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WRAPUP 4-UK bank bail-out to take big stakes in RBS, HBOS - 3 Hours ago

* 3 major UK banks could take 37 bln pounds in govt capital * Government could end up with direct majority in some * RBS Chief Executive Fred Goodwin resigns * Lloyds revises terms of takeover of HBOS

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FOXNews.com

Tropical Storm Nana forms in Atlantic - 2 Hours ago

Tropical Storm Nana is expected to weaken after forming over the eastern Atlantic Sunday, the said Sunday. At 11 p.m. ET, Nana's center was about 980 miles (1,580 kilometers) west of the Cape Verde Islands

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Spain's 100bn euro bank guarantee - 93 Minutes ago

Mr Zapatero met with fellow European leaders at the weekend The Spanish government is to set aside a maximum of 100bn euros ($136bn; 79bn) to guarantee inter-bank lending. The announcement by Prime Minister

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U.S. Move on N. Korea Assailed in Japan
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General: Iran Hinders Iraq Pact
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Bombers strike in Mosul, Baghdad, killing 13
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Military not all gung-ho on McCain
Los Angeles Times

Markets surge after crisis talks
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Attacks on Iraqi Christians continue
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Fire burns 2,000 acres northeast of Los Angeles - 3 Hours ago
:26:13 (Beijing Time) SINA.com Firefighters from the Los Angeles County Fire Department battle a wildfire in the Angeles National Forest near Los Angeles on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. Los Angeles County Fire
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Firefighters take ferry to battle blaze - 2 Hours ago
A wildfire on Angel Island in spread across 100 acres Sunday but didn't damage any buildings the the historic state park, a Marin County fire official said. The fire, which began about 9 p.m. Saturday,
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System may create 'gay-friendly' high school - 80 Minutes ago
Public school officials in Chicago, Illinois, are recommending approval of a 'gay-friendly' high school because harassment and violence are causing gay students to skip class and drop out at alarming

Politics/Law

Obama leads McCain by 10 points: Wash Post/ABC poll - 3 Hours ago
:11:22 (Beijing Time) SINA.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is leading his Republican rival John McCain 53 percent to 43 percent among likely voters, according
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Obama to unveil economic rescue plan, campaign says - 3 Hours ago
TOLEDO, Ohio (Reuters)- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will give a 'major' speech outlining his economic rescue plan at 1:30 p.m. EDT on Monday, his campaign said. 'Today in Toledo, Ohio,
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Stephanopoulos: No Candidate Has Ever Lost with Obama's Lead Over McCain - 98 Minutes ago
ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports: The presidential election is now just 22 days away, and Barack Obama is leading John McCain by a whopping 53 percent to 43 percent according to the latest ABC
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Business

MUFG redefines Morgan Stanley deal - 4 Hours ago
Japan's largest bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is renegotiating its purchase of a 21 per cent stake in Morgan Stanley. The Asian firm has agreed to pay $9 billion for the deal, but is seeking
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Brown targets pay in bank nationalisation - 3 Hours ago
Gordon Brown called an end to the days of overblown City salaries today as he pumped 37 billion of taxpayer money into the partial nationalisation of three of the country's biggest banks. Under the emergency
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UK banks set to get up to 37bn - 7 Hours ago
The government is to inject up to 37bn of new capital into Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB and HBOS. Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to raise 20bn - with the government buying 5bn of preference shares

Finance

Markets surge on bank rescue plans - 4 Hours ago
Markets in Europe and Asia bounced Monday after world leaders promised more government backing for the troubled financial system. London's FTSE 100, Paris' CAC 40 and Frankfurt's XETRA DAX were between
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Stock futures point to rally on rescue hopes - 4 Hours ago
PARIS (Reuters) - Stock index futures were sharply higher on Monday, pointing to a rally on Wall Street as a flurry of moves by governments to restore confidence in the global financial system spurred
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World stock markets soar after last week's rout - 3 Hours ago
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index, which tumbled more than 7 percent Friday, soared 1,434.33 points, or 9.69 percent, to finish at 16,231.20. Australian and Singapore indices jumped more than 5 percent, while
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Sports

Boyd stands by decision to quit Scotland - 4 Hours ago
Kris Boyd is refusing to reconsider his decision to quit Scotland while George Burley is manager. The Rangers striker, 25, revealed yesterday he no longer wishes to be up for selection for the national
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Heskey not worried by goal drought - 3 Hours ago
Emile Heskey insists he is not concerned by his international goal tally despite not having scored for England in over five years. The Wigan striker has scored only five goals in 49 appearances for England
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Toon fears play on Given's mind - 3 Hours ago
Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given has urged potential buyers to invest in Newcastle as he holds on to his dream of winning a trophy with the club. The 32-year-old met up with his international
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Industry

Rail staff data on stolen laptop - 3 Hours ago
The computer was in a bag taken from an employee of Deloitte which until recently was the external auditor for rpmi, which administers railway pension schemes. A helpline has been set up for members of
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Perry to host MTV Europe awards - 2 Hours ago
Perry is the latest in a long line of star hosts US chart-topping singer Katy Perry has been announced as the host of the MTV Europe Music Awards. Perry, who went to number one with her song I Kissed
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FACTBOX-Nobel Economics prize -- Who is Paul Krugman? - 115 Minutes ago
Oct 13 (Reuters) - American economist Paul Krugman on Monday won the 2008 Nobel prize for economics for work that helps explain why some countries dominate international trade. Here are some key facts
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Internet

SSH Announces End-to-End Enterprise Security Solution for Linux on IBM System z - 96 Minutes ago
HELSINKI, Finland and WELLESLEY, Mass., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- SSH Communications Security Corp. (OMX: SSH1V), a world-leading provider of enterprise security solutions and end-to-end communications

Who needs an open-source strategy? You do - 3 Hours ago
It's no surprise that Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is on the prowl to acquire more companies, as reported by CNET, given that it gives him a chance to go shopping on the cheap. .If times are tough, there

Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions - 11 Hours ago
Times are tough. Youre a computer geek and you need to feed your PC with the latest and greatest applications. Whats a frugal nerd to do? A group of industry peers was recently asked by a colleague the
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Science

COHERENT INC SEES Q4 REVENUE $141 MLN TO $142.5 MLN - 94 Minutes ago
ews NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - Chuck Mikolajczak cm COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial
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DuPont Titanium Technologies Announces a Price Increase for Ti-Pure(R) Titanium - 5 Hours ago
WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- DuPont Titanium Technologies today announced a price increase for all DuPont(TM) Ti-Pure(R) titanium dioxide grades sold in Europe, Middle East and Africa regions.

Performance Coatings Receives Southeast Toyota Award - 3 Hours ago
This document was provided by SpecialChem's editor. If you want to share your submit press release in a specific area related to polymer additives and colors, please send it to james.brown@specialchem.com.
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Entertainment

No. 1 hip-hop star: I'm 'anxious' about prison - 74 Minutes ago
In four hours, T.I. was scheduled to appear at the BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was nominated for nine trophies. Instead, the hip-hop superstar found himself handcuffed in a downtown

Tenors reunite for Pavarotti gala - 3 Hours ago
The two surviving tenors sang again Singers including Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo have commemorated the life of late tenor Luciano Pavarotti at a concert in Petra, Jordan. Domingo and Carreras -

Bunk beds fill Tate Turbine Hall - 3 Hours ago
Two hundred yellow and blue bunk bed frames form part of the latest art installation to fill the Turbine Hall in London's Tate Modern gallery. Entitled TH.2058, the artwork - created by French artist

Technology

Legal music downloads outstrip demand for pirate tracks - 118 Minutes ago
ore News Legal music downloads have outstripped pirated tracks for the first time, according to a survey by Entertainment Media Research (EMR). The EMR survey of 1,500 consumers found that 51% legally
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Look whoâ??s buying Vista Home Basic (hint: itâ??s not home users) - 8 Hours ago
Ed Bott: Who?s buying new PCs with Windows Vista Home Basic? Judging by the name, you?d assume those OS editions would be loaded on underpowered machines headed for tract homes in the burbs and studio
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Overfeeding on Information - 18 Hours ago
YANA COLLINS LEHMAN, a film production accountant who lives in Brooklyn, knew something was amiss when her 5-year-old son, Beckett, started to announce to no one in particular, Im John McCain, and I approved

Health

Docs: Kids should double their vitamin D - 3 Hours ago
The nation's leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help prevent serious diseases.
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Scientists discover baldness link - 2 Hours ago
Scientists have found a genetic link which may explain why men inherit hair loss from their fathers. According to researchers, men who inherit two particular gene variants are seven times more likely
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Restaurant review: Andaman By Dieter Mller - 3 Hours ago
Address St James's Hotel and Club, 7-8 Park Place, London SW1Open All week, breakfast 7-10.30am, lunch noon-3pm, dinner 7-10pm At economic moments such as this, what we all need (second only to a few

Culture

Paul Sagan of Akamai Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences - 3 Hours ago
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leader in powering rich media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, today announced that Akamai President and Chief Executive Officer
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10 million people have visited European Capital of Culture Liverpool - 3 Hours ago
Liverpool waterfront A total of 10 million cultural visits have been made since Liverpool became the European Capital of Culture, it has been revealed. Highlights include a 200% rise in the number of
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Art Spiegelman continues his tale with 'Breakdowns' - 13 Hours ago
With the reissue of 'Breakdowns,' Art Spiegelman digests more of life. NEW YORK -- ART SPIEGELMAN'S SoHo studio sits across the street from one of the great hidden pieces of public art in this city: an