- Treasury names rescue program chief
- Citi eyeing options to bolster Wachovia bid
- Oil drops $5 to below $89 on demand concerns
- Obama urges swift action on markets
- Afghan war cannot be won militarily: U.N.
- Poverty still plagues U.S. cities: survey
- Governments struggle to stem financial crisis
- Credit jitters sink stocks at open
- Quake near Tibet capital kills at least 30: report
- Fed to boost auctions, pay interest on reserves
- U.S. to allies: Fight in Afghanistan or write check
- Three Europeans win 2008 Nobel for medicine
- Obama accuses McCain of smear campaign
- Sri Lanka suicide bomb kills 22 including politician
- ImClone set to be acquired by Eli Lilly for $6.1 bln: sources
- Biden cancels campaign events for another two days
- German bank rescued, S.Korea reassures lenders
- Sri Lanka suicide blast kills 22
- Hong Kong court rejects "milkshake murderess" appeal
- Paulson to name adviser to oversee U.S. bailout: paper
- China detains six suspected in milk scandal
- Quake hits China's remote northwest; no casualties
- Wachovia pursues Wells Fargo deal, Citi intervenes
- Pope kicks off 7-day marathon Bible reading
- Sudan criticizes Palin, Biden over Darfur flight ban
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