European countries, led by Germany and France, pledged to take equity stakes in distressed banks and to guarantee lending for periods up to five years.

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Mitsubishi was pressing for more favorable terms on Sunday after Morgan Stanley lost nearly half its market value during last week’s stock market plunge.

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A hostile cultural climate forced Haroon Bacha, a Pashtun musician, to leave his homeland and come to New York.

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US video game magnate Richard Garriott has blasted off into space aboard a Russian rocket, watched by his father - a NASA astronaut who went into space at the height of the Cold War. Read more...

AUSTRIAN far-right leader Joerg Haider was driving at more than twice the speed limit after visiting a nightclub when he crashed and died this weekend. Read more...

European leaders meeting at a crisis summit in Paris announce a plan to save their beleaguered banking industry. Read more...

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai threatens to pull out of a power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe. Read more...

Austrian far-right politician Joerg Haider was driving at twice the speed limit when he died in a car crash, officials say. Read more...