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breakthrough in the area, not sure what they think that is and lots of rumors that they are nothing stronger in there that perhaps the military do not launch an offense in the countryside as well because of cost. Many of the fighters came from the countryside and may be attacking and take them out.

There's increasing speculation that the European Central Bank may intervene to ease the financial plight of Spain. It follows several statements from the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. From Berlin, Steve Evans.

When Mario Draghi said last week that the ECB would do whatever it takes to preserve the euro, stock market jumped because they read the words as a signal that the bank would start buying Spanish government bonds. In effect, it would take on some Spanish debts. Today, Chancellor Merkel echoed the words in a joint statement with the Italian prime minister. On Friday, she said the same in a joint statement with President Hollande of France. It's led to speculation that she signaled her approval of the buying of Spanish bonds by the ECB. The difficulty is that if turns out that the signals have been misread, stock markets might react badly.

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