US moves to start bailout program amid global effort
The Bush administration moves quickly to implement a 700 billion rescue plan, consulting private law firms on taking partial bank ownership to thaw lending. European and U S authorities coordinate to steady markets as UK, ECB, and Swiss banks receive funds. key officials named to oversee the program and asset purchases.
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Kidnapping Trend Shifts Global Terror Tactics
Five years after Kirk von Ackermann vanished in Iraq, kidnappings of foreigners surged worldwide. DIA data show 342 hostages in 2004 rising to 501 in 2006 and over 1,500 in 2007, with Americans among 73 known hostage cases and 11 still missing. The trend links to al Qaeda in Iraq and other groups, while ransom politics and country danger shape outcomes.
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