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Products tainted with melamine in Chinese dairy products are pulled off the shelves in South Korea.

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Japan's Mitsubishi Motors came back from bailout with record profits, but the global credit crunch is a test of that recovery.

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Turkey faces increasing pressure at home after Friday's deadly ambush to launch a major offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq that would hurt its ties with Washington and the European Union, analysts say.

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Thai police arrest the key leader of a month-long protest inside Bangkok's Government House compound as the detained anti-government figure urges his supporters not to quit.

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European leaders vow to help banks out at the end of an emergency summit in France to try to shore up confidence in a banking system hit by the worst financial crisis since the 1930s.

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Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin accuses Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama of being friendly with 'domestic terrorists'.

North Korean state television says leader Kim Jong-il, thought to have suffered a stroke in August, has made his first public appearance in about 50 days.

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European leaders arrived at the Elysee Palace for a meeting hosted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, to try to shore up confidence in a banking system hit by the worst financial crisis since the 1930s.

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During his second state visit to Italy, the Pope says that the Church has no intention of imposing its will on states but expects to be able to express itself freely on social questions.

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Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt and the entire Jamaican Olympic team were honoured in a homecoming parade marking a week long celebration in the island nation.

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At least fifteen soldiers and 23 PKK rebels were killed in clashes in Southern Turkey near the Iraqi border.

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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in India after Congress ratified a historic nuclear pact, but was unlikely to sign the deal during her visit because of a bureaucratic "glitch."

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Heavy rains have caused flooding in the Algerian oasis town of Ghardaia, killing at least 30 people.

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The world's mobile handset maker is launching a 'free' music package and its first touch phone in a challenge to Apple's dominance of the digital music market.

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The world's largest diamond trading centre sees business slowing down as the credit crunch bites harder.

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Simpson and co-defendent Clarence Stewart are convicted of robbery and kidnapping after storming into a hotel and taking memorabilia from two sports collectors at gunpoint.

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Mexican authorities have extended a state of emergency in Tabasco as the hard-hit region reels from torrential rainfall and floods.

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The bill passed by a a margin of 263 to 171, and follows a Senate vote in favor of the rescue plan.

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U.S. stocks had their biggest weekly decline since September 2001 as worries about the economy overshadowed the new $700 billon bank rescue law.

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Beating out Citigroup, Wells Fargo proves its durability through the credit crisis with a deal to purchase Wachovia.

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Both White House hopefuls are now gearing up for the final month of campaigning-- with Barack Obama riding a wave of momentum

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The U.S. House of Representatives passed a revamped $700 billion financial bailout bill Friday amid increasing fears that the already sagging U.S. economy could collapse without it.

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French Aid group Doctors Without Borders finds the northern Haitian village of Mamont under water a month after a series of storms swept through the Caribbean island.

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Najaf, a center of religious and political power in Shi'ite-majority Iraq, benefits from Iranian tourism and aid

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After Congress passed the $700 billion bailout bill, President Bush said he will sign the bill into law when he receives it.

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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives debate whether to vote to pass a $700 billion bill to bail out banks and arrest a spreading financial crisis.

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American employers slashed payrolls for the ninth consecutive month amid turmoil in the financial markets which threatens to harm the entire economy.

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European leaders call for a united front in tackling the financial crisis as divisions emerge.

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke returns to the spotlight when he delivers an economic address on Tuesday.

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Hundreds of football plans are arrested in the Czech capital after football fans clashed violently with police.

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Unpredictable markets are boosting business at Harry's Cafe, a drinking establishment popular with Wall Street traders.

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Nintendo shares fell sharply after its new after its new camera- and music-equipped DSi handheld console failed to wow investors.