Brazil Accuses US, China of Currency Manipulation; Intense Monetary Tightening in China; Iceland Solution Tempts Ireland;Unprecedented Hell in Belgium

``Guido Mantega, finance minister, told the Financial Times that Brazil was preparing new measures to prevent further appreciation of its currency, the real, and would raise the issue of exchange-rate manipulation at the World Trade Organisation and other global bodies. He said the US and China were among the worst offenders.''