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Ringgit sharply higher against US dollar

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 07:04 PM PDT

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The ringgit gained sharply against the US dollar in early trade on continued weakening of the US dollar as recent disappointing US employment data raised doubts on the extent the US is ready to reduce its bond-buying programme, dealers said. The ringgit rose sharply against the US dollar to 3.2755/2785 from 3.2930/2960 yesterday. The ringgit also strengthened against major currencies. It was higher against the Singapore dollar at 2.5789/5833 from 2.5886/5930 yesterday and gained against the yen to 3.2867/2900 from 3.3115/3152. The local currency rose against the British pound to 5.1402/1456 from 5.1614/1671 yesterday and gained against the euro to 4.3410/3457 from 4.3441/3487.-- Bernama

Short-term rates to remain stable

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 07:06 PM PDT

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Short-term interbank rates are expected to remain stable today as Bank Negara intervenes to absorb excess liquidity from the financial system through various instruments. The central bank estimated today's liquidity at RM25.987 billion in the conventional system and RM3.688 billion in Islamic funds. The bank will call for four conventional tenders comprising two RM2 billion tenders of seven days and 28 days and two RM1 billion tenders of 14 days and 21 days. It will also conduct a RM450 million Al-Wadiah tender of RM450 million for 14 days. The central bank will call for two Commodity Murabahah Programme (CMP) tenders of RM200 million for seven days and RM150 million for 34 days. At 4pm, the central bank will conduct a conventional overnight tender of up to RM20 billion and a RM3.5 billion Al-Wadiah overnight tender.-- Bernama

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Assad says any US strike on Syria "is going to support al Qaeda" - CBS News

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 08:28 AM PDT

(CBS News) In an exclusive interview with CBS News' Charlie Rose, President Bashar Assad said he is "disappointed" in the Obama administration for pursuing a strike against Syria, claiming faulty intelligence and a foreign policy comparable with the policy of former President George W. Bush. He also said any U.S. involvement in Syria's two-year-old civil war would only embolden America's enemies.

At first offering a more tempered argument against a U.S. strike, Assad explained it would not serve U.S. security interests.

"The first question that they should ask [themselves], what do wars give America?...Nothing. No political gain, no economic gain, no good reputation. United States' credibility is at...[an] all-time low. So this war is against the interests of the United States," Assad said. "Why?"

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The Syrian president again called on the U.S. and Congress to present hard evidence proving a chemical attack was launched within Syria and warned that a strike against Syria would only foster the growth of al Qaeda within his borders.

"First of all, because this is the war that is going to support Al Qaeda and the same people that kill Americans in the 11 of September. The second thing that we all want to tell to the Congress, that they should ask and that what we expect, we expect them to ask this administration about the evidence that they have regarding the chemical story and the allegations that they presented," Assad said.

President Assad said he and the Syrian people are "disappointed" by President Obama's behavior, and compared his foreign policy to that of former President George W. Bush.

"We expected this administration [to be] different from Bush's administration," he said. However, "they are operating the same doctrine with different accessories. That's it. We expect if...[this administration] to be strong to say that 'We don't have evidence, that we have to obey...the international law, that we have to go back to the security council at the United Nations.'"

If he found himself face-to-face with President Obama, Assad told Rose, he would simply tell him:" "Present what you have as evidence to the public. Be transparent."

"He didn't present because he doesn't have have [it]," Assad said. "Kerry doesn't have it."

Responding to Charlie Rose's claims that evidence has been presented to Congress, including satellite footage and intercepted messages, Assad repeated several times, "nothing has been presented," eventually adding that even if the U.S. did present seemingly credible evidence, he would doubt its veracity.

"We have the precedent of Colin Powell ten years ago when he showed the evidence, it was false and it was forged," Assad said. "You want me to believe American evidence and don't believe the indication that we have? We live here."

New van Gogh painting discovered: 'Sunset at Montmajour' - CNN

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 08:49 AM PDT

Van Gogh Museum director Axel Ruger, and senior researcher Louis van Tilborgh, right, unveil the newly discovered painting by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh during a press conference at the museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday September 9, 2013.

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Under the cover, a new van Gogh painting

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The painting has been identified as a van Gogh after "extensive research," a museum says
"A discovery of this magnitude has never before occurred," the Van Gogh Museum says
The picture is from 1888, during a period considered by many to be the high point of his career
It depicts a landscape in the south of France, where van Gogh was working at the time

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(CNN) -- More than 120 years after Vincent van Gogh's death, a new painting by the Dutch master has come to light.

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, which holds the largest collection of the artist's work, announced Monday the discovery of the newly identified painting, a landscape titled "Sunset at Montmajour."

"A discovery of this magnitude has never before occurred in the history of the Van Gogh Museum," the museum's director, Axel Ruger, said in a statement.

Van Gogh is believed to have completed the relatively large painting in 1888, two years before his death and during "a period that is considered by many to be the culmination of his artistic achievement," Ruger said.

The picture depicts a landscape in the vicinity of Arles in the south of France, where van Gogh was working at that time, the museum said.

Museum discovers 'new' van Gogh painting

Ruger said the museum attributed the painting to van Gogh after "extensive research into style, technique, paint, canvas, the depiction, van Gogh's letters and the provenance."

Starting September 24, it will appear in "Van Gogh At Work," an exhibition currently on show at the museum in Amsterdam.

From the 'Sunflowers' period

Van Gogh (1853-1890) crafted some of the world's best known and most loved paintings, including "Sunflowers," "Irises" and "Starry Night," and a number of self-portraits.

He painted "Sunset at Montmajour" during the same period in which he produced "Sunflowers," Ruger said.

Van Gogh achieved little recognition as an artist during his lifetime, but his reputation blossomed in the years after his suicide at the age of 37, following years of mental illness.

His works now hang in leading museums and galleries around the world.

During the art market boom of the late 1980s and early 1990s, three of van Gogh's works succeeded each other as the most expensive paintings ever sold: "Sunflowers" for $39.9 million, "Irises" for $53.9 million and "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" for $82.5 million.

In its statement, the Van Gogh Museum didn't divulge the full story behind the discovery of "Sunset at Montmajour," saying it would be published in the October edition of The Burlington Magazine, a fine art publication, and at the museum.

Louis van Tilborgh and Teio Meedendorp, two senior researchers at the museum, said the painting had belonged to the collection of van Gogh's younger brother, Theo, in 1890 and was sold in 1901.

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