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Monday, 13 October 2008

European leaders agree on strategy to tackle financial crisis  

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British PM Gordon Brown |AAP

12 hours 14 minutes ago. There has been decisive action to confront the global financial crisis in Europe, with an agreement on a 14 point plan to protect share markets.

The governments of the Euro zone will provide a public guarantee for the re-financing operations for the banks. French President Nicolas Sarkozy

 
 

IMF reassures poor countries: 'Your needs won't be forgotten'  

African baby | Getty

8 hours 54 minutes ago. The heads of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on Sunday assured developing countries their needs would not be forgotten in efforts to tackle the financial crisis.

We should not forget this other crisis... IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn

 

Fossett mystery solved but intrique continues  

Steve Fossett | AAP

9 hours 2 minutes ago. When a Mammoth Lakes, California, hiker found some belongings of missing aviator Steve Fossett, he returned to the area the next day with a TV cameraman and a local bear guru.

I think everyone is just amazed that they didn't see or hear anything. Stuart Brown, community relations manager for the Town of Mammoth Lakes

 

Thailand's prime minister rules out resigning  

THailand protests - violence | AAP

9 hours 33 minutes ago. Thailand's embattled prime minister today dismissed calls for his resignation, saying stepping down would not resolve the country's deepening political crisis.

Many groups in society are calling for me to resign or dissolve the parliament. Thailand's Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat

 
 

Vietnam to spare lives of Australian drug traffickers  Comments

Vietnamese PM Nguyen Tan Dung and Kevin Rudd | AAP

5 hours 23 minutes ago. Vietnam has agreed to grant clemency to two Australians who are facing the death sentence for drug trafficking.

The Vietnamese president has decided to grant clemency to two Vietnamese Australians charged with drug trafficking. Speaking through a translator, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung

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The end of evolution: Have humans reached our peak?  

Old man and chimpanzee | Getty

12/10/2008 1:44:00 PM. Human evolution may be winding down as the forces that once drove it - high mortality, isolated populations and older fathers - are disappearing, a genetic expert argues.

 

NZ undercover cop's lies sent 150 to jail  Comments

Man in handcuffs led to jail cell | Getty

12/10/2008 7:21:00 AM. A former undercover New Zealand police officer has confessed to lying in court testimony that sent at least 150 people to jail, a newspaper reported today.

Telling lies was easy - policemen don't tell lies - and my targets never stood a chance. Former undercover officer Patrick O'Brien

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