Oil prices fall below $71 as OPEC gathers

Oil prices fell below $71 a barrel on Wednesday, after rising more than $3 the previous day, as OPEC ministers were expected to maintain official output unchanged at their meeting in Vienna.

Berlusconi welcomes Cyprus negotiations

 Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has expressed satisfaction with the efforts made by the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus to reach a solution of the Cyprus problem. The Italian Prime

IMF suggests earlier recovery; stimulus a prop

Economic recovery may come three months earlier than forecast, the head of the International Monetary Fund said, but policymakers warned it may not last if governments reversed stimulus programmes too early. "For