The United States Congress is ready to vote on a 700-billion-dollar package meant to rescue America's troubled financial system. President George W.
Bush urged lawmakers to pass the plan this Monday so as to stabilise turbulent credit markets. On Sunday, US lawmakers from both political parties and White House officials agreed to the bailout package. Now it has to go Seven killed in India explosion ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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