Asian shares retreat

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Asian shares declined the most in almost 24 months on worries the Fed could scale back the monetary stimulus programme if the U.S. economy will continue to improve. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 3.6% to 128.29 at 3:28 p.m. Tokyo time and is set for the biggest retreat since September 2011, while Japan's Topix index slid 1.3% and Nikkei 225 Stock Average slipped 1.7%.
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