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France's biggest bank, BNP Paribas denied a Reuters report that it was in talks with the Gulf state of Qatar on taking a stake in the bank.

French finance Minister Francois Baroin said any liquidity problems for euro zone banks were addressed by global central bank efforts to set up new liquidity facilities last week.

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