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Page last updated at 00:22 GMT, Saturday, 20 September 2008 01:22 UK
Trader at New York Stock Exchange
Bush hails financial rescue plan
The US will take "unprecedented action" to tackle the crisis gripping its financial markets, says President George W Bush.
Will the bailout work?
Who's to blame?
Peston: Will UK follow suit?

Thabo Mbeki ANC in talks over Mbeki's future
South Africa's governing African National Congress is locked in crisis talks over whether to seek President Mbeki's resignation.

Atlas (Cern/C. Marcelloni) Hadron Collider forced to halt
The Large Hadron Collider at Cern is out of action, a week after its launch, when magnets fail as helium leaks into the tunnel.


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Blair appears on US news satire
Crustacean New species found on Oz reef

Blaine to hang upside-down

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Barack Obama and Sarah Palin Psychological war
Small-town girl Palin jabs at big-city boy Obama
Ali Hameed Counting costs
Iraqi capital reflects on its losses as calm returns
Dog It's quiz time!
How will one town rid its streets of dog mess?

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AFRICA
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AMERICAS
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EUROPE
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MIDDLE EAST
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