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BEIJING, March 22 (Reuters) - A suspicious object spotted by a Chinese satellite was floating 120 km (72 miles) from possible debris announced by Australia in the search for a missing Malaysian jet, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday....

BEIJING, March 22 (Reuters) - China&aposs central bank will focus on liberalising bank deposit rates over the next two years, while loosening its grip on the yuan currency to give greater influence to market forces, a vice governor of the People&aposs Bank of China said on Saturday."Our priority this year and next year is pushing forward reform of bank deposit rates," Yi Gang told an economic foru

Two Shi'ite Muslim Houthi tribal fighters and a Yemeni soldier were killed on Saturday in renewed clashes in the northern province of Amran, local officials told Reuters.

KIEV, March 22 (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Saturday the international community must not allow the Ukraine-Russia crisis to create a new division of Europe. Speaking at a briefing in Kiev after talks with...

Libyan rebels occupying oil ports clashed with troops on Saturday after attacking an army base where reinforcements were preparing for an offensive to break the blockade, local residents said.

Chinese satellites have spotted objects floating in the southern search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines MASM.KL plane that could be debris and has sent ships to investigate, Malaysia said.