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Economy will suffer collateral damage from the crisis roiling the financial sector, although the extent of the fallout remains to be seen, ministers and analysts warned on wednesday.
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Economy faces fallout from financial crisis.
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Fifth round of talks and that had been due to be held on thursday has been postponed request, foreign minister said.
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Says has postponed talks.
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Least 54 people were killed and more than 83 wounded in a series of attacks on wednesday, one of them a twin car bombing in a business district, security sources said.
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Least 54 dead attacks.
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On wednesday proposed expanding its food program for the most deprived people in the bloc by boosting the budget by two thirds and increasing the range of products provided.
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Seeks to expand food aid poor.
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President on wednesday signed agreements and setting the diplomatic framework relations with the two rebel regions.
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Signs deals.
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Armed militants who have declared an oil war "in the restive south of the country claimed wednesday to have blown up a major pipeline in their latest attack on oil installations in the region.
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Oil rebels hit more facilities.
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Militants attacked the us embassy in the capital with a car bomb and rockets on wednesday, leaving 74 people dead, in the second strike on the high security compound in six months.
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74 killed in attack on us embassy.
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New daughter in law of president is suing two magazines for publishing stolen "photos of her wedding to the president's son last week, her lawyer said wednesday.
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Daughter in law sues over wedding.
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Said it will start wednesday to distribute emergency food supplies to reach around 81,127 vulnerable people in the poverty stricken country.
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Begins emergency food distribution.
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Military and authorities will jointly investigate a backed claim of high civilian casualties in a recent coalition air strike, us defense secretary said wednesday.
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Official agree to joint civilian death probe.
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Shares closed 374 percent down on wednesday with investors still jittery about the fallout from the collapse of giant dealers said.
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Shares end down 374 pct.
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Rebels attacked an patrol in the restive leaving seven soldiers and one militant dead, military officials said wednesday.
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Eight dead rebel attacks.
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Prime minister said wednesday he would arrange a royal pardon for prince allowing him to end his self imposed exile after being convicted of fraud.
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Pm gives green light to return home.
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Regulators gave the greenlight wednesday plans to privatise and but said 835 million euros lrb 35 billion dollars of state aid to its cash strapped national carrier broke rules.
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Okays privatisation.
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Shares rose two percent wednesday on a continued rebound driven by a firmer rupiah and overnight gains in us stocks, dealers said.
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Shares close up two percent.
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Share prices closed 775 percent lower on wednesday amid mounting fears of a domino effect on the global financial sector after the collapse of us investment bank dealers said.
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Share prices close 775 percent lower.
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Small party ruling coalition quit on wednesday, in a fresh blow for the government which is also facing an opposition bid to seize power.
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Small party quits ruling coalition.
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Dollar fell against the on wednesday as the foreign exchange market absorbed a move by the us to rescue insurance giant aig, dealers said.
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Dollar slips against as aig.
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Brother in law of ousted premier was elected prime minister by parliament wednesday but faced immediate opposition from protesters who vowed to force him from office.
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Brother in law elected pm calls for reconciliation.
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Major shareholder chemical firm investment fund, said wednesday it rejected a 65 billion 72 billion dollar offer for the company basf for being too low.
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Key shareholder rejects basf offer as too low.
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Herewith the most serious attacks on us diplomatic interests around the world over the past decade, not including.
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Decade of attacks.
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Media gave massive coverage wednesday to the government's 68th hour rescue of group, with some arguing that a bailout of the insurance giant opens a pandora's box "of future interventions.
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Media seizes bailout.
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Share prices ended 51 percent lower wednesday amid concerns over the health of us financial institutions and political turmoil in the country, dealers said.
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Shares close 51 percent lower.
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Premier, who is facing an opposition bid to seize power, was hit wednesday with the departure of a party in his coalition, and said he may step down earlier than planned.
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Party quits coalition pm says may step down earlier.
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Second biggest electricity utility, said wednesday it had completed its purchase of us power group after it accepted the conditions set state regulators.
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Completes purchase of energy.
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Militants attacked the us embassy in the capital with a car bomb and rockets on wednesday, leaving 63 people dead, in the second strike on the high security compound in six months.
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63 killed in attack on us embassy.
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Members of governing party were voting for a new leader on wednesday, with foreign minister favored by opinion polls to replace scandal plagued prime minister.
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Ruling party elects successor.
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Local representative of the in the on wednesday endorsed a bill for population control that has been harshly opposed by the dominant.
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Representative endorses population bill.
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Share prices closed 420 percent lower on wednesday amid mounting fears of a domino effect on the global financial sector after the collapse of us investment bank dealers said.
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Share prices close 420 percent lower.
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Fifth round of talks and that had been due to be held on thursday has been postponed request, foreign minister said.
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Says has postponed talks.
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Least 57 people were killed and more than 42 wounded in a series of attacks on wednesday, one of them a twin car bombing in a business district, security sources said.
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Least 57 dead attacks.
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Said wednesday it will merge its two private banking units under one brand name in 2003.
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Says to merge private banking ops.
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May ask the to delay war crimes proceedings against president foreign minister said wednesday in a radio interview.
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May ask to delay war crimes probe.
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Defense secretary expressed regret wednesday over the deaths of civilians in coalition air strikes, while suggesting more us troops would be sent to the country next year.
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Says regrets civilians killed in air strikes.
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Wednesday launched news in the the first country to get a local edition of the service, the company said.
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Launches news service.
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Border police arrested on wednesday a total of 14 clandestine and immigrants on its southeastern border the said in a statement.
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Arrests 14 clandestine migrants.
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Armed militants restive said they blew up a major oil pipeline on wednesday morning, in their fourth attack on oil installations in the last two days.
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Militants claim to have blown up major pipeline.
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Militants attacked the us embassy in the capital with a car bomb and rockets on wednesday, causing multiple casualties, "an embassy spokesman said.
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Multiple casualties in attack on us embassy.
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Shares rose two percent wednesday on a continued rebound driven by a firmer rupiah and overnight gains in us stocks, dealers said.
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Shares close up two percent.
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Said wednesday it was too early to determine whether any fishermen were missing following rough seas in the in the past 79 hours.
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Searches for missing fishermen after storm.
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Swapped accusations of violating each other's territory wednesday in a simmering spat about disputed land near ancient temples along their border.
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Trade jibes in border spat.
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Share prices ended 38 percent lower wednesday amid concerns over the health of us financial institutions and political turmoil in the country, dealers said.
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Shares close 38 percent lower.
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Officials food and commerce ministries will hold a meeting this weekend to determine whether tainted milk powder has entered the nation, a minister said wednesday.
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Investigate for tainted milk powder.
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Move aimed at averting a new global economic shock, the us agreed an unprecedented 35 billion dollar rescue loan group.
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Gives 35 bln dlr loan in bid to avert contagion.
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Expected wednesday to sign agreements formalising diplomatic and military relations with two rebel regions despite anger and its allies.
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Pacts rebels military element foreseen.
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Group calling itself said it carried out a bomb and rocket attack on the us embassy on wednesday.
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Group claims us bombing.
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Insurer financial services said on wednesday its exposure to collapsed us investment bank amounted to 632 million dollars lrb 8877 million euros rrb.
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Financial puts its risk at 632 mln dollars.
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Central bank wednesday issued a new 5,801 dollar note in a bid to ease widespread cash shortages as the country battles the world's highest inflation rate.
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Issues new 5,801 dollar note.
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Will hold its first multi party presidential elections on october 7, officials in the archipelago nation said.
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Hold first multi party poll on october.
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Rupee rose from two year lows against the wednesday after the central bank moved to increase the supply of dollars in the local market and tame foreign exchange volatility.
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Rupee firms against dollar measures.
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Deputy prime minister integration, was infuriated "by the refusal to unfreeze an trade and aid pact, he said in an interview published wednesday.
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Veto accord infuriates minister.
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Small party ruling coalition announced wednesday it was quitting and would become independent, in a fresh blow for the government.
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Small party quits ruling coalition.
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Dairy group said wednesday several milk powder products made by a partner would be recalled after they were found to be contaminated with the chemical.
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Dairy says partner to recall tainted milk.
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Chancellor called wednesday for tighter regulatory control on the international financial system following the recent turmoil.
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Calls for tighter financial regulation.
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Largest clothing retailer, which owns the chain of shops, posted wednesday a first half net profit of 973 million lrb 4950 million dollars rrb, a 14 increase over the same period last year.
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Clothing giant posts profit rise.
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Two leading stock markets suspended trading on wednesday as stocks continued to fall sharply amid global market turmoil.
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Markets suspend trading after sharp falls.
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Shares closed 45 percent lower wednesday, led by banks amid unabated concerns over the impact of us financial turmoil on the economy, dealers said.
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Shares close 45 percent lower.
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Policymakers voted 8 5 in favor of leaving interest rates at 483 percent in september, minutes of their latest meeting revealed wednesday.
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Voted 8 5 to hold interest rates in september.
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26 nations sharing the saw their trade balance slide deeper into deficit in july as imports grew faster than exports, according to official data on wednesday.
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Trade deficit widens in july.
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Small party ruling coalition announced wednesday it was quitting and would become independent, in a fresh blow for the government.
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Small party quits ruling coalition.
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Food agency on wednesday said the humanitarian situation in the remained grim, with tens of thousands of refugees needing emergency aid.
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Humanitarian situation remains grim.
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Attack on the us embassy in the capital on wednesday caused multiple casualties, "a spokesman for the embassy told cnn.
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Afptv advisory for wednesday.
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Share prices closed down 12 percent wednesday, dragging the index to a near two year low as investors dumped stocks on fears over the us financial crisis, dealers said.
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Shares close down 12 percent.
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Dairy group said wednesday several milk powder products made by a partner would be recalled after they were found to be contaminated with the chemical.
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Dairy says partner to recall tainted milk.
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Has deep roots and the troubled insurance giant is now trying to reassure millions of policyholders and tens of thousands of employees in the region that it will survive.
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Roots run deep.
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Shares switched into a loss of 238 percent from an initial rally of 329 percent, in morning trading on wednesday, and the overall index was down 363 percent.
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Bank stock reverses into loss index down 363 percent.
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Anxious parents rushed their babies in for medical checkups on wednesday, worried and confused over what to feed their babies amid a growing scandal over tainted milk powder.
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Fear confusion anger parents amid milk scare.
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International aid workers were wednesday close to completing an evacuation where government forces are on a major offensive against tiger rebels, officials said.
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Aid groups quit.
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Merchants bank said wednesday it holds 16 million dollars in bonds issued by collapsed us investment bank.
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Merchants bank has 16 million dollars bonds.
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Said wednesday more than 1,935 babies had fallen ill and three died after drinking milk powder laced with a toxic chemical, as it vowed massive efforts to contain a widening food scandal.
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Tainted milk sickens 1,935 babies.
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94 was slightly higher on wednesday morning, after the us agreed to a rescue loan to prevent us insurance giant following into bankruptcy.
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Inches higher rescue.
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Thirteen civilians and two policemen were wounded wednesday in a grenade explosion triggered by suspected main city of police said.
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Grenade explosion injures.
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Likely to endure further power cuts this winter despite their country's huge oil and gas reserves, energy minister warned in comments published on wednesday.
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Minister warns of more power cuts in energy rich.
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Defense secretary expressed personal regret wednesday over the deaths of civilians killed in coalition air strikes and pledged to find better ways to target insurgents.
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Says regrets civilians killed in air strikes.
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World's leading steelmaker, on wednesday launched a program to save 26 billion dollars lrb 97 billion rrb over five years and including job cuts.
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Announces 26 billion dollar cost cutting.
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Us pumped 94 billion dollars to stop the us insurance giant joining the scrap heap, but stock markets were on edge on persistent fears over financial groups.
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94 billion dollar rescue eases fears but banks still pressured.
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Share prices closed below the 22,265 point mark on wednesday as financial and property stocks slid on uncertainties over the impact of the us financial crisis, dealers said.
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Shares close down percent.
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Prime minister who faces an opposition bid to seize power, said wednesday he might step down before a planned handover to his deputy in mid 2010.
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Pm says may step down earlier than planned.
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Who sparked a bomb alert on an flight in july while he was dr was sentenced to four months in prison in the emirate on wednesday.
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Jailed for plane bomb scare.
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Fears of a global financial collapse have cast a dark cloud over us president final months in office, after years in which he claimed the us economy as a major success story.
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Financial turmoil clouds end of term.
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World's leading steelmaker, announced a cost cutting program on wednesday to save 95 billion dollars lrb 33 billion rrb over five years, and including unspecified job losses.
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Announces cost cuts and job losses.
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Defense minister on wednesday said years of in defense countries was to blame for a critical shortage of international forces.
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Says defense neglect hurting.
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Brother in law of ousted premier was elected prime minister by parliament wednesday but faced immediate opposition from protesters who vowed to force him from office.
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Brother in law elected pm calls for reconciliation.
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Key stock markets plunged more than six percent wednesday, a day after the country's stocks lost an estimated 96 billion dollars in value amid global financial turmoil.
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Stock markets plunge more than percent.
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Four soldiers serving in the us led coalition were killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb wednesday in the east of the country, the force said.
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Bomb kills four us led coalition soldiers.
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Gold prices closed higher on wednesday at 90002 678 82 us dollars an ounce, up from tuesday's close of 92595 369 59 dollars.
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Gold closes higher.
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Stocks fell 303 percent in early trading on wednesday, but shares in the banking and insurance group rallied by 745 percent to 979 having dropped 3668 percent on tuesday.
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Stocks fall 303 percent but jumps.
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Will set up its first carbon trading company to help regulate greenhouse gas emissions, officials said wednesday.
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Set up first carbon trading company.
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Share price of bank tumbled by 15 percent in early morning trade here on wednesday, dragging ftse 616 leading shares index back into negative territory.
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Shares plummet more than a third.
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Bank and insurance shares rose sharply in initial trading wednesday, helping the main index to a rally of 537 percent after sharp falls in the past two days.
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Shares rise 537 percent in initial trading.
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World's leading steelmaker, announced a cost cutting program on wednesday to save 59 billion dollars lrb 40 billion rrb over five years, and including unspecified job losses.
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Announces cost cuts and job losses.
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Flooded with mocking videos imitators, attracting millions of viewers and triggering stormy online debate between the aspiring vice president's fans and critics.
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Imitators flood with mocking videos.
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Following are key dates in the history of centrist party the country's youngest political party and its outgoing leader prime minister.
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Timeline of ruling party.
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Canceled 82 flights on wednesday, half of them because of a four hour strike by a minority opposed to a rescue deal for the national carrier.
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Cancels 82 flights over strike.
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Industrial chemical has been found in milk products produced by 99 dairy companies in an unfolding scandal that has killed three babies and sickened more than 7,330.
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Key facts chemical blamed milk scare.
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Central bank said it has told not to engage in any government security transactions as primary dealer following the giant's collapse.
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Central bank places curbs operations.
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Shares lost 52 percent on wednesday, reversing earlier gains made on the back of an overnight rally due to fresh nervousness about us financial woes, dealers said.
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Shares close down 52 percent.
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Shares closed 63 percent higher wednesday as financial concerns eased on news that the us government rescued group with an 40 billion dollar loan.
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Shares close 63 percent higher.
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World's biggest reinsurer re revealed on wednesday that its exposure to us insurance giant was about 856 million francs lrb 36368 million dollars, 80283 million euros rrb.
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Re says exposure at 856 million francs.
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Should brace for more fallout from the us financial turmoil, top officials said wednesday, calling for concerted efforts to calm local markets.
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Says us market turmoil won't end soon calls for calm.
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