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• Gunmen kill 11 in Mexico bar rampage
Chihuahua state has seen hundreds of murders this year as the government attempts to crack down on warring drug cartels. On Aug. 16, gunmen killed 13 people, including a 1-year-old child, at a dance hall in Creel, a picturesque town along a canyon ...
• Fear trumps government efforts to solve crisis
With global stock markets continuing their sickening plunge and the credit system all but shut down, efforts by the Federal Reserve, Treasury and global leaders have been overwhelmed by global panic. The wide-ranging, unprecedented actions to cure ...
• 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 ...