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JAKARTA, May 8 (Reuters) - Indonesia will sell global sukuk, samurai and eurobonds in the second half of this year, a finance ministry official said on Thursday.The finance ministry has issued 206.4 trillion rupiah ($17.83 billion), including global sukuk and domestic dollar denominated bonds, so far this year, said Loto Srinaita Ginting, head of government debt securities at the finance ministry.

The number of UK homes repossessed in the first three months of 2014 was up from the previous quarter but down 20% on a year earlier, figures show.

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Supermarket chain Morrisons reports a sharp fall in underlying sales as it struggles to fight back against competition from the discount chains.

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Richard Quest speaks to Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg about how the Ukrainian crisis will impact Russia's economy.