The U.S. dollar was mixed against other major currencies in European trading Friday. Gold rose.
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AP - Share prices were higher Friday on the London Stock Exchange.
AP - France's economy grew 0.1 percent in the third quarter, the national statistics agency said Friday, just enough to permit the euro zone's second largest economy to avoid entering a recession.
AP - U.S. stocks fell sharply Friday as investors booked profits from the previous day's hefty rally, pulling European stocks off their highs for the day. Asian stocks rose.
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AFP - London shares advanced on Friday led by oil and commodities despite concerns over a looming recession.
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AP - French automaker Renault said Friday it will cut production at five sites after sales in October plunged more than 14 percent from a year earlier amid fallout from the financial crisis.
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Reuters - Europe officially fell into recession on Friday and the U.S. economy suffered further blows as world leaders headed to Washington to address the worst financial crisis in 80 years.
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AP - There is growing skepticism about whether Britain's Barclays bank made the right decision in raising money from Middle Eastern investors rather than the British government to survive the financial crisis.
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