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Page last updated at 08:58 GMT, Thursday, 20 November 2008

Man walking past share board
Recession fears hit stock markets
European and Asian markets fall sharply amid growing concerns that the world economy will enter a protracted slump.
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 accident, which left 199 dead.

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.


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Blue diamond Diamond sale fails to sparkle

Brawl at Uruguay football match
Paul Newton Captain: 'I survived a pirate attack'

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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Fowzi Abu Jarrad, unemployed, eats with his family in Gaza City Gaza voices
Palestinians describe life under the Israeli blockade
Cod Mardell's Europe
Why fishermen are letting cod slip the net
Children playing football, Malawi Playing in poverty
Images of children finding fun


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AFRICA
Rwanda aide questioned in Paris
UN calls for stop to Darfur fighting

AMERICAS
US share drop prompts Asia fall
Bush 'seeks to ease wildlife law'

ASIA-PACIFIC
China and Peru agree trade deal
Hicks pleads for greater freedom

EUROPE
European online library launches
French Socialists vote for leader

MIDDLE EAST
Syrian site 'resembled reactor'
UN head fears over Gaza blockade

SOUTH ASIA
Pakistan Taleban quit peace deal
Abuse of India's boys 'is rising'

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
Questioning the ceasefire in Gaza
Close encounter with Mount Etna


FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
A textile worker in Peru's Gamarra district Big gamble?
Peru hitches its wagon to China's economic motor
An Afghan child refugee waits at the Kacha Ghari UNHCR repatriation centre near Peshawar, Pakistan In pictures
The challenges faced by returning Afghan refugees
Image of murdered ethnic Armenian writer Hrant Dink on a poster Battle for rights
Writers targeted as violent nationalism grips Turkey
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EU reaches deal on farm reforms
Cyber-bullying trial opens in US
IMF approves $2.1bn Iceland loan
Fire breaks out at Berlin airport
Sri Lanka army 'takes rebel area'
Panama 'holds Colombia scam boss'
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