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Ben Bernanke testifies before Congressional committee, 20 Oct 2008 Bernanke Endorses Additional Stimulus Effort
US Central Bank chief says 'targeted' measures can help ease impact of economic slowdown


German stock trader makes phone call in Frankfurt Major European Markets Follow Asian Lead, Move Higher  Audio Clip Available
Analysts say financial institutions growing less wary of lending to each other, freeing up credit for consumers


Afghan official stands near scene where female Western aid worker was shot dead in Kabul, 20 Oct 2008 Taliban Claims Responsibility for Killing Female Aid Worker  Audio Clip Available
Officials say woman working for Christian charity, SERVE Afghanistan, was shot dead Monday morning as she walked to her job in suburban Kabul


US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher, left, shakes hands with Pakistan's Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik prior to their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, 18 Oct 2008 US Diplomat Meets Pakistani Leader in Peshawar
US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher meets with various officials to press for the government to do more to combat terrorism


US presidential candidates Barack Obama in Fayetteville, N.C. and John McCain in Toledo, Ohio, 19 Oct 2008 Obama, McCain Campaign in Crucial States as Election Nears
Democratic candidate Barack Obama is campaigning in Florida while Republican  candidate John McCain is campaigning in the closely contested Midwestern state of Missouri


A medic attends a Palestinian farmer after Jewish settlers from a nearby settlement in the northern West Bank allegedly attacked him as he harvested olives on October 11, 2008. Abbas Criticizes Israeli Response to Attack on Palestinian Farmers
Palestinian president says Israel's failure to protect the harvest means it is not serious about a peace deal


Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai talks to journalists in Nairobi, 21 Aug 2008 Opposition Boycotts Southern African Summit on Zimbabwe  Audio Clip Available
Morgan Tsvangirai will not attend Monday's regional summit on Zimbabwe's political impasse because he could not get necessary travel documents


China's ambassador to Sudan Li Chengwen, left, and Sudan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Ali Sadiq, right, speak to the media in Khartoum after a meeting on the fate of kidnapped Chinese oil workers, 20 Oct 2008 Sudan Blames Rebels for Kidnapping Chinese Oil Workers  Audio Clip Available
Gunmen kidnapped 9 employees of the China National Petroleum Corporation on Saturday at the Block-4 oil field, which straddles the border between northern Sudan and the semi-autonomous South, and lies to the east of the Darfur region


A view of one of the largest steel producing companies in South Africa's industrial site close to the industrial port of Saldanha bay, South Africa (File) Red Cross Says Media Reports Mainly Negative News About Africa
Spokesman for International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says there are many positive indications that the African economy is getting stronger and governments are becoming more accountable


China Experts Warn of China Health Time Bomb
Chronic diseases claimed 74 percent of all 2005 deaths, up from 47 percent in 1973


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