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PARIS - Fresh fears of a looming international currency war sent the dollar to an eight-month low against the euro Thursday as top world financial officials cautioned that competing devaluations of countries' currencies could threaten the global economic recovery.

LONDON - The euro pushed up above $1.31 for the first time in just over a month Thursday as it continued to gain ground in the aftermath of the Bank of Japan's intervention to weaken the yen.