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• Alaska panel finds Palin abused power
Todd acknowledges calling and meeting over the course of many months with numerous senior government officials about Wooten, whom he described as a dangerous and unstable man who had threatened his family. One of those meetings, Monegan said ...
• Thai police arrest key protest leader
Thai police arrested a key leader of a month-long protest inside Bangkok's Government House compound on Sunday, but the detained anti-government figure urged his supporters not to quit. In a short letter read out on the People's Alliance for ...
• French bank to take majority stake in Fortis
BRUSSELS, Belgium - French banking giant BNP Paribas will take a 75 percent stake in the remaining operations of troubled bank Fortis NV, the Belgian government announced Sunday. Prime Minister Yves Leterme said the deal gives the Paris-based bank ...
• Deal to save Germany’s Hypo Real Estate fails
Hypo was the first German blue chip to seek a government rescue after running into trouble in mid-September as credit froze on international markets. The plan — approved on Thursday by the EU — would have entailed the German government injecting ...
• Europe struggles with widening financial mess
Chancellor Angela Merkel said that no citizen should fear for the safety of their investments, speaking to reporters as her government held crisis talks on the collapse of a ballyhooed 35 billion euro ($48.4 billion) bailout of Hypo Real Estate AG ...