MARKETS-FOREX/BIS - The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) released on Sept. 1 its triennial survey of the global FX market.

People dig for gold on the outer harbour beach at Folkestone in southeast England September 4, 2014. German artist Michael Sailstorfer has buried 30 pieces of 24-carat gold as part of a conceptual piece of art "Folkestone Digs", for the Folkestone Triennial 2015 art festival. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

Nine-year old-Lucie Bach uses a metal detector to look for gold on the outer harbour beach at Folkestone in southeast England September 4, 2014. German artist Michael Sailstorfer has buried 30 pieces of 24-carat gold as part of a conceptual piece of art "Folkestone Digs", for the Folkestone Triennial 2015 art festival. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

A woman digs for gold on the outer harbour beach at Folkestone in southeast England September 4, 2014. German artist Michael Sailstorfer has buried 30 pieces of 24-carat gold as part of a conceptual piece of art "Folkestone Digs", for the Folkestone Triennial 2015 art festival. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

A man uses a metal detector to look for gold on the outer harbour beach at Folkestone in southeast England September 4, 2014. German artist Michael Sailstorfer has buried 30 pieces of 24-carat gold as part of a conceptual piece of art "Folkestone Digs", for the Folkestone Triennial 2015 art festival. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

People dig for gold on the outer harbour beach at Folkestone in southeast England September 4, 2014. German artist Michael Sailstorfer has buried 30 pieces of 24-carat gold as part of a conceptual piece of art "Folkestone Digs", for the Folkestone Triennial 2015 art festival. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

A man takes pictures at a creation titled "Mecanica de suelos" (Grounds Mechanics), made from handicrafts on a light box, during the Santiago art triennial exhibition, Santiago October 20, 2009. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

A creation titled "La vida es sueño" (The life is dream), made from 45 bedside tables, is displayed during the Santiago art triennial exhibition, Santiago October 20, 2009. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

A creation titled "La vida es sueño" (The life is dream), made from 45 bedside tables, is displayed during the Santiago art triennial exhibition, Santiago October 20, 2009. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

People look at a creation titled "El pensamiento del pensamiento" (the thought of thought ) during the Santiago art triennial exhibition, Santiago October 20, 2009. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

A man looks at a creation titled "Tiger heart" during the Santiago art triennial exhibition, Santiago October 20, 2009. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

A man walks past a creation titled "Some aspects of color in general and red and black in particular", made from tinted thistle flowers, during the Santiago art triennial exhibition, Santiago October 20, 2009. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

A man walks past a creation titled "Some aspects of color in general and red and black in particular", made from tinted thistle flowers, during the Santiago art triennial exhibition, Santiago October 20, 2009. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

A man walks past a painting titled "grito#32" (yell#32) during an exhibition in the Coleccion del Museo del Barro de Paraguay" (Paraguayan Clay Museum collection) in Santiago October 7, 2009. The exhibition of works showcases indigenous, pre-Columbian and colonial art to popular and contemporary art of Paraguay and South America. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE SOCIETY)

Boys look at clay masks displayed at an exhibition in the Coleccion del Museo del Barro de Paraguay" (Paraguayan Clay Museum collection) in Santiago October 7, 2009. The exhibition of works showcases indigenous, pre-Columbian and colonial art to popular and contemporary art of Paraguay and South America. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE SOCIETY)

A clay figure of a crocodile is displayed at an exhibition in the Coleccion del Museo del Barro de Paraguay" (Paraguayan Clay Museum collection) in Santiago October 7, 2009. The exhibition of works showcases indigenous, pre-Columbian and colonial art to popular and contemporary art of Paraguay and South America. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

Members of Yemen's ruling GPC party attend the party's triennial congress in Sanaa May 5, 2009. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN POLITICS)

Members of Yemen's ruling GPC party attend the party's triennial congress in Sanaa May 5, 2009. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN POLITICS)

Members of Yemen's ruling GPC party attend the party's triennial congress in Sanaa May 5, 2009. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN POLITICS)

Members of Yemen's ruling GPC party attend the party's triennial congress in Sanaa May 5, 2009. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN POLITICS)

Guests and members of Yemen's ruling GPC party attend the party's triennial congress in Sanaa May 5, 2009. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN POLITICS)

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh addresses a triennial congress of the ruling General People's Congress party in Sanaa May 5, 2009. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN POLITICS HEADSHOT)

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh addresses a triennial congress of the ruling General People's Congress party in Sanaa May 5, 2009. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN POLITICS)

The installation "(dis)appear" by Paul Le Grand is pictured during a media preview of the 10th "Bex & Arts" contemporary sculpture exhibition in Bex May 29, 2008. The triennial exhibition presents eighty-two sculptures from Swiss artists and will be open from June 1 to September 28 at the Szilassy Estate. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND)

The installation "Colonne sans fin" by Reto Emch is pictured during a media preview of the 10th "Bex & Arts" contemporary sculpture exhibition in Bex May 29, 2008. The triennial exhibition presents eighty-two sculptures from Swiss artists and will be open from June 1 to September 28 at the Szilassy Estate. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND)

The installation "CHASM" by Gillian White is pictured during a media preview of the 10th "Bex & Arts" contemporary sculpture exhibition in Bex May 29, 2008. The triennial exhibition presents eighty-two sculptures from Swiss artists and will be open from June 1 to September 28 at the Szilassy Estate. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND)

The installation "Des Loups qui Traversent la Nuit" by Olivier Estoppey is pictured during a media preview of the 10th "Bex & Arts" contemporary sculpture exhibition in Bex May 29, 2008. The triennial exhibition presents eighty-two sculptures from Swiss artists and will be open from June 1 to September 28 at the Szilassy Estate. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND)

The installation "Etat de sieste" by Aliska Lahusen is pictured during a media preview of the 10th "Bex & Arts" contemporary sculpture exhibition in Bex May 29, 2008. The triennial exhibition presents eighty-two sculptures from Swiss artists and will be open from June 1 to September 28 at the Szilassy Estate. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND)

The installation "cervelas" by Vincent Kohler is pictured during a media preview of the 10th "Bex & Arts" contemporary sculpture exhibition in Bex May 29, 2008. The triennial exhibition presents eighty-two sculptures from Swiss artists and will be open from June 1 to September 28 at the Szilassy Estate. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND)

The installation "(dis)appear" by Paul Le Grand is pictured during a media preview of the 10th "Bex & Arts" contemporary sculpture exhibition in Bex May 29, 2008. The triennial exhibition presents eighty-two sculptures from Swiss artists and will be open from June 1 to September 28 at the Szilassy Estate. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND)

The installation "gratte-ciel" (skyscraper) by Gilles Porret is pictured during a media preview of the 10th "Bex & Arts" contemporary sculpture exhibition in Bex May 29, 2008. The triennial exhibition presents eighty-two sculptures from Swiss artists and will be open from June 1 to September 28 at the Szilassy Estate. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND)

Funsho Kupolokun, Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), speaks during the first plenary session of the World Petroleum Conference in Johannesburg September 26, 2005. The triennial Congress, which runs until September 29, is the world's largest gathering of oil producers, executives, governments and other groups. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

A mile (1609 metres) of string binds a version of the late French
artist Auguste Rodin's 'The Kiss' by Cornelia Parker in a new
exhibition, 'Days Like These', at the Tate Britain, in London, February
25, 2003. "Days Like These" is the second Tate triennial exhibition of
contemporary British art and featues the work of twenty-three artists,
encompassing painting, sculpture, film, video, photography and sound
works. The show opens on Wednesday and runs until May 26, 2003.
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A visitor looks at Ian Davenport's "Untitled Poured Lines" in a new exhibition called 'Days Like These' at the Tate Britain, in London, February 25, 2003. 'Days Like These' is the second Tate triennial exhibition of contemporary British art and featues the work of twenty-three artists, encompassing painting, sculpture, film, video, photography and sound works. The show opens on Wednesday and runs until May 26, 2003.

A visitor looks at Ian Davenport's "Untitled Poured Lines" in a new exhibition, "Days Like These", at the Tate Britain, in London, February 25, 2003. "Days Like These" is the second Tate triennial exhibition of contemporary British art and featues the work of twenty-three artists, encompassing painting, sculpture, film, video, photography and sound works. The show opens on Wednesday and runs until May 26, 2003.

A mile (1609 metres) of string binds a version of the late French artist Auguste Rodin's 'The Kiss' by Cornelia Parker in a new exhibition, 'Days Like These', at the Tate Britain, in London, February 25, 2003. "Days Like These" is the second Tate triennial exhibition of contemporary British art and featues the work of twenty-three artists, encompassing painting, sculpture, film, video, photography and sound works. The show opens on Wednesday and runs until May 26, 2003.

A visitor walks past Rachel Whiteread's untitled stairs in a new exhibition, 'Days Like These', at the Tate Britain, in London, February 25, 2003. 'Days Like These' is the second Tate triennial exhibition of contemporary British art and featues the work of twenty-three artists, encompassing painting, sculpture, film, video, photography and sound works. The show opens on Wednesday and runs until May 26, 2003.

A young visitor walks across a striped floor by British artist Jim Lambie featured in a new exhibition called "Days Like These", at the Tate Britain, in London, February 25, 2003. "Days Like These" is the second Tate triennial exhibition of contemporary British art and featues the work of twenty-three artists, encompassing painting, sculpture, film, video, photography and sound works. The show opens on Wednesday and runs until May 26, 2003.

A visitor looks at Ian Davenport's "Untitled Poured Lines" in a new
exhibition called 'Days Like These' at the Tate Britain, in London,
February 25, 2003. 'Days Like These' is the second Tate triennial
exhibition of contemporary British art and featues the work of
twenty-three artists, encompassing painting, sculpture, film, video,
photography and sound works. The show opens on Wednesday and runs until
May 26, 2003. REUTERS/Toby Melville

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Two members of the National Federation of Women's Institute (W.I) enjoy a packed lunch during a break at their Triennial general meeting at the Wembley Arena June 7. Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, in his first speech since a two-week break with his fourth child, was heckled by some members of the audience as he harked back to traditional British values while tempering Labour attacks on elitism.

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Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair gestures as he addresses the National Federation of Women's Institute (W.I) at their Triennial general meeting at the Wembley Arena June 7. Blair, in his first speech since a two-week break with his fourth child, was heckled by some members of the audience as he harked back to traditional British values while tempering Labour attacks on elitism.

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Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair bites his lip after addressing the National Federation of Women's Institute (W.I) at their Triennial general meeting at the wembley Arena June 7. Blair, in his first speech since a two-week break with his fourth child, was heckled by some members of the audience as he harked back to traditional British values while tempering Labour attacks on elitism.

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Members of the National Federation of Women's Institute (W.I) enjoy a packed lunch in the midday sun during a break at their Triennial general meeting at the Wembley Arena June 7. Blair, in his first speech since a two-week break with his fourth child, was heckled by some members of the audience as he harked back to traditional British values while tempering Labour attacks on elitism.

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Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair bites his lip after addressing the National Federation of Women's Institute (W.I) at their Triennial general meeting at the Wembley Arena June 7. Blair, in his first speech since a two-week break with his fourth child, was heckled by some members of the audience as he harked back to traditional British values while tempering Labour attacks on elitism.

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Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair gestures as he addresses the National Federation of Women's Institute (W.I) at their Triennial general meeting at the Wembley Arena June 7. Blair, in his first speech since a two-week break with his fourth child, was heckled by some members of the audience as he harked back to traditional British values while tempering Labour attacks on elitism.

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Ford Motor Company Executive Director for Labor Affairs Robert H. Marcin responds to a reporter's question June 14 during a news briefing at Ford World Headquarters following the formal opening of labor contract talks, where auto worker safety emerged as a top concern for this year's triennial labor contract talks. The banner behind Marcin was presented to Ford and signed by members of the UAW Ford bargaining committee. jch/Photo by John C.

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United Auto Workers Union President Stephen P. Yokich responds to a reporter's question June 14 during a news briefing at Ford World Headquarters following the formal opening of labor contract talks, where auto worker safety emerged as a top concern for this year's triennial labor contract talks. jch/Photo by John C.

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United Auto Workers Union President Stephen P. Yokich listens June 14 as reporters direct questions to other UAW officials during a news briefing at Ford World Headquarters following the formal opening of labor contract talks where auto worker safety emerged as a top concern for this year's triennial labor contract talks. jch/Photo by John C.

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Malaysian Prime Minister and president of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Mahathir Mohamad (R) talks to his deputy Anwar Ibrahim who is also Deputy Prime Minister, October 12, during the 2-day 1996 UMNO general assembly which was held in Kuala Lumpur. Mahathir, who won the presidential seat uncontested, showed he is still very much in charge of his political party at the end of the three-day triennial elections assembly.

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Malaysian Prime Minister and president of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Mahathir Mohamad (C) grins widely as his ally, Foreign Minister Abdullah Badawi (R) wins one of the three vice presidential seats in the triennial elections of UMNO in Kuala Lumpur October 10. The other two seats was won by Chief Minister of Selangor state Muhammad Muhammad Taib (L) and Education Minister Najib Tun Razak (2nd-L). Deputy Prime Minister and vice president of UMNO Anwar Ibrahim (2nd-R) celebrates with the winners.

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Malaysian Prime Minister and president of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Mahathir Mohamad appears on a large screen as he addresses the opening of the UMNO triennial election assembly in Kuala Lumpur, October 10. Mahathir, who has lost two key allies in party polls, warns corruption and ruthless campaigning will destroy the 50-year old UMNO.

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