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Tuesday, October 07, 2008
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Markets mixed amid volatile trading
Share prices see large swings as EU raises minimum level of bank deposit protection.
Video: Unease over Dubai property
The roots of Egypt's market crash
Gulf Arab stocks continue to fall
Reacting to the financial crisis
Fury over Lehman's executive pay
Deputy PM resigns after hundreds of protesters are wounded in police action.
Barack Obama and John McCain set to take part in second televised showdown.
Three share Nobel prize in physics
Bid to halt Egypt-Israel gas deal
Blasts shake Baghdad's Green Zone
Qantas jet turbulence hurts dozens
Mauritanian police break up protest
Iranians claim airspace violated
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Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds on difficult times for John McCain.
An investment banker explains why traders have faced sharp falls.
Al Jazeera's world panel on how women could make a difference in 2008's US election.
Al Jazeera readers have been voicing their fears and hopes as markets remain in turmoil.
Thousands suffer as a result of platinum mining in South Africa.