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Tue 11 Nov 2007Strength of euro worries finance ministersEU finance ministers expressed growing fears about the rising strength of the euro and a recent surge in oil prices at their regular monthly meeting in Brussels last night.They also agreed to put pressure on China to do more to tackle "excessive volatility" in exchange rates when EU officials meet their Chinese counterparts this month.