http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFN1430162820110414
* Muammar Gaddafi's forces fired rockets into the besieged city of
Misrata, rebels said, as diplomatic disputes over Western bombing in Libya
continued. [ID:nLDE73D00A]
* Chinese inflation in March accelerated to as fast as 5.4 percent from
a year earlier, Hong Kong media said, reinforcing the government's vow to
rein in price rises. Economists polled by Reuters expected annual inflation
in March to be 5.2 percent, up from February's 4.9 percent. China is set to
release official first quarter GDP figures and March consumer price data on
Friday. [ID:nL3E7FE0EO]
* Yemen's opposition rejected an offer to join Gulf-mediated talks on a
transfer of power and set a two-week deadline for President Ali Abdullah
Saleh to step aside. [ID:nLDE73D0RP]
* Syrian authorities sought to defuse tensions in Banias by agreeing to
withdraw the feared secret police from the restive coastal city replacing
them with army patrols and to free imprisoned pro-democracy protesters.
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