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Deepening finance crisis causes global market panic
PARIS (AFP) - Desperate new measures by governments in Europe and North America to stabilise the financial system failed to stop panic selling that swept global markets Monday amid deepening gloom at the scope of the banking crisis.
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EU's climate package 'in crisis'
The EU's attempt to lead the world on climate change will crumble unless its current policy crisis is resolved, a study warns.
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Ramprakash handed two-game ban
Mark Ramprakash pleads guilty to an ECB charge of swearing at an umpire and will miss the first two matches of the 2009 County Championship season.
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Widow forgives dead police chief
The widow of a police chief found dead days after he revealed an extra-marital affair says she has forgiven him.
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Research on AIDS virus and cancer wins Nobel Medicine Prize
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - French and German scientists credited with the discovery of the viruses behind AIDS and cervical cancer won Monday the Nobel Medicine Prize, the first of the prestigious awards to be announced this year.
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Panicked global markets reel, Wall Street plunges below 10,000 pts
NEW YORK (AFP) - Global stock markets reeled Monday, shaken by massive sell-offs by panicked investors who fear a much-vaunted US finance sector bailout will fail to end a crippling credit crisis.
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Accused 'cooked victim's flesh'
The first winner of Mr Gay UK stabbed a man to death before cutting flesh from his thigh and trying to eat it, a court hears.
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Gardener cleared of poison bloom attack
A gardener is found not guilty of poisoning a former judge's lawn and flowers with weedkiller after being sacked.
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Fed, Treasury take steps to confront financial crisis
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Federal Reserve and the US Treasury announced measures Monday to confront a rapidly escalating financial crisis under new emergency powers as panicked investors fled stock markets.
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Oyster card hack details revealed
Dutch researchers reveal details of how they managed to copy the radio chips used on London's Oyster card.
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Prince and Princess Michael of Kent to pay rent for royal home
Prince and Princess Michael of Kent are no longer allowed to live rent free in a Kensington Palace apartment.
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Iceland guarantees bank accounts
Iceland offers an unlimited guarantee for all savers, as bank shares are suspended ahead of a financial rescue announcement.
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Stocks slide despite reassurances
The UK's top share index chalks up its biggest one-day points fall ever as Chancellor Alistair Darling tries to reassure financial markets.
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Disabled man 'treated as animal'
A wheelchair user accused of assaulting police claims he was treated 'worse than an animal' while being arrested.
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Clark made shadow energy minister
Tory leader David Cameron appoints Greg Clark as shadow energy and climate secretary, in a Conservative reshuffle.
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Fed pays interest on deposits, hikes bank credit to 900 bln dlrs
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Federal Reserve and the US Treasury announced steps Monday to confront a rapidly escalating financial crisis under new emergency powers as panicked investors fled stock markets.
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Drug-smuggling grandmother jailed
An elderly woman who was caught smuggling cocaine worth £1m in her mobility vehicle is jailed for 13 years.
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Pollution linked to appendicitis
Air pollution may increase risk of developing the life-threatening condition appendicitis, research suggests.
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Tibetan earthquakes kill dozens
At least 30 people die as two earthquakes strike the Himalayan region of Tibet, Chinese state media report.
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Angola arms trial opens in Paris
Forty-two people, including members of the French elite, go on trial accused of involvement in trafficking arms to Angola.
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