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NATO, Afghan troops kill 65 Taliban overnight

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Oct. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — Afghan and NATO-led forces killed 65 Taliban militants overnight near the provincial capital of the southern province of Helmand, the provincial governor's spokesman Daud Ahmadi said on Sunday. ...  > full story
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Australia guarantees bank deposits to combat crisis

CANBERRA, Oct. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — Australia will guarantee all bank deposits for three years and guarantee wholesale funding to Australian banks in an attempt to combat the global credit crisis, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Sunday. ...  > full story
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Australia to guarantee bank deposits for three years: PM

CANBERRA, Oct. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — Australia will guarantee all bank deposits for three years and will also guarantee wholesale funding to Australian banks in an attempt to combat the global credit crisis, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Sunday. ...  > full story
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Israeli Jews, Arabs clash in fourth straight night

ACRE, Israel, Oct. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Rioters clashed for a fourth straight night on Saturday in northern Israel, police said, raising tensions in a city once a rare bastion of peaceful relations between Arabs and Jews. ...  > full story
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Finance leaders endorse G7 plan to calm markets

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Finance leaders from the International Monetary Fund's 185 member countries on Saturday endorsed a plan by major economies to chart a course out of the credit crisis, hoping the broader support will calm markets. ...  > full story
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Chrysler, GM have merger talks: sources

DETROIT/NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Chrysler LLC has had talks with General Motors Corp about a deal to combine the No. 1 and No. 3 American automakers at a time when both are struggling to cut costs and shore up cash, according to three people familiar with the matter. ...  > full story
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IMF warns of meltdown; France says Europe to act

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — The IMF warned the world's financial system was near meltdown and France promised that a meeting of European leaders in Paris will detail measures to keep a market panic from triggering the most severe global downturn in decades. ...  > full story
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Scientists sequence giant panda's genome: report

SHANGHAI, Oct. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Scientists have sequenced the genome of the giant panda, an achievement which may aid efforts to protect the endangered species, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. ...  > full story
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Five killed in U.S. missile attack in Pakistan

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Oct. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Suspected U.S. drones fired two missile on Saturday into a Pakistani region regarded as an al Qaeda and Taliban safe haven, killing at least five militants, residents and an intelligence official said. ...  > full story
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Austrian far-right leader Haider killed in crash

VIENNA, Oct. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider, a charismatic populist who helped bring anti-immigrant politics into the European mainstream, was killed in a car accident on Saturday. He was 58. ...  > full story
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NATO, Afghan troops kill 65 Taliban overnight

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Oct. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — Afghan and NATO-led forces killed 65 Taliban militants overnight near the provincial capital of the southern province of Helmand, the provincial governor's spokesman Daud Ahmadi said on Sunday. ...  > full story

Lithuanians begin voting in parliamentary poll

VILNIUS, Oct. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — Lithuanians began voting in a parliamentary election on Sunday against a backdrop of double-digit inflation and fears its once high flying economy will be sucked into the global financial crisis. ...  > full story

Hurricane Norbert storms Mexico's Baja peninsula

LA PAZ, Mexico, Oct. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Hurricane Norbert smacked Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Saturday, blowing roofs off buildings, knocking down trees and forcing hundreds of people to evacuate flood-prone areas. ...  > full story

Peru's Garcia names leftist governor as new PM

LIMA, Oct. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Peruvian President Alan Garcia chose a leftist provincial governor as his new prime minister on Saturday, a day after firing his entire Cabinet over a widening oil and gas contract scandal. ...  > full story

Politics

Congressman says McCain sowing "seeds of hatred"

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Democratic congressman John Lewis, a veteran civil rights leader, accused Republican John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin on Saturday of "sowing the seeds of hatred and division" and said it reminded him of the segregationist era of Alabama Gov. George Wallace. ...  > full story

Bush says financial crisis needs coordinated response

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — President George W. Bush on Saturday said the financial crisis will require a global coordinated response and the top industrial nations will work together to solve it as quickly as possible. ...  > full story

Palin says report says she acted lawfully

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin acted "within proper and lawful authority" in removing the state's public safety commissioner, the McCain-Palin Republican presidential ticket said on Friday in response to a state report. ...  > full story

Republican anger bubbles up at McCain rally

LAKEVILLE, Minnesota, Oct. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — Republican presidential nominee John McCain was booed at his own rally on Friday as he tried to rein in increasingly raw anger among supporters stunned by Democrat Barack Obama's lead in the polls. ...  > full story

Business

Britain to launch banking rescue: paper

LONDON, Oct. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — Britain will launch its biggest retail bank rescue on Monday when the four largest, HBOS, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB and Barclays, ask for a combined 35 billion pounds ($60.5 billion) lifeline, the Sunday Times reported. ...  > full story

Iran to seek OPEC oil output cut: minister

TEHRAN, Oct. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — Iran will ask for an oil output cut at an OPEC emergency meeting scheduled for mid-November in Vienna, Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari told an Iranian newspaper. ...  > full story

Hyundai Motor unlikely to meet 2008 U.S. sales target

SEOUL, Oct. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Hyundai Motor Co <005380.KS>, South Korea's top auto maker, is unlikely to meet its U.S. sales target for this year as the U.S. financial crisis hit demand in the world's top auto market, a company president said. ...  > full story

Wealth funds, recipients adopt investing principles

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Government-owned wealth funds and the countries that accept their investments agreed on Saturday to a set of principles aimed at ensuring that both sides play by the rules. ...  > full story

Science

Scientists sequence giant panda's genome: report

SHANGHAI, Oct. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Scientists have sequenced the genome of the giant panda, an achievement which may aid efforts to protect the endangered species, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. ...  > full story

Google founder Brin visits Russian space cosmodrome

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, Oct. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Google co-founder Sergey Brin, considering going into space on a private flight, made a surprise visit to Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome on Saturday to wish good luck to a fellow space tourist. ...  > full story

NASA gives budget-busting Mars probe a reprieve

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Oct. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — NASA needs more money to resolve problems with its next Mars mission and keep it on track for launch next year, and is gambling that the U.S. Congress will find the extra funds, officials said on Friday. ...  > full story

Doctors, investors get latest data on heart devices

CHICAGO, Oct. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — After years of controversy and concern over the safety and overuse of drug-coated heart stents, physicians and investors attending a cardiology meeting next week will get a clearer look at how these devices are used. ...  > full story

Entertainment

Lisa Marie Presley delivers twins: report

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis Presley's only child, gave birth to twin baby girls on October 7, celebrity news TV show "Entertainment Tonight" said on its website on Saturday. ...  > full story

Jolie breast-feeding photo: triumph or trouble?

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — A magazine cover photo of Angelina Jolie breast-feeding one of her newborn twins may have turned the superstar actress into a role model for new mothers. ...  > full story

Beastie Boys draft stars for "Vote" tour

NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 2008 (Billboard) — The Beastie Boys have drafted Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Jack Johnson and Ben Harper to join them on the Get Out and Vote tour, which will begin October 28 in Richmond, Va. Shows are also set for November 1 in St. Paul, Minn., and November 2 in Milwaukee. ...  > full story

Angelina Jolie says Brad made her want pregnancy

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — Angelina Jolie, an advocate for adoption, was determined never to get pregnant until Brad Pitt came along and changed her mind, the actress said in a magazine interview. ...  > full story

Sports

U.S. rout hapless Cuba, Jamaica stun Mexico

BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — Sven-Goran Eriksson's Mexico slumped to a 1-0 defeat in Jamaica in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday while the United States routed Cuba 6-1 after their opponents reportedly suffered two defections before the game. ...  > full story

Franzen's late rally gives Red Wings first win

OTTAWA, Oct. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — Johan Franzen scored two third-period goals to give defending champions the Detroit Red Wings a 3-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday and a first win of the season. ...  > full story

Burton edges Kahne for NASCAR win

CONCORD, North Carolina, Oct. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — Jeff Burton held off the late charge of Kasey Kahne to win the NASCAR Charlotte 500 race by less than one second on Saturday. ...  > full story

Warriors suspend Ellis for 30 games for moped injury

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — The Golden State Warriors have suspended guard Monta Ellis for 30 games without pay for violating terms of his contract after being involved in a moped accident in which he injured an ankle. ...  > full story
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