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• Oil rebounds on Europe’s bank rescue plan
VIENNA, Austria - A pledge by European countries to keep banks from collapsing injected optimism into oil markets Monday, with prices rebounding from a 13-month low to rise above US$80 a barrel. Gasoline and heating oil also recorded substantial ...
• UK bails out banks as Europe acts
Britain bailed out three major banks with 37 billion pounds ($64 billion) on Monday, as European governments used taxpayers' cash to take control and boost confidence in the battered industry. In return for the British government's cash, which could ...
• Christmas Markets in Europe
It's almost holiday shopping time. This year, why not skip the mad dash to the mall and, instead, combine a little retail therapy with a European vacation? If you're thinking a trip to Europe's enchanting Christmas Markets will blow your budget, we ...
• Lacking accord, U.S. and Iraq seek a plan B
Gates told reporters Friday as he returned from a five-day trip to Europe. A month earlier, on Sept. 8, Gates told Congress that he expected an agreement "within the next few weeks." "But I had hoped that some weeks ago," Gates added. Iraqi Vice ...
• U.K. House of Lords rejects detention plan
A number of prominent politicians, writers and the Council of Europe had attacked the 42-day detention plan as a threat to civil liberties. The council, Europe's top human rights watchdog, said the proposal would have imperiled the right to a fair ...