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In the period between Aug. 19 and 26, emerging market bond funds s</p> <div class="date-area">August 28, 2015 07:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905215935/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Oil-soars-over-10-pct-biggest-gain-in-six-years-as-shorts-scramble">Oil soars over 10 pct, biggest gain in six years as shorts scramble</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Oil rocketed more than 10 percent higher on Thursday, posting its biggest one-day rally in over six years as recovering equity markets and news of diminished crude supplies set off a short-covering scramble by bearish traders. </p> <div class="date-area">August 28, 2015 09:45 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Islamic finance</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905215935/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Capital-Markets/Cross-border-deals-gain-momentum">Cross-border deals gain momentum</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20150905215935/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Capital-Markets/Cross-border-deals-gain-momentum"><img src="/web/20150905215935im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2015/201508/20150820/20150820_islamic_1.jpg/3205913-1-eng-GB/20150820_islamic_1.jpg_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TOKYO -- Governments and businesses in Asian and Middle Eastern countries are increasingly moving to set up financial institutions that offer products and services compliant with Islamic law, or Shariah. 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