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Page last updated at 21:55 GMT, Tuesday, 18 November 2008

Henry Paulson
Clash over $700bn bank bail-out
US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke defend the $700bn bank bail-out plan.
US treasury sells bail-out bonds
US bail-out of banks begins
Finance crisis: In graphics

Election workers run ballots through scanners in Anchorage, Alaska, 12 November, 2008 Alaska Senate race reaches climax
Final votes are being counted in Alaska's knife-edge Senate race, as Minnesota's election looks set to go to a recount.

MySpace page (file image) US 'cyber-bullying' case begins
Jury selection begins in the trial of a US woman accused of using MySpace to bully a 13-year-old girl who later killed herself.


FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Pyramid investors protesting in Bogota 'I lost my money'
Colombia scam victim tells how she was taken in
Member of the Chinese community in Cuba takes a photo while waiting for President Hu's arrival Eyeing progress
A look at the ties that bind China and Cuba
Mickey Mouse Mickey turns 80
Why the world famous rodent remains so popular

MORE FROM AMERICAS
Clash over $25bn car firm bailout
Winds ease California wildfires
Mexico 'drug violence' kills 11
Citigroup job cull to hit 75,000
Sheikh sues Michael Jackson
China arms sales scientist guilty
BUSINESS
United Airlines win union ruling
HP's profits exceed expectations
InBev completes Budweiser merger
FEATURES
Last resort?
Detroit's 'triple whammy'
Shaken into shape
Africans in Jamaica

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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Female students sit on a bench in Jamaica Music campaign
How music is lifting the lid on child sex abuse in Jamaica
Astronaut drinking Nasa's taste test
Astronauts will soon drink their recycled urine
Tottenham's Heurlho Gomes Brazilian keepers
In defence of a currently much maligned group

THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY
Barack Obama at Harvard Is Obama black or mixed-race? Both, says a Harvard professor


Obama 'picks' US attorney-general
Obama vows climate 'engagement'
Bid to ban sale of Obama tickets

OTHER TOP STORIES
Uruguay violence halts matches
China's Hu strikes deals in Cuba
Jerry Yang to quit as Yahoo boss
Terror suspect 'unfit for trial'
Ford set to sell 20% Mazda stake
Colombia declares scam emergency
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A prison cell A Canadian prisoner deemed too big for his cell is released

Tequila bottles Mexican scientists turn tequila into diamonds

JUSTIN WEBB'S AMERICA
The Mormon backlash
Divisive alarms
MATT FREI'S WASHINGTON DIARY
Where are the European Obamas?
SPORT
Baseball: MVP awards announced
Football: Scotland excited by Maradona
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