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2008-10-10 11:12	Reuters Lead Headline	Turmoil drives stocks Wall Street gyrated broadly from steep plunges to modest gains following the panic selloff in Europe and Asia....
2008-10-10 11:12	AP Top News	World stocks slump on Dow open LONDON (AP) - Europe's stock markets plunged Friday after Wall Street opened a breathtaking 7 percent lower - below the 8,000 level - but they soon recouped some of those losses when the Dow Jones index made a partial comeback. Following the Dow's modest retracement, the FTSE was trading 282.94 points, or 6.6 percent, lower at 4,030.86 in afternoon trading London time, while the DAX was down 401.92 points, or 8.2 percent, at 4,485.08. France's CAC-40 was 284.43 points, or 8.3 percent, lower at 3,158.27....
2008-10-10 11:12	Reuters, International	Turmoil drives stocks Wall Street gyrated broadly from steep plunges to modest gains following the panic selloff in Europe and Asia....
2008-10-10 11:10	Reuters UK	Wall Street gyrates
2008-10-10 11:10	Reuters UK	Doctors, investors get latest data on heart devices
2008-10-10 11:07	AP International	Iraq: 8 dead, 22 wounded in Baghdad car bombing BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi police say eight people have been killed after a car bomb struck a market in a Shiite enclave in southwestern Baghdad....
2008-10-10 11:05	Reuters UK	Crisis tests private banks as wealth shrinks
2008-10-10 11:02	AP International	UNHCR calls on governments to raise refugee funds GENEVA (AP) - Countries spending billions on financial rescue packages should spend a few extra "peanuts" to fund aid programs for those worst hit by the global financial crisis, the U.N. refugee chief said Friday....
2008-10-10 11:02	AP International	France markets arms to Iraq after 2-decade lull PARIS (AP) - France, which famously opposed the Iraq war, is in talks to resume sales of military equipment to Baghdad for the first time in nearly two decades, French and Iraqi officials say....
2008-10-10 11:02	AP International	Police kill 2 in Kashmir protests SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Police shot and killed two people and at least four protesters were wounded, as thousands of Muslims took to the streets of Indian Kashmir on Friday to protest the visit of India's prime minister, police and hospital officials said....
2008-10-10 11:02	AP International	Balloon gondola falls in flames at NM fiesta ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A witness says a balloon basket has caught on fire, separated from the rest of the balloon and crashed at Albuquerque's annual hot-air balloon fiesta....
2008-10-10 11:02	AP International	Obama says McCain trying to stoke anger, division CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) - Democrat Barack Obama says John McCain is trying to divide the country with angry remarks and TV ads....
2008-10-10 11:02	AFP	Bush blames 'uncertainty and fear' for market turmoil WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Friday blamed "uncertainty and fear" for much of the global financial meltdown and insisted US authorities have the tools they need to confront the crisis....
2008-10-10 10:55	Reuters UK	FTSE dives 8 pct on growth fears
2008-10-10 10:55	Reuters UK	Timeline : Biggest falls in UK blue chips
2008-10-10 10:55	Reuters UK	Counting the cost of Icelandic meltdown
2008-10-10 10:55	Reuters UK	Pension funds told to sit tight as markets slide
2008-10-10 10:52	AP International	Brazil stocks plunge 10 percent in early trading SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's main stock index plummeted more than 10 percent in early trading Friday after steep declines in Asia, Europe. Other Latin America markets fell sharply as well....
2008-10-10 10:52	Reuters Lead Headline	Learning to budget The bleak economic outlook and the worst credit crunch in decades are pushing consumers to learn some new skills -- budgeting and saving....
2008-10-10 10:52	Reuters Lead Headline	Could climate ease financial crisis? If the U.S. focuses on curbing climate change as soon as a new president takes office -- or sooner -- could it help pull the world from the financial brink?...
2008-10-10 10:52	AFP	Global troubleshooter Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize OSLO (AFP) - The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, who has spent 30 years helping end conflicts in troublespots ranging from Kosovo to Namibia and Indonesia....
2008-10-10 10:52	Reuters, International	Learning to budget The bleak economic outlook and the worst credit crunch in decades are pushing consumers to learn some new skills -- budgeting and saving....
2008-10-10 10:52	Reuters, International	Could climate ease financial crisis? If the U.S. focuses on curbing climate change as soon as a new president takes office -- or sooner -- could it help pull the world from the financial brink?...
2008-10-10 10:50	Reuters UK	Sadr blames U.S. for Iraqi lawmaker death
2008-10-10 10:47	AP Top News	US stocks show sharp swings over credit concerns NEW YORK (AP) - Stock prices swung sharply on Wall Street, with investors still selling heavily but also scooping up stocks that have been decimated by more than a week of huge losses. The Dow Jones industrials, down nearly 700 points in the opening minutes of trading, recovered to an advance of more than 100 before turning lower again, and the other major indexes fluctuated sharply as well. Frozen credit markets and a loss of confidence in the world's financial system have caused the Dow to drop 21 percent in just 10 trading days. The blue chip index tumbled 678 points Thursday, and is heading to its worst weekly point drop, and one of its biggest weekly percentage drops, since being created 112 years ago....
2008-10-10 10:42	AP International	NATO agrees on Afghan drug role for military BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - NATO defense ministers Friday authorized their troops in Afghanistan to attack drug barons blamed for pumping up to US$100 million (euro74 million) a year into the coffers of resurgent Taliban fighters....
2008-10-10 10:42	AP International	Venezuela tax agency closes McDonald's temporarily CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The Venezuelan government has ordered all McDonald's restaurants in the country closed for 48 hours for what it calls irregularities in the fast-food chain's financial books....
2008-10-10 10:42	AP Top News	Bush says anxiety feeding market instability WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush is arguing that high anxiety among both investors and the general public about the economy is making the credit crisis more severe. Bush went to the Rose Garden of the White House Friday morning to reassure Americans that the government is doing all it can to cope with the problem. He acknowledged mounting worry among people about their retirement and investment accounts....
2008-10-10 10:40	Reuters UK	Global crisis may worsen Africa's hunger
2008-10-10 10:35	Reuters UK	CHRONOLOGY-Biggest falls in UK blue chip stocks
2008-10-10 10:32	AP Top News	NATO agrees on Afghan drug role for military BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - NATO defense ministers Friday authorized their troops in Afghanistan to attack drug barons blamed for pumping up to US$100 million (euro74 million) a year into the coffers of resurgent Taliban fighters. "With regard to counter-narcotics ... ISAF can act in concert with the Afghans against facilities and facilitators supporting the insurgency," said NATO spokesman James Appathurai, referring to the NATO force....
2008-10-10 10:32	Reuters, International	Volatility drives stocks Wall Street gyrated broadly from steep losses to modest gains following the panic selloff in Europe and Asia....
2008-10-10 10:32	Reuters Lead Headline	Volatility drives stocks Wall Street gyrated broadly from steep losses to modest gains following the panic selloff in Europe and Asia....
2008-10-10 10:30	Reuters UK	Zimbabwe's rivals agree to seek Mbeki mediation
2008-10-10 10:25	Reuters UK	Kazakh bloggers say can't access popular website
2008-10-10 10:22	AP International	Conn. Supreme Court ruling same-sex marriage case HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The Connecticut Supreme Court is deciding Friday whether same-sex couples in the state are legally entitled to marriage....
2008-10-10 10:22	AP International	Top McCain official raises Obama's past drug use NEW YORK (AP) - Former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, a co-chairman of Republican John McCain's presidential campaign, called Barack Obama a "guy of the street" in a radio interview and said the Democratic hopeful should be more candid about his youthful drug use....
2008-10-10 10:22	AP International	Amnesty protests death penalty use worldwide BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Anti-death penalty activists staged a mock hanging outside the Japanese embassy Friday to mark the European day against the death penalty, calling on nations around the world to stop executions....
2008-10-10 10:22	AP International	Police kill 1 in Kashmir protests SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Police shot and killed one person and at least 4 protesters were wounded, as thousands of Muslims took to the streets of Indian Kashmir on Friday to protest the visit of India's prime minister, police and hospital officials said....
2008-10-10 10:20	Reuters UK	The cost of the Icelandic meltdown
2008-10-10 10:15	Reuters UK	Wall Street slides
2008-10-10 10:15	Reuters UK	Fearful investors in worldwide panic
2008-10-10 10:15	Reuters UK	Price of the Icelandic meltdown
2008-10-10 10:12	AP International	Crane collapses on Chinese kindergarten, killing 5 BEIJING (AP) - A crane at a construction site next to a Chinese kindergarten collapsed Friday, killing five children, the official Xinhua News Agency said....
2008-10-10 10:12	AP International	McCain missing the mark with Hispanics LAS VEGAS (AP) - Cindy Florez can't always remember the name of the man who will get her vote for president, but she knows his party and that's enough....
2008-10-10 10:12	AP International	Iraqi PM discusses US pact with Shiite cleric BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric indicated Friday he would not stand in the way a long-term U.S. security deal if it's approved by the country's democratic institutions, the prime minister said....
2008-10-10 10:12	AP International	Nobel peace prize winner is former school teacher HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Martti Ahtisaari was a primary school teacher who became a peacemaker....
2008-10-10 10:12	AP Top News	US stocks extend huge losses over credit concerns US stocks extend huge losses over credit concernsNEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street extended its devastating losses Friday, but prices swung sharply as investors scooped up shares decimated by more than a week of intense and panicked selling. The Dow Jones industrials, down nearly 700 points in the opening minutes of trading, recovered to a loss of just over 200, and the other major indexes fluctuated as well. Frozen credit markets and a loss of confidence in the world's financial system have caused the Dow to drop 21 percent in just 10 trading days. The blue chip index tumbled 678 points Thursday, and is heading to its worst weekly point drop, and one of its biggest weekly percentage drops, since being created 112 years ago....
2008-10-10 10:12	AP Top News	McCain missing the mark with Hispanics LAS VEGAS (AP) - Cindy Florez can't always remember the name of the man who will get her vote for president, but she knows his party and that's enough. "I will vote Democrat," the 23-year-old hotel housekeeper said, in broken English, moments after registering to vote at a John McCain campaign booth in a Latino neighborhood market....
2008-10-10 10:02	AP International	British military loses disk in new blunder LONDON (AP) - A disk which a tabloid said carries personal details on some 100,000 serving British military personnel is missing, the Ministry of Defense said Friday....


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