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2008-10-08 06:01:08 - Qantas passengers tell of horror plunge (AFP) (world)
AFP - Passengers told Wednesday of their terror as a Qantas jet plunged dramatically in mid-flight, slamming them against the cabin roof, breaking bones and causing spinal injuries.

2008-10-08 06:01:07 - Bank of England to cut interest rates: analysts (AFP) (world)
AFP - The Bank of England was widely forecast to slash British interest rates on Thursday in a bid to prevent a long and painful recession amid a growing global financial crisis, analysts said.

2008-10-08 06:01:06 - Russia appears to begin final Georgia pullout (AP) (world)
AP - Russian forces appear to have begun the final stage of a pullback from positions inside Georgia near the breakaway South Ossetia region.

2008-10-08 05:00:44 - Asian governments move to halt market slide (AFP) (world)
AFP - Japan and Australia pumped 15 billion dollars into money markets Wednesday and Hong Kong slashed interest rates, as governments tried to ease the credit crunch pummelling world stock markets.

2008-10-08 05:00:44 - Qantas plane had glitch before altitude plunge (AP) (world)
AP - Instruments aboard a Qantas airliner warned of a glitch in its stabilization system when it suddenly rose and plunged, tossing unbelted passengers to the ceiling and injuring more than 70 people, Australian investigators said Wednesday.

2008-10-08 05:00:43 - Credit crunch forces London's Olympic bosses to recalculate (AFP) (world)
AFP - London's Olympic chiefs are having to rework their budgets as the global credit crunch squeezes private funding for the 2012 Games -- although Team GB's success in Beijing has helped boost the coffers.

2008-10-08 03:00:41 - Plane passengers tell of horror plunge (AFP) (world)
AFP - Passengers told Wednesday of their terror as a Qantas jet plunged dramatically in mid-flight, slamming them against the cabin roof, breaking bones and causing spinal injuries.

2008-10-08 03:00:40 - Britain set to announce rescue package for ailing banks (AFP) (world)
AFP - Britain was set to announce a rescue package for its ailing banking industry before markets open on Wednesday, the day after shares in leading banks plunged on concerns they were short of capital.

2008-10-08 03:00:40 - Morales: Bolivia should not fear US 'blockade' (AP) (world)
AP - The U.S. is set to suspend a trade deal with Bolivia that is worth 20,000 Bolivian jobs and $150 million a year, but President Evo Morales says South America's poorest country shouldn't worry.

2008-10-08 01:00:38 - Balts hope Georgia conflict boosts energy case (Reuters) (world)
Reuters - Ulo Kikas, harbor captain at the port of Muuga, stands at the top of the multi-storey harbor building near Estonia's capital and points down to a network of vacant railway tracks for oil product wagons.

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