Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Headlines: October 8, 2008

Fed to Lend Directly to Companies for First Time Since Great Depression, Hints at a Rate Cut; Stocks Fall as Dow Hits 5-Year Low

British government will partially nationalize banks

From Syrian fishing port to naval power base: Russia moves into the Mediterranean

The Obama Debate Every American Should See

Pakistan expels 60 000

Who Is Buying The White House?

McCain Pledges Government Will Buy Up Mortgages

Security: Buried in last week's news, the CIA director warned that the next president's top national security problem is the Axis of Oil. With campaigns focused on wars all but won, will our next leader be ready?

Rosner: Call it "evil" or "not evil" or "maybe" evil--Russia, slowly but surely, is becoming the number one headache for the next president.

Fed orders emergency rate cut to 1.5 percent

Yon: The Afghanistan paradox

Take our Uighurs -- please

IRAN: CHRISTIAN COUPLE DIES FROM POLICE ATTACK
Hosts of house church succumb to injuries following raid; daughter still in custody.

The bigger the family the better, says Cassandra Jardine

Another Child Matters: Bridging the middle-class baby gap

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