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China jitters send stocks tumbling again

World stocks and commodity prices have tumbled again as poor Chinese data see fears about its economic health make an unwelcome comeback. As Sonia Legg reports, oil prices also fell more than 3 percent after official data showed China's giant manufacturing sector contracted at the fastest pace in three years.