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A trader watches computer screens at NYSE Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. European stock markets slumped further on Friday following massive losses on Wall Street and Asia on mounting fears that this week's efforts by central banks and governments to break the logjam in credit markets have failed to ease lending rates between banks. At midday London time, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 328.03, or 7.6 percent, at 3,985.77, below the 4,000 mark earlier for the first time in five years. Germany's DAX was 399.92, or 8.2 percent, at 4,487.08, and France's CAC-40 was 254.03, or 7.4 percent lower at 3,1
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 Asia Times 
Europe's death by guarantee
| By Chan Akya | Through the latest financial crisis, I warned readers that the costs of banking bailouts in Europe would far outstrip those of the United States. Following from my "quick and dirty" s... (photo: AP / Peter Dejon)
A graph is shown on an electric board at the Australian Stock Exchange at Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. Concerns about the state of the global economy dominated sentiment despite a coordinated rate cut by top central banks aimed at shoring up confidence in the world's crisis-stricken financial sy
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 The Australian 
Panic wreaks havoc
| WITH fear rampant from Black Friday, it strains credibility to think that Australia may yet emerge as a survivor of the financial-induced recessions about to engulf much of the industrialised world.... (photo: AP / Rick Rycroft)
A pedestrian walks past a screen displaying markets news, with European stock exchange indexes being showed, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 in a Paris street. European stock markets slumped in early trading Friday following massive sell-offs on Wall Street and Asia as lending rates between banks continue to rise despite this week's efforts by central banks to break the logjam in credit ma  The Boston Globe 
World stocks fall sharply again
| LONDON—European stock markets slumped further on Friday following massive losses on Wall Street and Asia on mounting fears that this week's efforts by central banks and governments to break th... (photo: AP / Thibault Camus)
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A broker works at the stock market in Frankfurt, central Germany, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The euro fell against the dollar Friday as world markets retreated further on worries that strains in the financial system would persist and growth would suf  The Times 
Stocks plummet as G7 ministers talk rescue
| World stock prices fell to a five-year low today as investors cut and ran in the face of an increasingly certain global recession. | With G7 finance ministers and central bankers prepared to hammer ... (photo: AP / Michael Probst)
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The oil refinery in Turkmenbashy, Turkmenistan, on a shore of the Caspian Sea is shown July 20, 1997. Along the sun-blistered Caspian coast, where the desert meets the sea, the greatest oil rush in decades is starting to accelerate after billions of dollars of investments and repeated false starts. (AP PHOTO/Misha Japaridze)hg3 The Guardian
Brazil reiterates no change to oil contracts
(Adds Lobao comments on state company, date for new rules) LISBON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Brazil will not alter existing contracts with foreign and local oil producers that h... (photo: AP PHOTO / Misha Japaridze)
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Iceland's Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde, at podium, speaks at a press conference in Reykjavik, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. BBC News
Britain v Iceland: fish now finance
| Here we go again. | Having fought three rather pointless - though at the times bitter - little wars over fishing limits in the 1970s, Britain and Iceland have now allow... (photo: AP / Arni Torfason)
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Pedestrians walk past a computerized display showing the FTSE 100 index in west London, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. Houston Chronicle
European markets plunge again; Nikkei plummets
| LONDON - European stock markets slumped in early trading Friday following massive sell-offs on Wall Street and Asia as lending rates between banks continue to rise desp... (photo: AP / Akira Suemori)
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Menen - Tabaksfabriek D'Heygere 3 The Guardian
French factory output slows, worse seen coming
(Adds details, background) By Tamora Vidaillet PARIS, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Factory output in France fell a little less than expected in August, according to data on Friday ... (photo: Creative Commons / LimoWreck)
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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, seen partially through glass, speaks at a ceremony marking the 38th anniversary of foreign troops leaving the North African country, in the capital Tripoli, Libya Wednesday, June 11, 2008. BBC News
Libya 'to pull Swiss bank assets'
| Libya is to withdraw all its assets from Swiss banks, estimated at $7bn, as a diplomatic row over the arrest of the Libyan leader's youngest son escalates. | Hannibal G... (photo: AP / Abdel Magid Al Fergany)
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Britains Prime Minister Tony Blair, left, turns towards the media with his Deputy John Prescott, on the pier at Gravesend in Kent, England during a visit to promote urban regeneration, Thursday March 31, 2005. London Evening Standard
Prescott 'told councils to invest for high interest'
Tory councils are blaming John Prescott for encouraging them to invest in Icelandic banks with high rates of interest. | Official guidance sent out by the office of the t... (photo: AP / Alastair Grant)
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The electronic board shows a computer glitch as traders gather during trading at the Philippine Stock Exchange Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 in Manila's financial district of Makati. Shares plummeted for the sixth session, tracking a global sell-off as investors rush to cut losses. The Independent
Markets slump as fear spreads
| The crisis facing world stock markets deepened today after global recession fears sparked more heavy losses in Asia and on Wall Street, with London's benchmark FTSE 100... (photo: AP / Pagt Roque)
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Labour Party leadership candidate Gordon Brown speaks to an audience of Labour party and Co Operative movement members in Manchester, England, Wednesday May 16, 2007. BBC News
Brown wants 'global' bank support
| Gordon Brown has called on other governments to follow Britain's lead by supporting their struggling banks. | Writing in the Times, he said the crisis needed a "global ... (photo: AP / Jon Super)
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A pedestrian walks past a screen displaying markets news, with European stock exchange indexes being showed, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 in a Paris street. European stock markets slumped in early trading Friday following massive sell-offs on Wall Street and Asia as lending rates between banks continue to rise despite this week's efforts by central banks to break the logjam in credit ma
World stocks fall sharply again
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A trader watches computer screens at NYSE Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. European stock markets slumped further on Friday following massive losses on Wall Street and Asia on mounting fears that this week's efforts by central banks and governments to break the logjam in credit markets have failed to ease lending rates between banks. At midday London time, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 328.03, or 7.6 percent, at 3,985.77, below the 4,000 mark earlier for the first time in five years. Germany's DAX was 399.92, or 8.2 percent, at 4,487.08, and France's CAC-40 was 254.03, or 7.4 percent lower at 3,1
Europe's death by guarantee
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- Europe's death by guarantee
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- Madrid index drops 6 percent in early trading
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A trader watches computer screens at NYSE Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. European stock markets slumped further on Friday following massive losses on Wall Street and Asia on mounting fears that this week's efforts by central banks and governments to break the logjam in credit markets have failed to ease lending rates between banks. At midday London time, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 328.03, or 7.6 percent, at 3,985.77, below the 4,000 mark earlier for the first time in five years. Germany's DAX was 399.92, or 8.2 percent, at 4,487.08, and France's CAC-40 was 254.03, or 7.4 percent lower at 3,1
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A trader watches computer screens at NYSE Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. European stock markets slumped further on Friday following massive losses on Wall Street and Asia on mounting fears that this week's efforts by central banks and governments to break the logjam in credit markets have failed to ease lending rates between banks. At midday London time, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 328.03, or 7.6 percent, at 3,985.77, below the 4,000 mark earlier for the first time in five years. Germany's DAX was 399.92, or 8.2 percent, at 4,487.08, and France's CAC-40 was 254.03, or 7.4 percent lower at 3,1
Europe's death by guarantee
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- Global Investors Panic, Stocks Plummet
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- World stocks fall sharply again
- Stocks plummet as G7 ministers talk rescue
- Erste sinks as unveils $412 mln Iceland exposure
A pedestrian walks past a screen displaying markets news, with European stock exchange indexes being showed, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 in a Paris street. European stock markets slumped in early trading Friday following massive sell-offs on Wall Street and Asia as lending rates between banks continue to rise despite this week's efforts by central banks to break the logjam in credit ma
World stocks fall sharply again
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- Italy Aug industry output rebound unlikely to last
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