GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia joins global stocks rally, dollar buoyant before Jackson Hole
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* MSCI Asia-Pacific index up 0.1 pct, Nikkei rises 0.8 pct * Asia stocks draw support from overnight Wall Street rally * Dollar supported by warming investor risk appetite * Copper pulls away from 3-year highs, gold dips By Shinichi Saoshiro TOKYO, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Asian stocks edged higher onWednesday to extend a global rally spurred by gains for techshares on Wall Street and miners in Europe, while the dollar wasbuoyant against the euro and yen ahead of a meeting of centralbankers later in the week. Financial markets have been buffeted in recent weeks byheightened tensions on the Korean peninsula, turmoil in theWhite House and growing...