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(Adds quotes from bank, details, background) By Ebru Tuncay ISTANBUL, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Turkey's Bank Asya ASYAB.IS , which suffered a run on deposits last year after it became embroiled in a political feud, said it was selling its 40 percent stake...

* Upbeat U.S. econ view, ECB stimulus hopes diffuse risk aversion* European bourses seen opening flat to slightly lower* Dec U.S. non-farm payrolls seen showing addition of 240,000 jobs* Euro probes 9-year lows against the dollarBy Marc JonesLONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - More weak data from Europe ensured shares worldwide were set to end their first full week of 2015 in the red on Friday, while both t

DAMMARTIN-EN-GOELE, France, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The two main suspects in the Charlie Hebdo killings were sighted on Friday in the northern French town of Dammartin-en-Goele where at least one person had been taken hostage, a police source said. Interior...

DAMMARTIN-EN-GOELE, France, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The two main suspects in the Charlie Hebdo killings were sighted on Friday in the northern French town of Dammartin-en-Goele where at least one person had been taken hostage, a police source said. Interior...

The final week of 2014 witnessed strong real estate transaction deal in terms of volume. The week saw a total of 94 deals, worth a combined value of QR1.4bn.

MP Faisal Al-Duwaisan has presented a bill consisting of 11 articles for organizing the house rental sector by fixing rents of residential units based on location and punishing house owners who increase the rents of their residential units illegally.