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• US takes over key mortgage firms
  President Bush says the US is taking over two mortgage giants because they posed "an unacceptable risk" to the economy.
• Caribbean lashed by Hurricane Ike
  Thousands of people hunker down across the Caribbean as Hurricane Ike pounds the region, on course for Cuba.
• Israeli PM 'should be indicted'
  Israeli police formally recommend to prosecutors that PM Ehud Olmert be indicted in a corruption investigation.
• Canadian PM calls snap election
  Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper calls an early election in a bid to strengthen his minority government.
• Kandahar rocked by suicide blasts
  Two suicide bomb blasts kill at least two people and injure 29 in a police station in the Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.
• German FM to run for chancellor
  Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) choose Frank-Walter Steinmeier to run against Chancellor Angela Merkel in next year's federal election.
• MDC challenges Mugabe to new vote
  Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai challenges President Mugabe to hold new polls if he will not share power.
• African immigrants riot in Spain
  African immigrants react with anger in southern Spain after a Senegalese man is stabbed to death in a street.
• Cairo rockslide search continues
  Rescuers in Cairo continue their search for survivors after a rockslide hit dozens of homes in Egypt's capital, killing at least 31.
• US stars unite for cancer charity in historic telethon
  US celebrity cancer survivors including actors Christina Applegate and Patrick Swayze take part in a live charity telethon.
• Polish dancers win Eurovision dance contest
  Poland won the second Eurovision Dance Contest, which was held in Glasgow before a television audience of millions.
• Live text - Nadal v Murray
  Britain's Andy Murray leads world number one Rafael Nadal by two sets to one in the semi-finals of the US Open.
• McLaren to fight Hamilton penalty
  McLaren will appeal against the penalty that saw Lewis Hamilton demoted from first to third in the Belgian Grand Prix.
• In pictures
  Images of the aftermath of the Cairo rockslide
• Apartheid apology
  University says sorry for denying black lecturer a job
• In pictures
  Massive flood rescue operation in eastern India
• A class apart
  The educational crisis in East Jerusalem
• Party king
  Swazi monarch celebrates as Aids orphans go hungry
• Wine challenge
  Spanish vineyards fear climate change threat
• Angolan MPLA set for big poll win
  Angola's ruling MPLA party is heading for a landslide win in parliamentary polls, preliminary results show.
• Rice holds terror talks in Rabat
  Condoleezza Rice is expected to discuss the so-called war on terror in Morocco.
• US rivals to make 9/11 appearance
  US presidential rivals Barack Obama and John McCain say they will appear together on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
• US Boeing workers strike over pay
  Workers at the world's biggest aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, go on strike in the US.
• Hong Kong holds legislative polls
  Voters in Hong Kong choose between pro-government and more pro-democracy candidates in a hotly contested poll.
• Thai PM rules out military coup
  Thailand's PM Samak Sundaravej says the army will not stage a coup against his government, despite weeks of street protests.
• Mammoth skull raised from ground
  Palaeontologists lift a "rare" mammoth skull out of its resting place in France and move it to a museum.
• Serb opposition leader resigns
  The head of the main opposition party in Serbia resigns after colleagues refuse to back efforts to join the EU.
• Rice in talks with Libya's Gaddafi
  Condoleezza Rice meets Col Gaddafi in Libya in the latest step towards improving relations between the former enemies.
• Heritage plan for Iraqi marshes
  The United Nations launches an initiative to have the marshlands of southern Iraq listed as a world heritage site.
• Bhutto's widower wins presidency
  Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, wins a sweeping victory in Pakistan's presidential election.
• US-India nuclear accord approved
  The US plan to lift a global ban on the sale of civilian nuclear materials to India gets international approval.
• Laying to rest Cyprus's ghosts
  As talks begin in Cyprus Tabitha Morgan reports on one of the most highly charged issues facing the divided island.
• Madagascar's dance with the dead
  Jonny Hogg witnesses an ancient ritual in Madagascar as loved ones are mourned in a bone turning ceremony.
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