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AFP/APP Tokyo: Tokyo stocks rose on Monday after US markets finished mostly higher at the end of last week. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.77 percent, or 294.74 points, at 38,782.64 in early trade, while the broader Topix…

AFP/APP Washington: The United States on Tuesday approved a $2.2 billion sale of advanced battle tanks to Bahrain, a Gulf Arab ally once under an arms embargo over a crackdown on Shiite dissent. The State Department said it had…