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"Ex-ECB chief found dead in pool

Duisenberg, the former head of the European Central Bank, has been found dead in a pool at his villa in south-east France, French police say.
Police have not yet given a cause for his death, but say he was found on Sunday morning in the town of Faucon.
The former Dutch finance minister was the ECB's first president, and oversaw the introduction of the single European currency, the euro.
The 70-year-old had stepped down in 2003 after five years in the job.
Under Mr Duisenberg, the euro moved from a market-traded currency to coins and notes in the pockets of people in 12 European countries.
Current ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet called the death a terrible loss."

(BBC Neews-31.7)



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