ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's central bank held its benchmark policy rate at 26.0 percent on Monday as expected and said inflation should come down towards government targets faster than expected.

LONDON (Reuters) - Chris Froome's credibility as triple Tour de France champion has only been boosted by the hacking of his private medical information, according to a South African physiologist who carried out tests on the Briton last year.

LONDON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Hedge funds and other large money managers have raised their weekly bets on rising crude oil prices, with net long positions in Brent stabilizing around levels seen in mid-August when the market got the first indications of a possible OPEC output deal.

DAKAR (Reuters) - Six people were killed last week in Central African Republic in fighting between rival armed groups, the country's U.N. peacekeeping mission and the government said on Monday, revising down an earlier toll.

MARGARITA ISLAND, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday that OPEC and non-OPEC countries were close to reaching a deal to stabilize oil markets and that he aimed for a deal to be announced this month.

MARGARITA ISLAND, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reveled in support from leftist allies during a summit of a Cold War-era bloc that wrapped up on Sunday, but critics pilloried him for hosting unpopular leaders such as Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and for failing to draw many world leaders.

(Reuters) - Alistair and Jonny Brownlee were brothers in arms at a dramatic finale of the World Triathlon Series as double Olympic champion Alistair hauled an exhausted Jonny over the line in a desperate bid to help his younger brother secure the title.

KINSHASA, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Protesters blocked roads with burning tires and security forces fired shots in the Congolese capital on Monday as opposition activists prepared to march to press President Joseph Kabila to step down, witnesses said.

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