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Another possible plot point involved a "central figure" in the musical being attacked by a notorious gang known as the Mohocks.

Miran called the independence of the central bank "paramount" and said he had not been asked by anyone at the White House to commit "formally or informally" to lowering interest rates.

The problem the council faced was rising costs and "years of chronic underfunding by central government," she said, adding that finding the necessary cuts would be difficult.

This will be the 16th outbreak of the deadly virus in the vast central African state that has poor health services, and is hit by conflict in the east.

This reinforced expectations of an interest rate cut by the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, later this month.