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What is up with the world?  Still trying to figure it out?  Yeah, you and me both, but in case you’re wondering what happened in the last seven days, here is your weekly wrap-up.

Around the Globe

• Wall St. Journal: Powerful New Quake Rattles Battered Region
• CNN: Three future scenarios for Libya
• ‎NPR: Ivory Coast Strongman Gbagbo Stays Put
• MSNBC: Oil near $112 as attacks damage Libyan oil fields
• New York Times: As Shutdown Looms, Agencies Brace for Impact
• BBC: Yemen Protests Turn Deadly with 100 Killed in Clashes

World Finance

• New York Times: Government Shutdown Would Have Wide Ripples
• Financial Times: Trichet defends ECB rate increase
• The Guardian: Portugal bailout terms must be strict, EU finance ministers warn
• Business Insider: The Biggest Problem With Financial Reform Could Be The Consequences Of Backlash Against It
• Wall St. Journal: IMF Reverses Position on Capital Controls
• BusinessWeek: Hedging Inflation Via Infrastructure Stocks
• CNN: Oil, gold, silver are ‘uncertainty magnets’
• Bloomberg: Rajaratnam Prosecutors Rest Insider-Trading Case After Presenting Wiretaps

Currency Trading

• Currensee: One More Newspaper Taking on Forex Trading
• ForexCrunch: Trichet Is Less Hawkish – EUR/USD Falls
• FuturesMagazine: Dollar on the rails as carry trades boom
• FX360: Euro at Fresh Yearly Highs As Rates Drive Rally
• ForexPros: USD/JPY up toward the end of European session
• Seeking Alpha: Dollar Hit, Market Turns More Aggressive
• FXStreet: Asia sends Dollar south as US Govt shutdown is priced in
• Daily Markets: AUD/USD Up During Asian Trade
• Wall St. Journal: Investors Hide From the U.S. Dollar