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NKorea to resume nuclear dismantlement
(AP)
Yahoo! | World News 14 10 2008  AP - North Korea planned to resume dismantling its nuclear program Tuesday for the first time in two months, days after the United States removed the communist regime from a terrorism blacklist as a reward under a disarmament pact.
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Cambodia: Thai troops retreat from disputed border
(AP)
Yahoo! | World News 14 10 2008  AP - Thai troops retreated from a disputed border area Tuesday, easing tensions after Cambodia's prime minister issued an ultimatum that the troops withdraw or face unspecified consequences.
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China jails Tibetan monks convicted in bomb blast
(AP)
Yahoo! | World News 14 10 2008 AP - Eight Buddhist monks convicted of bombing a government building in Tibet during an anti-government uprising in March have been sentenced to prison, two of them for life, a judge said Tuesday.
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Markets surge as govts unveil crisis packages
Agence France de Presse | Wire stories 14 10 2008 WASHINGTON (AFP) - Governments around the globe launched a multi-pronged attack on the finance crisis, as President George W. Bush and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson prepared Tuesday to unveil the next step in the US response.
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McCain vows greatest comeback yet
Agence France de Presse | Wire stories 14 10 2008 WILMINGTON, North Carolina (AFP) - Republican John McCain confessed his White House odds looked daunting as rival Barack Obama built a commanding poll lead, but insisted he was the experienced hand that a nation in crisis requires.
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Canada to vote amid economic uncertainty
Agence France de Presse | Wire stories 14 10 2008 OTTAWA, (AFP) - Canadians go to the polls Tuesday for a third election in four years, likely to return the Conservatives to office in the first G7 ballot since the start of a global financial meltdown.
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One dead, thousands flee as fires erupt across California
Agence France de Presse | Wire stories 14 10 2008 LOS ANGELES, (AFP) - One person was killed and thousands were evacuatedas a series of wind-driven wildfires swept across California, forcing firefighters onto the defensive as they scrambled to halt the flames.
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KRouge fighters jailed for British mine clearer's murder
Agence France de Presse | Wire stories 14 10 2008 PHNOM PENH (AFP) - A Cambodian court Tuesday sentenced four former Khmer Rouge guerrillas to up to 20 years in prison over the kidnapping and murder of a British mine clearer and his translator in 1996.
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Bush, Paulson to unveil new rescue package details
Agence France de Presse | Wire stories 14 10 2008 WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush and his Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson were Tuesday to unveil details of a comprehensive financial rescue package that includes investing hundreds of billions of government dollars into several troubled banks.
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Japan unveils measures to support stock market
Agence France de Presse | Wire stories 14 10 2008 TOKYO (AFP) - Japan announced a package of measures Tuesday aimed at supporting the ailing stock market, including a loosening of restrictions on companies buying back their own shares.
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U.S. to outline $250 billion bank bailout
Reuters | World news 14 10 2008 BANGKOK/TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury is ready to inject $250 billion into U.S. banks, mirroring moves by other leading countries that have boosted confidence in financial markets and sent the Nikkei soaring 13 percent on Tuesday.  
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Stocks soar, bonds tumble on broad crisis plans
Reuters | World news 14 10 2008 HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian stocks surged, with Japan's Nikkei up more than 13 percent on Tuesday after governments around the world readied plans to take stakes in banks to keep the global financial system from collapsing.  
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McCain tries fresh comeback bid
Reuters | World news 14 10 2008 WILMINGTON, North Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee John McCain on Monday sought to assure supporters he can come from behind to defeat Democrat Barack Obama, who proposed new ways to address the economic turmoil.  
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Morgan Stanley shares soar as MUFG deal closes
Reuters | World news 14 10 2008 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley stock nearly doubled after Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (MUFG) completed its $9 billion investment in the bank on Monday.  
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Wildfires threaten L.A. homes; two people dead
Reuters | World news 14 10 2008 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Deadly wind-driven brush fires roared out of the foothills and canyons on the northern fringe of Los Angeles on Monday, destroying dozens of homes and threatening hundreds more dwellings.  
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N.Korea to resume atom closure Tuesday
Reuters | World news 14 10 2008 VIENNA (Reuters) - North Korea on Monday restored U.N. monitors' access to its atom bomb complex and will resume disabling its nuclear reactor on Tuesday, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said, after a deal with Washington to save the process.  
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Obama lays out modest steps on economy
Reuters | World news 14 10 2008 TOLEDO, Ohio (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on Monday proposed tax credits and other steps to create jobs and to cushion Americans against the economic downturn but analysts described his ideas as modest.  
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Treasury to unveil $250 billion equity plan
Reuters | World news 14 10 2008 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury Department intends to unveil on Tuesday a $250 billion plan to purchase equity stakes in financial institutions along with a three-year guarantee of bank-to-bank lending, according to a financial policy source familiar with the plan.  
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Long-term study confirms Vioxx heart risks
Reuters | World news 14 10 2008 CHICAGO (Reuters) - A long-term analysis of people who took the arthritis drug Vioxx confirms it doubles the risk of strokes and heart attacks, researchers said on Monday, but this risk goes away a year after people stop taking it.  
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Luxury mall showcases wealth gap in India
Reuters | World news 14 10 2008 By Krittivas Mukherjee NEW DELHI (Reuters) - With gold-plated ceilings, exotic fountains and the clink of champagne glasses, the Emporio Mall in New Delhi is the perfect place to wile away a hot afternoon browsing through designer boutiques.  
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Nikkei follows easing of Wall St blues
Deutsche Welle | News 14 10 2008
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German Cabinet approves financial rescue package
Deutsche Welle | News 14 10 2008
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EU threatens Zimbabwe's Mugabe with new sanctions
Deutsche Welle | News 14 10 2008
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British lawmakers reject tighter anti-terror laws
Deutsche Welle | News 14 10 2008
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Livni's Kadima party agrees on coalition with Labour
Deutsche Welle | News 14 10 2008
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