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Crude futures were set higher as investors, amid disappointing U.S. home sales report, now await the federal Reserve to maintain its bond purchases unchanged till December. The October WTI contract increased 0.36% to $106.84 per barrel and Brent futures advanced 0.10% to $111.16, while countries of the West provided clues on more assertive approach versus civil war-struck Syria.