Prosecutor Ann Evans said she had also been stabbed once in the head and had cuts to her hands and forearms, indicating she had put up a fight.

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Over the weekend, the head of China's central bank also gave a speech indicating that the yuan could be revalued in the near future (though he blamed international pressure, rather than internal imbalances).

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He catalogued a list of injuries on Noah's head and body: deep internal bruising, abrasions, nail scratches, round focal bruises around his joints indicating squeezing fingertip pressure.

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GM's big German subsidiary, Adam Opel, is already indicating that it will offer discounts on its new Astra model, to be launched in April, which will compete head-on with Volkswagen's new Golf itself already being discounted.

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