By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares slumped to a three-week low on Friday after Wall Street suffered its biggest fall in more than two months, while a surprise interest rate cut by the European Central Bank underscored the fragility of the global economy. The euro was under the cosh after slipping to seven-week lows of $1.3295 on Thursday after the ECB cut borrowing costs to a record low of 0.25 percent in response to a sharp drop in inflation. Markets in Asia took their cues from a rough night on Wall Street as weak earnings saw the Dow Jones industrial average slide 0.97 percent and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index tumble 1.32 percent. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.3 percent to a three-week low.
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