Disposing of chemical weapons will take a year, says Syria’s al-Assad
President Bashar al-Assad is willing to get rid of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, but says it will cost $1-billion and take a year.
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Bodies of 35 people dumped in Mexican port city
The bodies of 35 people with suspected links to organised crime were dumped on a road in eastern Mexico on Tuesday.
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Obama to unveil plan for troubled housing market
Barack Obama was set on Wednesday to unveil a plan to stabilise the troubled housing market, a main cause of the economy’s deepening slump.
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Bank of America gets big govt bailout
Bank of America was rescued by the US government on Friday through a -billion bailout.
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US launches all-out attack on credit crisis
The United States surged into action on Friday to launch an all-out attack against the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.