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Pedestrians walks up stairs near a subway station at Citigroup center location at Lexington Ave. on Friday, Nov .21, 2008 in New York. Shares of Citigroup Inc. climbed in premarket trading Friday, as the financial giant was said to be looking at selling off pieces of itself _ or the entire company _ to help rebuild investor confid

Citigroup shares plunge 18% as board meets

The Times

Shares in Citigroup fell by nearly 18 per cent in early trading as the US bank called a board meeting to discuss its future stability, including whether to find a merger partner or sell-off some of its assets. The company, once America's largest bank, saw its stock fall a further 18 per cent today, to $3.86, in early trading following a...

photo: AP / Jin Lee

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Patients' secrets will still be safe under the new NHS constitution

The Guardian

You report that the new NHS constitution would allow researchers for the first time to write to...

Car industry bail-out: how Detroit took wrong road

The Guardian

The once mighty US car industry had been in decline long before the financial crisis led to the...

Hamas and Fatah have no real interest in reconciliation

Daily Star Lebanon

By Smadar Perry Commentary by Friday, November 21, 2008...

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US details role for additional Afghan forces

U.S. Marines of Foxtrot Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment exit a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan Nov. 17, 2008, after turning over their forward operating base to U.S. Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Chad J. Pulliam/Released)

The Press Democrat

The United States plans fresh brigades in the region early next year, and defense ministers from Canada, Britain, Australia and four other nations with troops in southern Afghanistan want to hear from Gates how the new forces will be used. "The big...

photo: USMC / Lance Cpl. Chad J. Pulliam

Imprisoned Human Rights Observers Start Hunger Strike In Israel

Palestinian children hold placards during a protest against the sanctions imposed by Israel, in Beit Hanoun near Erez crossing between Israel and Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008.

WorldNews.com

Massiyahu Prison, Lida, Israel (20 November, 2008) - Three Human Rights Observers (HRO) with the International Solidarity Movement will begin a hunger strike tomorrow in protest over their illegal detention by Israel. The three HROs, Darlene Wallach...

photo: AP / Adel Hana

Racist violence flares in Central and Eastern Europe

An ultra-right wing protester throws a stone during clashes with riot police that burst out in northern city of Litvinov, Czech Republic, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. About 500 rioters clashed with police after they tried to reach a gypsy settlement during their demonstration against "Positive discriminati

The Guardian

By Michael Winfrey PRAGUE, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Street battles between far-right protesters and police in a Czech town and the killings of two Roma in Hungary point to old animosities that may worsen as the financial crisis takes hold. Such violence is...

photo: AP / Petr David Josek

DR Congo rebels defend fighting

A CNDP rebel guards the charcoal market in Rupango, eastern Congo, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2008. Charcoal traders travel 40 kms every day from Rupango to Goma carrying 40 kilos bags on their backs, or up to three bags on their bicycles for a US$5 profit, crossing from the CNDP rebel controlled area to the government held ar

Al Jazeera

The renegade general battling government forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has told Al Jazeera he accepts partial responsibility for the upheaval. But in the exclusive interview, Laurent Nkunda also defended the actions of...

photo: AP / Jerome Delay

SA 'racist' killer faces prison

Johan Nel appears in the Swartruggens, South Africa, magistrates court Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. Nel, is accused of killing four people and wounding six others in the nearby Skielik informal settlement on January 1

BBC News

A judge is due to sentence an 18-year-old white South African, who has admitted killing four black people in a shooting spree in January. Those...

photo: AP / Denis Farrell

Bush to promote action plan to deal with crisis

Specialist Patrick Murphy, foreground right, conducts trading in shares of SAIC Inc., during its initial public offering, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday Oct. 13, 2006. Stocks were narrowly mixed early Friday after the government said

The Boston Globe

WASHINGTON—President George W. Bush, struggling to get ahead of a global financial crisis, hopes to win more converts for an action plan designed to demonstrate that governments have the will and the means to halt the turmoil. Embarking Friday...

photo: AP /Richard Drew