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In the News
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UK banks 'forced to seek £50bn'
12 Oct 2008 at 2:04pm
Four major banks are being told they need to seek up to £50bn from taxpayers to boost their balance sheets, the BBC learns.
No bank will fail, EU leaders vow
12 Oct 2008 at 3:14pm
European leaders meeting at a crisis summit in Paris announce a plan to save their beleaguered banking industry.
Seve diagnosed with brain tumour
12 Oct 2008 at 10:15am
Golf legend Seve Ballesteros is diagnosed with a brain tumour and will undergo a biopsy on Tuesday.
Tsvangirai in threat to quit deal
12 Oct 2008 at 9:02am
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai threatens to pull out of a power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe.
Taleban killed in Afghan battles
12 Oct 2008 at 3:57am
Dozens of Taleban militants are killed by security forces in fighting in southern Afghanistan, local and British officials say.
Haider 'was double speed limit'
12 Oct 2008 at 8:48am
Austrian far-right politician Joerg Haider was driving at twice the speed limit when he died in a car crash, officials say.
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