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WASHINGTON: The $700 billion US bailout bill failed to clear the House on Monday, triggering a mad scramble for a fresh plan to rescue a beleaguered financial market and prevent a global stock meltdown yesterday.

A distraught trader tracks share movements on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 777 points, its biggest drop in history, after the US government's financial bailout package failed to pass.      AP

• Rejection of rescue package to hit investor confidence in China
• At least 168 killed in temple stampede
• Bird's Nest takes gold in tourism stakes
• Re-entry module back in Beijing
• President inspects rural areas in Anhui
• Wen meets Science Magazine chief
• DPRK leader congratulates China
• Space lab, a step-stone to grander feats
• Good wishes pour in as New China marks 59th year

China has vowed to tighten regulation over the dairy industry by bringing all milk procurement stations in the country under one supervision system, a senior official said yesterday.

• Shanghai faces aging problem
• Across China: Zhejiang
• Across China: Tibet
• Across China: Anhui

Renault SA Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn needs a new blockbuster to pull Europe's worst-performing auto stock out of a nosedive and defend his reputation. He may not get it when he introduces the revamped Megane compact at the Paris Motor Show this week.

• Mitsubishi UFJ loses $506m in one day on Morgan Stanley
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A European tour group kidnapped in the Sahara Desert was abruptly freed after a phone call to one of the captors, and all 19 hostages piled into a single car, some clinging to the roof as they drove 200 miles to safety.

• Gates: No sharp cuts in military budget
• Barclays executive's killers sought by police
• EU access to 'security zone' postponed
• US nuclear envoy heads for DPRK in bid to save deal
• Across the World: Pakistan
• Across the World: Germany
• Across the World: France
• Across the World: Afghanistan
• Across the World: Singapore
• World is oyster for Filipino culinary school graduates
• Champion becomes focus of attention

Wujiang Road is a hot topic these days. The 400m road famous for its night market and street food will soon be no more.

• More open-air shopping and dining areas
• What's on
• Living in harmony
• Teatime for tourists
• Many routes to Santiago - thousands walking Way of Saint James

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio: LeBron James keeps his Olympic gold medal in his home office, and from time to time Cleveland's star takes a peek at it.

• Armstrong hopes for comeback in Australia
• Score board
• Steelers snatch OT win over Ravens
• Rams sack coach Linehan
• White Sox victory forces playoff match
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