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Page last updated at 17:09 GMT, Tuesday, 16 September 2008 18:09 UK
New York Stock Exchange traders
Global market turmoil continues
Major global stock markets suffer losses in the aftermath of the demise of top US investment bank Lehman Brothers.
HBOS shares bear the brunt
How does collapse affect you?
Peston: Why AIG matters
Barclays eyes Lehman assets
Crisis threatens insurance giant
Credit crunch jargon explained
Views from around the world

Lt Gen Raymond Odierno (file photo) Odierno warning on Iraq security
The new US military commander in Iraq, Lt Gen Ray Odierno, says recent security gains there are "fragile and reversible".

Leopoldo Fernandez, governor of Pando Troops arrest Bolivian governor
Bolivian troops arrest an opposition governor accused of backing deadly violence in Pando region, state television says.


VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS
Collapsed hotel Mudslides follow Taiwanese typhoon

OJ Simpson robbery trial begins
Jennifer Lopez J-Lo and stars in triathlon challenge

Three dead in Mexico prison riot

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
World's smallest man and longest-legged woman in London Day in pictures
Striking images from around the world
Robert Mugabe (l) and Morgan Tsvangirai (r) after signing a power-sharing deal in Harare, 15 September 2008 Who is the boss?
Zimbabwe deal leaves questions unanswered
African lumberjack Jean-Pierre Murangira in northern Canada 'I'm a lumberjack'
The new face of Canada's forestry workforce

US ELECTIONS 2008
Flag Full coverage of the race to succeed George Bush

Talking America - on the BBC bus
Tracking what the polls say
Mapping the key battlegrounds


AROUND THE WORLD NOW

AFRICA
Tsvangirai moves to assure Mugabe
AMERICAS
Cuban storms damage 'worst ever'
ASIA-PACIFIC
Thai party rallies behind Somchai

EUROPE
Ukraine government falls apart
MIDDLE EAST
Lebanon factions launch dialogue
SOUTH ASIA
Afghan civilian casualties soar

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UK
Minister quits in Brown protest
BUSINESS
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HEALTH
Clean living 'slows cell ageing'
SCIENCE/NATURE
'Creationism' biologist quits job
ENTERTAINMENT
Hirst sale breaks artist record
TECHNOLOGY
UK government responds on Phorm

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
A woman in Eritrea Three Sisters
Eritrean women face tough choices on a new frontline
the OK corral Political bloodbath
Think this election's nasty? The OK corral was worse
Head in hands Drowning sorrows
Should we feel sorry for City bankers?

OTHER TOP STORIES

Wing flap 'problem' on Spain jet
France frees sailors from pirates
Pakistan in border warning to US
UN pulls out of north Sri Lanka
Clampdown urged on shark finning
Heart fears over common chemical

MARKET DATA - 18:09 UK

FTSE 100
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Dow Jones
10924.19up
 6.68 0.06%
Nasdaq
2178.82down
 -1.09 -0.05%
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