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Iceland takes over second bank, currency defense fails
10-08 23:48 (World)
Iceland's fast-moving financial crisis deepened on Wednesday as the government seized control of its second big bank in days and the central bank abandoned its de...
Palin e-mail hacker is indicted
10-08 23:46 (World)
A Tennessee man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for hacking into a personal e-mail account of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Republican White Hou...
Iraq ready to replace US troops in Baghdad
10-08 23:36 (World)
Iraq said on Wednesday it was ready to take over security responsibilities from US security forces in Baghdad as both countries say they are nearing a deal o...
Attack on police in Turkey kills 1, wounds 14
10-08 23:29 (World)
One police student was killed and 14 other people were wounded in an attack on a police vehicle in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, police sources said. Un...
US and India to sign civil nuclear deal on Friday
10-08 23:19 (World)
The United States and India will sign a civil nuclear deal on Friday to open up nuclear trade between the two countries, the US State Department announced....
Pakistani MPs call on US to free al-Qaeda suspect
10-08 23:02 (World)
Parliamentarians from Pakistan on Wednesday met a Pakistani woman detained in the United States on charges of trying to kill US interrogators in Afghanista...
US stocks recover from opening plunge
10-08 22:12 (Business)
US stocks rebounded from an opening plunge after coordinated interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve and five central banks in the latest bid to unblock a cr...
Oil prices trim losses after cuts to interest rates
10-08 21:21 (Business)
Oil prices trimmed losses and pulled away from one-year lows after major central banks slashed interest rates in a coordinated move aimed at rescuing the flaggi...
Fire notices issued
10-08 20:44 (Hong Kong)
A total of 187 fire hazard abatement notices have been issued after government departments inspected 303 karaoke lounges across the city. The Fire Serv...
Russian forces quit Abkhazia buffer zone
10-08 20:32 (World)
Russian forces withdrew completely Wednesday from a buffer zone around Georgia's rebel region of Abkhazia, and were doing the same around South Ossetia, Ge...
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