1.   The pound rose against the dollar on the world foreign currency exchange Markets.

2.   But as the dollar sagged against the major world currencies, bonds followed.

3.   Every attempt to introduce an artificial world currency has failed so far.

4.   Gold prices have been consistently depressed as world currencies increasingly trade against each other rather than rely on precious metals for backing.

5.   Gold futures rose primarily because of a weakening U.S. dollar against major world currencies, analysts said.

6.   If the euro does challenge the dollar as a world currency, it will take a long time to get there.

7.   In time, the euro may well rival the dollar as the dominant world currency.

8.   In time, the euro may rival the dollar as the dominant world currency.

9.   Most world currencies are available.

10.   That effort is in part responsible for the weakening of key European currencies, in particular the deutsche mark, against other world currencies, George said.