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ِApril
15/2010
Bible Of the
Day
Proverbs 03/27-28: "Don’t withhold good from those
to whom it is due, when it is
in the power of your hand to do it. 3:28
Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again;
tomorrow I will give it to you,”
when you
have it by you".
Latest News Reports From Miscellaneous Sources for April
14/10
March
14: National Dialogue Should Discuss March 14 Vision on Lebanon's Protection/Naharnet
Hussein Mousawi Rules Out
Reaching Agreement on Defense Strategy/Naharnet
Israel Says Alleged Scud
Missiles Transfer Threatens Regional Stability/Naharnet
Nawaf Mousawi Attacks
Sfeir for Defending Usage of Arms/Naharnet
Israel
Warns Nationals of 'Imminent' Kidnap Risk Citing 'Hizbullah, Iran Threats'/Naharnet
Geagea:
Hizbullah Linked to Regional Network that Stretches from Tehran/Naharnet
Hussein
Mousawi Rules Out Reaching Agreement on Defense Strategy/Naharnet
Paris
for Full Implementation of 1701, Denies it Knows Siddiq's Whereabouts/Naharnet
Officials: US needs envoy in Syria/Ynetnews
France
stresses support for stable Lebanon/Daily
Star
Syria Is Accused of Transferring Scud
Missiles to Hezbollah/Wall Street
Journal
Lebanon Remembers 35th Anniversary of Civil War
Outbreak/Voice
of America
Barak warns of Lebanon escalation/Jerusalem
Post
Peres: Syria playing double game/Ynetnews
Aoun slams Lebanon's MEA, calls it a corruption
icon/Ya
Libnan
Hamas says group wants to maintain cease-fire/The
Associated Press
Israeli court allows Arab author to go to Lebanon/The
Associated Press
Moody's Lifts Lebanon's Ratings
A Notch On Improved Liquidity/Wall
Street Journal
Lebanon's political rivals meet in football
'friendly'/BBC News
Aoun
anticipates electoral battle in Beirut polls/Daily
Star
Israel
crosses Blue-Line technical fence again/Daily
Star
Damascus
scraps scheduled meeting with Lebanese administrative delegation/Daily
Star
Lebanese
leaders embody unity, kick off April 13 commemorations on soccer pitch/Daily
Star
Lebanon
fiscal deficit drops 69.1 percent in first two months/Daily
Star
Army
colonel appears before tribunal over spy charges/Daily
Star
Students
of various confessions commemorate Civil War/Daily
Star
Rifi
Files Lawsuit against PFLP-GC's Anwar Raja/Naharnet
Syria Delays Lebanese Delegation
Visit, Citing 'Low-Level Representation'/Naharnet
Israel
Releases Lebanese Jailed on Charges of Drug Smuggling/Naharnet
Jumblat
Rules out Hizbullah Involvement in Hariri Murder, Says Damascus Visit in
Coordination with Riyadh/Naharnet
U.S. Promotes Lebanese
Women's Participation in Political Life/Naharnet
5 Arrested on Spy Charges/Naharnet
Aoun Threatens to Withdraw
from Dialogue: I'm 3/4 Oppositionist though in Power/Naharnet
UNIFIL Says Israeli Force
Made Repairs on Technical Fence without Crossing Blue Line/Naharnet
Lebanon Complains to U.N.
over Israeli Violations, 1599 to be Discussed April 30/Naharnet
Peres: Syria playing double
game
Published: 04.13.10, 20:59 / Israel News
President Shimon Peres said during his visit to France, "Syria is playing a
double game. On the one hand, it is talking peace, and on the other hand, it is
transferring precision Scud missiles to Hezbollah in order to threaten
Israel."French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said at the beginning of the
visit, "I returned from Damascus and Amman, and I can say that the gaps between
the two sides are not too big to renew the peace process and return to the
discussion table." (Ynet)
Israel Says Alleged Scud Missiles Transfer Threatens Regional Stability
Naharnet/Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has said the alleged transfer of
advanced Syrian weapons to Lebanon destabilizes the region and is a blatant
violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions. Barak's stance on Tuesday came
in response to media reports that Syria recently transferred Scud missiles to
Hizbullah. "We have no offensive intentions with regard to Lebanon," he said
during a tour of the Israeli army's Tel Hashomer Base. "We recommend that
everyone work to maintain the calm." The alleged transfer of Scud missiles
"undermines the balance of power and threatens regional stability and calm,"
Barak said. It "is a clear violation of Security Council resolutions," he said,
adding the army was "closely following what was happening in Lebanon." Earlier
in the day, Barak visited the Ramat David Air Force Base with Deputy Chief of
General Staff Maj.-Gen. Benny Gantz and said the army was prepared for all of
the challenges it currently faced. However, he said Israel needed to make
efforts to achieve peace with its neighbors. "The Air Force is our pillar of
strength in the face of threats near and far," he said. "The IDF is trained,
prepared, and has both eyes open in every direction. With strength and
deterrence such as this, Israel must attempt to reach peace with its neighbors."
Also Tuesday, Israeli President Shimon Peres accused Syria of providing Scud
missiles to Hizbullah while publicly talking peace. "Syria claims it wants peace
while at the same time it delivers Scuds to Hizbullah whose only goal is to
threaten the state of Israel," Peres told Israel radio. Israel's Deputy Defense
Minister Matan Vilnai declined to go into details of the alleged Scud shipments
but said that "Hizbullah's firing capacity has significantly improved."
Meanwhile, Israel warned its nationals that there was an imminent risk of kidnap
attempts against holidaymakers in the neighboring Sinai peninsula in Egypt.
Israel's anti-terrorism unit said it had "concrete information" about an
"imminent risk of a terrorist abduction operation."
It cited "threats from Hizbullah and Iran." Beirut, 14 Apr 10, 08:22
Geagea: Hizbullah Linked to Regional Network that Stretches
from Tehran
Naharnet/Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Hizbullah, through its weapons
and political stances, links Lebanon with a "regional network." On the eve of
the resumption of all-party talks at Baabda Palace, Geagea warned that national
dialogue will not produce a defense strategy "in the time being." In remarks
published Wednesday by pan-Arab Asharq al-Awsat, Geagea also expressed concern
over President Michel Suleiman's "drift toward the other team," in a clear
indication to the Hizbullah-led March 8 forces. "Hizbullah, through its weapons
and political stances, link Lebanon with a huge regional network that stretches
from Tehran and does not end in Damascus, which could expose Lebanon to
confrontations it has nothing to do with," Geagea said. Regarding statements
made by Hizbullah on the group's weapons, Geagea said "each party has the
freedom to express its viewpoint. Our party, however, sees things differently."
"It is not right to say that its (Hizbullah) weapons are not subject of debate,
because everything in Lebanon is a subject of debate," he stressed, adding that
more than half the Lebanese are against Hizbullah arms. Beirut, 14 Apr 10, 10:08
Nawaf Mousawi Attacks Sfeir for Defending Usage of Arms
Naharnet/Hizbullah MP Nawaf Mousawi slammed Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir
for defending usage of arms in the Oyoun Orghosh incident and said chances of
reaching a deal on a defense strategy are slim. "Insistence by some to raise the
issue of weapons is aimed at stirring sectarian hatred," the Loyalty to the
Resistance bloc MP told al-Jaded television channel.
Criticizing Sfeir without naming him, Mousawi asked: "How can some give the okay
to a militia to defend territory – a decision that could lead to civil war --
whereas the resistance gets no right to defend the nation?" Addressing "those
who utter such words," Mousawi wondered "which country are you talking about?"
Beirut, 14 Apr 10, 12:06
Hussein Mousawi Rules Out Reaching Agreement on Defense
Strategy
Hizbullah MP Hussein Mousawi said chances are slim to reach an agreement on a
defense strategy. In remarks published Tuesday by Kuwaiti daily al-Anbaa,
Mousawi ruled out reaching a "positive outcome" from national dialogue. "The
likelihood that the dialogue table would reach positive results is very slim due
to the lack of logic in the proposals (made) by others," he warned. Beirut, 14
Apr 10, 12:36
Lebanon Remembers 35th
Anniversary of Civil War Outbreak
Edward Yeranian | Cairo 13 April 2010
VOA
Lebanon's civil war broke out 35 years ago Tuesday, after a Palestinian school
bus was fired upon by Lebanese Christian militiamen. The anniversary comes amid
increasing tensions between Lebanon's Hezbollah and the governing March 14
coalition over Hezbollah's arms, allegedly being furnished by neighboring Syria.
Some lit candles in parts of Beirut to honor the estimated 200,000 people killed
during Lebanon's bloody 15-year civil war. Fighting erupted 35 years ago,
Tuesday, when Christian gunmen ambushed a Palestinian school bus.
Rival militiamen tore up much of Beirut, over years of street-battles and
shelling, leaving the city scarred and divided. A final frenzy of fighting in
1989 resulted in an Arab-brokered peace agreement which brought the long ordeal
to a close.
Paul Haidostian, who is president of Beirut's Haigazian University says that the
anniversary of the war causes him to relive some sad and bitter memories.
"Every time I think about the civil war, I relive some of the saddest stories
and I remember as a teenager, even, I used to say to myself: if only the world
hears about this, someone will stop this carnage and aggression. But, then, when
I grew up, I learned that even if people know about this in the world, people
are quite insensitive and feel powerless in relation to stopping wars and
tension," he said. Despite the memories which people of his generation still
carry with them, Haidostian argues optimistically that the younger generation
has recovered for the most part and created a totally different world. "Lebanon
and the young generation has moved on, really. We've had alternative
experiences, said Haidostian. "Being together and forgetting about the past, and
so on, but once in a while, we realize that sometimes people have a nostalgia
for the past, and part of the past is war. So, something comes up and people
remember and once in a while we feel again that Lebanon is also a fragile
country."
Beirut's An Nahar newspaper, whose front pages were once filled with gruesome
scenes of explosions, rubble, carnage and fighting, paused to remember Tuesday
with the headline: "35 Years Ago, Today: Peace Among Us, Or Peace Be To
Lebanon."
That peace remains fragile, especially with the often angry complaints by
members of the March 14 parliamentary majority that the pro-Syrian Hezbollah is
a "state-within-a-state."
Many Lebanese continue to demand that Hezbollah turn over its reportedly large
cache of weapons to the government.
Despite the surface tensions, Timor Goksel, veteran former spokesman of the U.N.
peacekeeping force UNIFIL, thinks that the situation in Lebanon is totally
different from what it was during the civil war and that it is unlikely another
civil war would break out, soon.
"People forget that when the civil war started, we had a massive military
Palestinian presence which had already unsettled the balance in the country," he
said. "We don't have an external military force in the country, anymore, and
also, the Israeli involvement is not as it was before. Moreover, there is some
sort of-not perfect yet-but there is some sort of civic peace that we did not
have in those days."
Goksel also believes that the Lebanese government is much stronger and its
security forces more capable of preventing the outbreak of a conflict than they
once were. "There is a much more credible army, and the security forces are
slowly rebuilding," he says. "It's a totally different ballgame."
Barak warns of Lebanon
escalation
By YAAKOV KATZ AND JPOST.COM STAFF
13/04/2010 17:48
Defense minister responds to Syria-Hizbullah missile-transfer reports. The
transfer of advanced Syrian weapons to Lebanon destabilizes the region and is a
blatant violation of United Nations resolutions, Defense Minister Ehud Barak
said on Tuesday in response to media reports that Syria recently transferred
Scud missiles to Hizbullah. On Monday, the Kuwaiti Al-Rai newspaper reported
that Syria had transferred Scuds to Hizbullah and that in response Israel had
threatened to bomb Syrian and Lebanese targets. Barak said Tuesday that the IDF
was closely following what was happening in Lebanon. “We have no offensive
intentions with regards to Lebanon,” he said during a tour of the DF’s Tel
Hashomer Base. “We recommend that everyone work to retain the quiet.” Earlier in
the day, Barak visited the Ramat David Air Force Base with Deputy Chief of
General Staff Maj.-Gen. Benny Gantz and said that the IDF was prepared for all
of the current challenges it faced. At the same time though, Barak said, Israel
needed to make efforts to achieve peace with its neighbors. Also Tuesday, in a
meeting with French Prime Minister Francois Fillon in Paris, President Shimon
Peres accused Syria of doublespeak. “On the one hand, Syria is talking about
peace, and on the other it is giving Scuds to Hizbullah in order to threaten
Israel," he said. "Syria’s smuggling weapons to Hizbullah and strengthening
terror organizations contradict its declaration that it is seeking peace. Syria
can not play both games. The true face of Syria has been revealed."
France stresses support for
stable Lebanon
By The /Daily Star
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
BEIRUT: French National Assembly President Bernard Accoyer stressed Tuesday
France’s support to Lebanon’s stability and security as he highlighted President
Michel Sleiman’s efforts to restore the international community’s trust in
Lebanon and preserving the country’s stability.
Sleiman is to head the National Dialogue table meeting Thursday to resume
discussions over a national defense strategy and the issue of armed Palestinian
groups outside refugee camps.
“I hope that Lebanon as a member of the UN Security Council and in cooperation
with France will enforce stability and strengthen national unity that was
established since the Doha Accord,” Accoyer told reporters at Baabda Palace.
For his part, Sleiman praised France’s efforts regarding just and comprehensive
peace negotiations based on the Arab peace initiative which guaranteed the
Palestinian refugees’ right of return as he praised french contribution to the
UNIFIL.
“France was always supportive of Lebanon at domestic and international levels,”
Sleiman said, adding that French President Nicolas Sarkozy played a pivotal role
in ending the Lebanese political stalemate,” a reference to the Doha Accord.
The May 2008 Doha Accord ended bloody clashes between Hizbullah and
pro-government militants in Beirut and the Chouf region following the Cabinet’s
decision, headed by former Premier Fouad Siniora, to dismantle Hizbullah’s
telecoms network.
Following a meeting with Phalange Party head Amin Gemayel, Accoyer stressed that
progress in the Mideast peace process was key to stability in the region.
For his part, Gemayel “warned against security zones outside the Lebanese state
authority, saying it endangered stability,” and the former president called on
the international community to enforce international resolutions in support of
the Lebanese state’s security and political institutions. – The Daily Star
Syria Gave Scuds to Hezbollah, U.S. Says
.By CHARLES LEVINSON and JAY SOLOMON
JERUSALEM—Syria has transferred long-range Scud missiles to the Lebanese Shiite
militant group Hezbollah, Israeli and U.S. officials alleged, in a move that
threatens to alter the Middle East's military balance and sets back a major
diplomatic outreach effort to Damascus by the Obama administration.
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Tuesday publicly charged President Bashar
Assad's government with transferring Scud missiles to Hezbollah's forces inside
Lebanon. Syria and Hezbollah both denied the charges. But the allegations
already are affecting U.S. foreign policy: Republicans pressed on Capitol Hill
to block the appointment of a new American ambassador to Damascus, according to
congressional officials. The White House said it was pressing ahead.
The Scuds are believed to have a range of more than 435 miles—placing Jerusalem,
Tel Aviv and Israel's nuclear installations all within range of Hezbollah's
military forces. During a monthlong war with Israel in 2006, Hezbollah used
rockets with ranges of 20 to 60 miles.
Israeli President Shimon Peres, shown in Paris Tuesday, claimed Syria gave Scud
missiles to Hezbollah
.Israeli officials called Scud missiles "game-changing" armaments that mark a
new escalation in the Mideast conflict. They alleged that Mr. Assad is
increasingly linking Syria's military command with those of Hezbollah and Iran.
Officials briefed on the intelligence said Israeli and American officials
believe Syria transferred Scud missiles built with either North Korean or
Russian technology.
Rumors of the arms transfer had been swirling around Jerusalem and Washington
for more than a week, but both Israeli and U.S. officials initially declined to
confirm the reports. "Syria claims it wants peace while at the same time it
delivers Scuds to Hezbollah, whose only goal is to threaten the state of
Israel," Mr. Peres said in an interview with Israeli radio.
President Barack Obama has made engaging Mr. Assad's government a cornerstone of
his Mideast policy, hoping to woo Damascus into a regional peace process and
lure it from a strategic alliance with Iran.
The Bush administration had increased sanctions on Damascus and pushed a United
Nations-backed investigation into the murder of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik
Hariri; Mr. Obama's aides said these measures just drove Syria closer to Iran.
In addition to nominating an ambassador, Mr. Obama moved to ease, though not
lift, sanctions targeting Syria's ability to import airplane parts and software.
The U.S. has sought to increase military-to-military contacts with Damascus to
better secure Syria's border with Iraq.
A senior U.S. official involved in Mideast policy said Washington was uncertain
why Mr. Assad would escalate tensions with Israel. But in recent months, Israeli
and Syrian officials have publicly charged each other with preparing for war.
The U.S. official said Syria's arms transfer could have been meant as a form of
deterrence.
The Israelis in recent weeks postponed war games in an effort to calm tensions
with Damascus, however. And Israeli officials have publicly told Mr. Assad that
the Jewish state doesn't seek a conflict. Many Israeli officials said they felt
tensions were lessening ahead of the announcement of the alleged Scuds shipment.
Syrian officials also have voiced frustration with the pace of the U.S.
rapprochement. Some have said they believed sanctions could be removed quicker.
They also said Washington appeared unable to extract from Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu a meaningful commitment to negotiations aimed at reverting
the Golan Heights region to Syrian sovereignty.
Fears of a new military conflict in the region have escalated in recent weeks
among U.S., Israeli and Arab officials. In late February, Mr. Assad hosted a
summit in Damascus with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hezbollah's
secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah. The three pledged to continue their
"resistance" against the U.S.-Israeli alliance.
A spokesman for Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, who went
as an emissary to Damascus on April 1, said that he couldn't comment on
classified matters but that the Massachusetts senator had raised long-running
concerns about Syria helping to arm Hezbollah directly with President Assad.
"These weapons transfers must stop in order to promote regional stability and
security," said the spokesman, Frederick Jones.
Detractors of the White House's policy of engagement with Damascus seized on the
news Tuesday as evidence Mr. Assad has no intention of breaking Syria's
strategic ties to Tehran and Hezbollah.
Scuds give the group the ability to strike from further away than rockets like
these used in 2006 attacks.
."It's increasingly hard to argue that the engagement track has worked," said
Andrew Tabler, a Syria analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy,
a regional think tank with no party affiliation that some view as pro-Israel.
White House supporters replied that the U.S. needs close engagement with Syria
all the more because of provocations like the Scud surprise, in order to be
better placed to sway Syria.
"If anything, we need (an ambassador) in Damascus full time just to ensure that
reality gets its day in court now and then," a senior administration official
said.
Israeli officials have been concerned that Syria could transfer antiaircraft
missile systems and armor-piercing munitions to its Lebanese ally.
Syrian President Bashar Assad's government has transferred long-range Scud
missiles to the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah.
.Hezbollah officials Tuesday in Lebanon dismissed the allegations as an Israeli
attempt to divert attention from continued Jewish construction of homes in the
West Bank and East Jerusalem. The Syrian embassy's spokesman in Washington
charged Israel with trying to cover up its own regional military buildup.
"It is ridiculous that Israel dictates the agenda of arms control in the region
while stifling any discussion of its nuclear arsenal, along with the influx of
top-caliber U.S. weaponry," said Ahmed Salkini.
In February, President Obama nominated a career diplomat, Robert Ford, to be the
first U.S. ambassador to Damascus since 2005. The Bush administration pulled its
chief envoy after the assassination of Lebanon's Mr. Hariri, which was widely
blamed on Syrian agents. Damascus has denied the allegations.
Mr. Ford's appointment was part of a phased U.S. re-engagement with Syria to be
tied to Damascus's cooperation in Iraq, the Palestinian territories and Lebanon,
say U.S. officials. The State Department also recently dispatched its No. 3
diplomat, William Burns, to Damascus to talk with Mr. Assad.
Congressional officials said Republicans were now seeking to place a hold on Mr.
Ford's confirmation, which was passed out of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee on a voice vote Tuesday with three Republicans dissenting. They expect
the fight to continue on the Senate floor.
U.S. officials stressed Tuesday that the White House wasn't second-guessing its
strategy and was pushing ahead with Mr. Ford's nomination. "Sending an
ambassador to Syria who can press the Syrian government in a firm and
coordinated fashion...is part of our strategy to achieve comprehensive peace in
the region," a White House statement said.
—Sarah Birke in Damascus and Nada Raad in Beirut contributed to this article.
Write to Charles Levinson at charles.levinson@wsj.com and Jay Solomon at
jay.solomon@wsj.com
76 Senators Sign Letter of Support for Israel
by Hana Levi Julian/Arutz Sheva
More than 75 percent of the U.S. Senate has followed the House of
Representatives in sending a bipartisan message of support for Israel to the
State Department.
The letter, signed by 76 senators, (39 Democrats and 37 Republicans) was sent to
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, indirectly slamming the Obama
administration's treatment of Israel. A similar letter was sent by 333 U.S.
Representatives.
The letter urged Clinton to “do everything possible to ensure that the recent
tensions between the U.S. and Israeli administrations over the untimely
announcement of future housing construction... do not derail Israeli-Palestinian
peace negotiations or harm U.S-Israeli relations.”
The reference was to an Israeli government announcement, inadvertently made
during a visit to the region last month by Vice President Joe Biden, that a
three-year-old housing project in Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo neighborhood was
approved for step four of a seven-step process. The announcement was seen as an
embarrassment to the Obama administration and infuriated both Biden and the
White House. It sparked an immediate condemnation by the vice president, which
he then repeated later in the week during a speech at Tel Aviv University, and
subsequent censures by other Obama administration officials as well.
The letter to Clinton noted that “in a reversal of 16 years of policy,
Palestinian leaders are refusing to enter into direct negotiations with Israel.
Instead they have put forward a growing list of unprecedented preconditions. By
contrast, Israel's prime minister has stated categorically that he is eager to
begin unconditional peace negotiations with the Palestinians. Direct
negotiations are in the interest of all parties involved – including the United
States.”
Backed by AIPAC, the letter also noted that “our government and the Government
of Israel will not always agree on particular issues in the peace process. But
such differences are best resolved amicably and in a manner that befits
longstanding strategic allies.”
Lead signatories were U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer and Johnny Isakson, who
circulated the letter among their colleagues. Among the others were New York
Democrats Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer, as well as senior Democratic
Senator Robert Menendez and Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin. Also
signing the document was Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, as well as
Senators John McCain and Scott Brown.
Canadian dollar passes parity
at 22-month high vs greenback
Wed Apr 14,/10
By Claire Sibonney
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar hit a 22-month high against the
greenback on Wednesday, retesting parity for the first time this week as upbeat
U.S. earnings boosted investors' appetite for riskier assets.
Powered by rallying equity and commodity markets, the Canadian dollar climbed as
high as C$0.9961, or $1.004 U.S. dollars, its highest level since June 2008.
"The party goes on but it will be interesting to see if we can actually sustain
a full trading day below parity," said C.J. Gavsie, managing director of foreign
exchange sales at BMO Capital Markets, adding that volumes were still quite
light.
"We are looking at some investor appetite for global diversification today away
from the U.S. dollar...we look to oil, we look to gold."
Supporting the commodity-linked Canadian currency, oil rose to near $85 a
barrel, ending a five-day losing streak, as rising stock markets and a weaker
dollar outweighed an industry report showing gains in U.S. inventories.
Gold prices also edged higher as the dip for the dollar added to positive
sentiment in the market and technical indicators pointed to the prospect of
further price gains.
In company news, expectation-beating results from No.2 U.S. bank JPMorgan and
technology bellwether Intel , pushed global equities higher.
At 7:56 a.m., the Canadian dollar was at C$0.9965 to the U.S. dollar, or $1.004.
On Tuesday, the Canadian dollar finished at C$1.0019 to the U.S. dollar, or
99.81 U.S. cents.
Market participants said a break through barriers at C$0.9975 had triggered the
rise for the Canadian currency.
Others in the market said that expectations for a stronger-than-expected reading
of Chinese first-quarter GDP also helped commodity currencies.
"The next short-term levels are C$0.9930 and C$0.9900," said a trader at a
European bank in London.
(Additional reporting by Naomi Tajitsu and Neal Armstrong; editing by Patrick
Graham)