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United States, European and Asian stock markets have plummeted, as lending rates between banks continue to rise despite this week's efforts by central banks to break the impasse in credit markets.
10/10/2008
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France's Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio has won the 2008 Nobel prize in literature for works characterised by "poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy".
09/10/2008
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The head of Lehman Brothers has been heavily criticised during a congressional hearing into the bank's collapse.
07/10/2008
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The trial of 42 people charged with trafficking arms to Angola and receiving illegal kickbacks at the height of the African country's civil war has opened in Paris.
06/10/2008
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Manuel Fernandes' second-half goal gave Valencia a 1-0 victory at Valladolid to reclaim top spot in the Spain's Primera Liga, while Sevilla stayed close with a 4-0 win over Athletic Bilbao.
06/10/2008
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Formula One looked in good health at Sunday's stunning night-time grand prix in Singapore but the worry lines are always more apparent in the cold light of day.
02/10/2008
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Finland has introduced stricter rules on gun permits after a man shot dead 10 people at a vocational school last week before turning the gun on himself.
01/10/2008
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Police in the Chinese province at the centre of the country's tainted milk scandal have detained at least 22 people suspected of being behind a network that sold the chemical melamine to milk suppliers, state media has reported.
30/09/2008
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A group of European and Egyptian hostages kidnapped in Egypt's Western Desert 10 days ago have arrived in Egypt aboard a military aircraft following their rescue.
29/09/2008
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Finland has mourned the victims of a college massacre in which a trainee chef shot dead nine fellow students and a teacher before killing himself.
29/09/2008
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Austrians are voting in national elections which are expected to result in gains for two far-right parties.
28/09/2008
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A fire has destroyed the main hall of Egypt's National Theatre in the heart of the country's capital, Cairo.
28/09/2008
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About five per cent of children tested in Shanghai are showing signs of kidney stones after being fed contaminated milk powder, China's state media has said.
26/09/2008
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French power giant EDF has announced that it has agreed to acquire British Energy Group PLC in a cash offer valued at $23.18bn, creating a cross-channel powerhouse in nuclear energy.
24/09/2008
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Football's world governing body Fifa has found itself tangled in a legal mess after the authority absolved Qatar of any blame for fielding an ineligible player in a World Cup qualifier.
22/09/2008
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