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Doubts over the US $700bn financial bail-out package emerge from both Democrats and Republicans.

Pakistani troops fire into the air to stop US helicopters crossing the border from Afghanistan, local officials say, as tensions mount.

Eleven European tourists are kidnapped along with eight Egyptians in a remote part of south-west Egypt.

A fleet of Russian warships sets sail for joint exercises in Venezuela, unprecedented since the Cold War.

South Africa's ruling party nominates its deputy leader Kgalema Motlanthe as caretaker president, sources say.