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Venezuela's request comes a day after relations with Panama appear to have soured.
US market analysts do not expect a shift in Federal Reserve policy on Thursday's data.
The ECB is now forecasting GDP growth of 1.2 per cent in 2014, up slightly from the 1.1 per cent estimate made in December.
Saudi media said that delegates from three countries held discussions to convince Qatar to implement a non-interference security accord.
The market turmoil comes amid existing fears over prospects in emerging markets.
Attacks by the Islamist militant Boko Haram have increased since a military campaign was launched to rout them.
The newly appointed Crimean Prime Minister has asked Moscow for help to maintain order in the largely pro-Russian south.
"But at this point it's difficult to discern exactly how much," Yellen told a Senate Banking Committee hearing.
Cameron wants to thoroughly re-examine and then renegotiate the UK’s relationship with the EU.
While camels have for 20 years been building antibodies to MERS, Lipkin suggests people avoid contact with camels' noses or mouths.