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An Atlantic record was set at the Giant Pumpkin Provincial Festival in Neguac, N.B., over the weekend.

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A 1bn-euro bail-out of Italian airline Alitalia wins the support of the last two unions who had been opposing the deal.

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British chocolate maker Cadbury said Monday that tests have “cast doubt” on the safety of its Chinese-made products and ordered a recall, the latest foreign company affected by China’s tainted milk scandal.

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President Bush expressed support today for a bill that would put up as much as $700 billion to rescue the nation’s troubled financial system. Speaking at the White House, Bush called the proposed measure “an extraordinary agreement to deal with an extraordinary problem,” CNNMoney reports.

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Banking shares decline sharply following confirmation that mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley is being nationalised.

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Though late actor Heath Ledger wrote his will before the birth of his daughter, two-year-old Matilda will still inherit her father’s estate, Ledger’s family told an Australian newspaper.

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Some 20,000 Pakistanis have crossed into Afghanistan to escape fighting in the Bajaur region, the UN says.

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The controversial financial bailout package in the United States survived its first vote on the floor of the House of Representatives on Monday.

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A car bomb killed several Lebanese troops riding on a bus into the port city of Tripoli in Lebanon on Monday, security officials said.

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Citigroup will acquire the banking operations of Wachovia for $2.2 billion in an all-stock deal, following much speculation over the weekend about the fate of the nation’s fourth-largest bank.

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