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Man walking past share board
Asia markets follow US share drop
Asian markets plummet after New York's main share index slumps to its lowest level in five years, amid recession fears.
US shares fall to five-year low
US consumer prices in record fall
US car bail-out deal sought

A TAM building is engulfed by flames after a plane crashed into it near Congonhas airport, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 17 July 2007 Officials blamed for Brazil crash
Ten Brazilian government and airline officials are blamed for the country's worst air crash, in an official report.

Protesters react after the explosion in Bangkok, Thailand, 20 November 2008 Fatal blast hits Bangkok protest
An explosion at the site of an anti-government demonstration in Bangkok kills one protester and wounds more than 20.


VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS
Astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper loses grip of a tool bag Lost in space: Tool trouble for astronaut

'I survived a pirate attack'
Yugo Pimp my Yugo: Serbia's car souped up

Award for Afghan film

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Image of murdered ethnic Armenian writer Hrant Dink on a poster Battle for rights
Writers targeted as violent nationalism grips Turkey
Fowzi Abu Jarrad, unemployed, eats with his family in Gaza City Gaza voices
Palestinians describe life under the Israeli blockade
An Afghan child refugee waits at the Kacha Ghari UNHCR repatriation centre near Peshawar, Pakistan In pictures
The challenges faced by returning Afghan refugees

AROUND THE WORLD NOW

AFRICA
Saudi owners 'talking to pirates'
AMERICAS
Mammoth's genome pieced together
ASIA-PACIFIC
China and Peru agree trade deal

EUROPE
Politkovskaya trial doors closed
MIDDLE EAST
Syrian site 'resembled reactor'
SOUTH ASIA
Pakistan Taleban quits peace deal

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BUSINESS
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HEALTH
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SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT
Sparrow numbers 'plummet by 68%'
ENTERTAINMENT
£10m boost for Titian masterpiece
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft to offer free security


FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
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Inside the Natural History Museum's bird collection
Children playing football, Malawi Playing in poverty
Images of children finding fun

Kayma Victor Triangle of death
Villagers tell of life at the heart of Africa's war zones

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THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY
Barack Obama Obama the orator: What his rhetorical skills reveal


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