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CNN's Robyn Curnow sits down with one analyst and asks what can South Africans expect from their new president.

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Experts suggested a boom in the soy industry in Argentina's Pampas plains has contributed to a drop in the bee population.

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CNN's Atika Shubert reports on how the EU is gripped by banking fears.

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Nearly a fourth of the world's mammals are endangered, says an international conservation group IUCN. CNN's Al Goodman reports.

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German government in crisis management after Hypo Real Estate bailout plan collapses. CNN's Diana Magnay reports.

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Despite the $700B bailout plan, financial fears hurt international markets.

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A mass airlift of penguins is being carried out in Brazil to release the birds back into the ocean.

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Australians are being warned to do more to protect their personal details with new figures showing identity fraud is Australia's fastest growing crime.

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Two little furry friends in Japan are bringing a whole new meaning to the term monkey business.

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DNA tests are being carried out on a body in Croatia to determine whether it is missing Aussie backpacker Britt Lapthorne.

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For ten years, the Cerro Paranal observatory in the Atacama desert at the north end of Chile has been gazing up at the stars. This European observatory boasts the most advanced technology: four telescopes with 8-meter diameters that are collectively known as the VLT, or "Very Large Telescope." In 2009 they will inaugurate their newest telescope, the Vista.

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The UK's top share index has chalked up its biggest one-day points fall ever.

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It seems another iconic Australian brand is heading towards foreign ownership.

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A boat carrying 17 suspected Middle Eastern refugees has been discovered off Western Australia.

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The Rudd Government is being urged to do more to protect Australia's natural wonders with almost 100 local plants and animals listed as threatened.

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Mixed verdict on whether life has gotten better some seven years after Afghan war began

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World stock markets have plunged after bank bail-outs in the US and Europe failed to stem fears of slower global economic growth.

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North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il makes first public appearance in 2 months

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Somali pirates stare down global superpowers

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Three skydivers made a record-breaking skydive on Sunday by jumping over the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, in Nepal. (Oct. 6)

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Two little furry friends in Japan are bringing a whole new meaning to the term 'monkey business'.

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Australian mortgage holders will be hoping for some relief today with the Reserve Bank tipped to cut official interest rates.

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The former Thai Prime Minister has applied for political asylum in the UK.

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Australians are being warned to do more to protect their personal details with new figures showing identity fraud is Australia's fastest growing crime.

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Sri Lanka's high commissioner to Australia has been killed in a suicide blast in his homeland.

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Croatian police say it's unlikely body parts found in waters off Dubrovnik are not those of missing Aussie backpacker Britt Lapthorne.

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Iceland's government is to offer an unlimited guarantee for all bank customers' savings accounts.

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CNN's Arwa Damon received an extraordinary look at the Kurdistan Workers Party rebel hideouts in northern Iraq.

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A second round of bailouts for Fortis and Hypo Real Estate bank highlights the fragility of Europe's financial institutions in the face of a US-bred international financial crisis.

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Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who found the virus that causes cervical cancer are awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology.

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Most of the casualties were in Kyrgyzstan but strong quakes have also hit neighbouring China and Tibet.

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Iceland's government is to offer an unlimited guarantee for all bank accounts, following fears about savings.

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An international conservation group says a quarter of the world's mammals face extinction.

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Worries the government's $700 bank bailout will not be enough to prevent a recession in the U.S. or Europe prompted a sell-off which dragged the Dow below 9,800.

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European stocks fell to their lowest level in four years as governments scramble to guarantee deposits and save banks.

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Iraqi curators say that the country's ancient treasures will remain locked away until security improves.

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Stock markets in Europe and across the globe have plunged after U.S. and European bank bailouts fail to stem fears of economic slowdown.

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European bank shares tumble after the weekend's bailouts of Germany's Hypo Real Estate and Belgian-Dutch banking and insurance group Fortis.