Maria Roth– Bernasconi, conseill';re nationale, Grand–Lancy (GE) Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Dans votre «Temps fort» du 24 septembre, vous montrez du doigt le parlement: «Il cause beaucoup d‘armée [...] mais évite les questions dérangeantes.» Parmi celles–c >>>

     La bourse suisse ŕ zurich. (photo: Keystone) • En cas de faillite bancaire, 30000 francs seulement sont garantis par épargnant.

• Les obligations de la Confédération sont ŕ l‘heure actuelle le placement le plus s$';r.

• Męme l‘or est volatil. Parmi les a >>>

     Le Decision 35, Alinghi, remporte Le Grand Prix Beau–Rivage Palace, et le Challenge Julius Baer dont c‘est la derniere etape, a Lausanne. (photo: Keystone) GRAND PRIX BEAU–RIVAGE. Net vainqueur sur le lac Léman, l‘équipage du voilier d‘Ernesto Bertarelli remporte le championnat de >>>

     Le sommet européen sur la crise financi';re et les débats autour du plan Paulson illustrent le fossé séparant la politique de la finance.

Jean–Claude Péclet Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Le défi ne pouvait ętre plus immédiat. A peine Nicolas Sarkozy, apr';s s >>>

     FRANCE. Une quarantaine de personnes, dont l‘ancien ministre Charles Pasqua, Jacques Attali et Jean–Christophe Mitterrand, comparaissent devant le tribunal correctionnel.

Pascale Robert–Diard, Le Monde Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Le juge Jean–Baptiste Parlos, qui s‘appręte ŕ pr& >>>

     FESTIVAL. Malgré une compétition terne, la 26e édition a réservé quelques grands bonheurs, dont deux films ŕ distribuer d‘urgence.

Norbert Creutz Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Etrange cinéma italien! Au moment męme oů les festivals de Venise et de Rome rivalisent d&lsqu >>>

     Ce que la crise changera ŕ l‘industrie de la finance (suite). La quinzaine qui a mis les nerfs des banquiers ŕ rude épreuve La question de la semaine. Faut–il profiter de la chute des actions émergentes pour acheter?

L‘avis de l‘expert. Réalisation de réserv >>>

     Au premier plan Myret Zaki Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Mardi se tient l‘assemblée du FMI ŕ Washington, et samedi sa réunion d‘automne.

C‘est l‘occasion d‘un constat réaliste: le FMI, s‘il en obtenait le mandat, ne pourrait pas prévenir les risques du syst >>>

     Bloc–notes. Ignace Jeannerat Lundi 6 octobre 2008 A combien s‘él';ve l‘épargne des Suisses? Question simple, en ces temps troublés. Réponse difficile. De mani';re surprenante, grâce ŕ l‘enquęte révisée sur le budget des ménages 200 >>>

     DEFILES. Apr';s Milan, le comique anglais perturbe Paris. Le Temps Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Il avait déjŕ fait parler de lui aux défilés de la semaine de la mode ŕ Milan, en septembre. Sacha Baron Cohen avait surgi sur le podium d‘un défilé, semant la panique dans l‘ass >>>

     Candide. Anna Lietti Lundi 6 octobre 2008 On est ŕ Gen';ve, ŕ l‘automne 1'25. «Une m';re» anonyme arrive sur les genoux ŕ la fin des vacances scolaires. On comprend qu‘elle est mariée mais compl';tement seule face aux «tâches éducati >>>

     Caspar, quelques jours avant sa mort.Doué pour l’amitié, la trompette et le water–polo. (photo: DR) Cet été, un adolescent lausannois, en quęte de sensations, est mort en jouant ŕ s‘étrangler. Comme la plupart des victimes du «jeu du foulard», il ignorait les ri >>>

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     ASSURANCE MALADIE. Améliorations en vue pour les assurés qui n‘ont pas la męme caisse pour la base et pour les extras.

Sylvie Arsever Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Pas contents de votre nouvelle prime d‘assurance maladie? La réponse vous est rappelée avec insistance par les sites de >>>

     Kath Kelly.Son livre co$';te environ 14 francs, soit sept jours du budget qu’elle a expérimenté. (photo: South West News) MŚURS. Kath Kelly, professeur d‘anglais ŕ Bristol, a vécu pendant un an avec un budget quotidien d‘une livre. Elle vient de publier un livre relatant son e >>>

     Ram Etwareea Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Convoqué par le président français Nicolas Sarkozy ce week–end, le mini–sommet des quatre pays européens (G4) a accouché d‘une souris. Les résolutions prises sont, pour la plupart, vagues. Certaines reprennent des décisions annonc >>>

     Le stade de la Praille, ŕ Gen';ve.Devisé initialement ŕ 68 millions de francs, il aura finalement co$';té le double. (photo: Keystone) SUISSE. Sept ans apr';s l‘inauguration du Parc Saint–Jacques, le bilan des stades nouvelle génération est globalement pos >>>

     DIRECTION. Qui apr';s Ulrich Gygi? Le Temps Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Le président du conseil d‘administration de La Poste désigné par le Conseil fédéral est au service de sa nouvelle entreprise depuis le 1er octobre.

Dans un premier temps, comme membre du conseil d‘admin >>>

     La femme de télévision franco–suisse a repris depuis début septembre les ręnes de «La Matinale» de la chaîne payante.

Benjamin Luis, Paris Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Elle écoute Scarlett Johansson. Et Chopin, aussi. Elle est née en banlieue parisienne, dans le ' >>>

     Vincent Artison, Yverdon– les–Bains (VD) Lundi 6 octobre 2008 En réaction ŕ l‘article «Le libre choix de l‘école profite surtout aux enfants» (Le temps du 26 septembre), permettez–moi de dire qu‘un seul et unique mod';le d‘école ne respect >>>

     Jardin de Burchard Emil Nolde. Allemagne 1'07 Huile sur toile 64 x 82,5 cm. (photo: Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kultur Geschichte) EXPOSITION. Au Grand Palais, rétrospective du «mod';le» des peintres expressionnistes allemands.

Laurent Wolf, Paris Lundi 6 octobre 2008 «Le >>>

     AMERIQUE LATINE. Des corps de civils ont été identifiés dans des fosses. Issus de quartiers pauvres, ils avaient été présentés par l‘armée comme des rebelles morts lors d‘affrontements.

Vincent Taillefumier, Bogota Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Depuis neuf mois, les pr >>>

     Stephen Harper. Fin tacticien, profitant des divisions et des faiblesses des autres partis, le premier ministre conservateur est parvenu pendant les deux ans et demi de son gouvernement minoritaire ŕ multiplier les lois conservatrices. (photo: Keytone) CANADA. Avec un leader libéral impopulaire et des souverai >>>

     Gerry Thompson, Martigny (VS) Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Je comprends le raisonnement du Tribunal fédéral qui a pour résultat le retour de la fumée ŕ Gen';ve. Ce canton aurait d$'; s‘assurer qu‘une base légale bien solide était en place avant de bannir la fumé >>>

     Gala Rachmaninov. Julian Sykes Lundi 6 octobre 2008 On a pu admirer la virtuosité de Denis Matsuev, samedi au Victoria Hall de Gen';ve. Ce pianiste russe de 33 ans, qui a remporté le 11e Concours Tchaďkovski il y a dix ans ŕ Moscou, a les mains taillées pour Rachmaninov.

Il faut >>>

     Matthew Stevenson, écrivain, membre de l‘Overseas American Academy, ŕ Gen';ve, examine les finances de la campagne et ne s‘étonne pas de la timidité des candidats face ŕ Wall Street.

Matthew Stevenson, Traduction: Pilar Salgado Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Au plus fort de la >>>

     Kiosque. Adrien de Tricornot, Le Monde Lundi 6 octobre 2008 La finance m';ne–t–elle le monde?. Marie–Paule Virard. Larousse, coll. «A dire vrai»125 p.

Les soubresauts de la plan';te finance ne surprennent pas Marie–Paule Virard, l‘ancienne rédactric >>>

     L‘avis de l‘expert. Claude Charmillot, Expert fiscal diplômé, c.charmillot@g–po.com Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Lorsqu‘une société réalise, ŕ titre onéreux, des actifs nécessaires ŕ l‘exploitation, cela entraîne la réalisation de réserves >>>

     Le mini–sommet a réuni le premier ministre italien, Silvio Berlusconi, la chanceli';re allemande, Angela Merkel, le président français, Nicolas Sarkozy, et le premier ministre britannique, Gordon Brown. La rencontre s’est soldée par des décisions plutôt vagues. (photo: Keyston >>>

     Christoph Mörgeli et, derri';re lui, le président des Jeunes, Erich Hess.L’UDC a approuvé la clause d’exclusion défendue par le premier nommé. Mais que dira–t–elle du référendum lancé par le second? (photo: Keystone) REFERENDUM. Le succ';s remporté >>>

     Albert Rodrik, candidat socialiste ŕ l‘Assemblée constituante de Gen';ve, s‘interroge sur le contenu que chacun attribue au concept unanimement accepté de «démocratie laďque».

Albert Rodrik Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Ce titre paraîtra curieux. Il l‘e >>>

     CRISE. France, Grande–Bretagne, Allemagne et Italie appellent ŕ la concertation. Le Temps Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Les dirigeants des quatre plus grandes économies européennes, réunis ŕ Paris sur l‘invitation de Nicolas Sarkozy, n‘ont pas voulu donner l‘image de la division. >>>

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     Les marchés émergents ont baissé de 40% sur un an. Selon Mark Mobius, des sociétés saines et en croissance sont maintenant bon marché en bourse.

Mark Mobius, Président exécutif, Templeton Asset Management Ltd Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Le Temps: Quelle est l‘attitude " >>>

     Benjamin Luis Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Certains candidats ŕ un emploi ne savent vraiment plus du tout quoi faire pour sortir du lot. Derni';re lubie en date: le CV vidéo. Un site y est consacré: http://www.youjob.com. La devise de la plateforme: «La motivation ne s‘écrit pas, elle se >>>

     Questions ŕ Laurent Meunier, attaquant français du Hockey Club Fribourg Gottéron.

Simon Meier Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Le Temps: Qu‘avez–vous ressenti, samedi soir apr';s 3' secondes de jeu, lorsque vous avez ouvert le score face ŕ votre ancienne équipe, Gen' >>>

     Lanvin par Alber Elbaz. (photo: Trendspot) MODE. Les défilés de mode pour le printemps 200' se sont achevés en beauté, dimanche, ŕ Paris.

Stéphane Bonvin, Paris Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Ce sera le printemps des jeux de peau. Avec des avalanches de tons soufflés d‘un poud >>>

     FORMATION. Technique de gestion devenue incontournable, c‘est une alternative aux approches classiques.

Alexandre Michellod, Wegelin &Co. Banquiers Privés, responsable client';le privée, région Gen';ve, Mathias Maradan, CAIA, Wegelin & Co. Banquiers Privés, resp >>>

     Le Temps Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Lundi 6 Nucléaire – Réunion ŕ Vienne du Conseil des gouverneurs de l‘Agence internationale de l‘énergie atomique (AIEA) pour parler de la succession du directeur général, Mohammed ElBaradei, critiqué par les Occidentaux et qui ne revendiq >>>

     BASKETBALL. Le club le plus titré du pays a lancé sa saison dans la joie et la bonne humeur, samedi face ŕ Lugano. Apr';s cinq titres en deux ans, qu‘est–ce qui fait encore courir Fribourg? Réponse de son président, Philippe Kapsopoulos.

Julien Caloz Lundi 6 octobre >>>

     Placements. Raymund Egli, Responsable AWD Lausanne Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Diverses études démontrent que, ŕ long terme, le rendement des actions est supérieur ŕ celui des livrets d‘épargne et des obligations. La notion de long terme est essentielle ŕ cet égard. Tôt ou tar >>>

     STRATEGIE. Analyse des choix pour profiter d‘une hausse du SMI sur quelques jours.

Emmanuel Garessus Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Lorsque la panique se lit dans les cours de bourse, que la volatilité grimpe violemment, et que l‘espoir semble disparaître, l‘investisseur qui sait garder ses ne >>>

     Pierre–Antoine Goy, Clarens (VD) Lundi 6 octobre 2008 [...] Vu la réduction voulue des dépenses militaires, il serait opportun de réduire les crédits destinés aux Forces terrestres, dont l‘utilité actuelle reste ŕ démontrer, et augmenter les crédits pour les Force >>>

     Les clés pratiques de l‘approche «core–satellite» (2) Pour jouer un rebond, penser au Mini Future La plan';te finance esquisse les traits de son assainissement Analyse. Aux urgences Urs Heinimann: «La baisse des mati';res premi';res bénéficie ŕ Ho >>>

     Quoi de neuf. Benjamin Luis Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Vous ne connaissez pas Fred? Normal, nous n‘en avons jamais parlé. Nous avions jusque–lŕ essentiellement traité de sa cousine, Elsa (LT du 14.12.07).

Attention ŕ ne pas s‘y méprendre: Elsa et Fred font partie d‘une >>>

     Le chantier du futur centre névralgique de l’EPFL qui devrait ętre opérationnel en ao$';t 200' a ouvert hier ses portes au public. (photo: Keystone) VAUD. Ce dimanche, le chantier du futur bâtiment phare du campus était ouvert au public pour la seule fois durant les travaux. C‘& >>>

     Questions ŕ Urs Heinimann, Gérant du DM Swiss Equity Asymmetric. Jean–Pascal Baechler Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Avec une performance depuis le début de l‘année de 5,5%, le Delman Swiss Equity Asymmetric semble pouvoir tenir ses promesses: un rendement de 8% par an, en moyenne sur cinq ans. Ce >>>

     REGIONS Le Temps I Article Yverdon, la cité conquise par sa Miss Suisse VAUD. Whitney Toyloy a reçu les honneurs au retour dans sa ville natale.

Thomas von Allmen Lundi 6 octobre 2008 C‘est sous les applaudissements nourris de la foule qu‘est apparue hier sur les marches de l‘Hô >>>

     Zappropos Olivier Perrin Lundi 6 octobre 2008 Durant toute la semaine, la chaîne globalisée braque ses feux sur la Pologne, qu‘elle voit comme une nation en mouvement ascendant, «fi';re de son passé et confiante en l‘avenir». Ce programme spécial se termine par une  >>>

     MIAMI –– Evel Knievel never denied his scrapes with the law _ the late motorcycle daredevil often reveled in them. But even he objected to a 1'70s FBI investigation of whether he was involved in a string of beatings.

According to documents obtained by The Associated Press, the federal government >>>

     SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –– Facing a lawsuit over deceptive mortgage practices, a Bank of America Corp. subsidiary has agreed to modify tens of thousands of loans to keep people in 11 states from losing their homes, the Illinois attorney general‘s office said Sunday.

Borrowers stuck with Countrywide >>>

     WILLIAMS, Calif. –– A charter bus traveling to a casino overturned in north–central California on Sunday, killing 10 people and injuring several others.

California Highway Patrol officials said the crash happened around 6:10 p.m. on a rural road near the town of Williams _ about 60 miles north >>>

     WASHINGTON –– The Supreme Court opens its new term Monday with arguments over limits on lawsuits against tobacco companies.

The court will consider whether federal regulation of cigarettes prevents smokers from suing tobacco companies under state law for allegedly deceptive advertising of "ligh >>>

     WASHINGTON –– Three days after providing a $700 billion bailout for Wall Street, Congress is holding its first hearing into what caused the nation‘s financial markets to collapse last month.

Monday‘s hearing by the House Oversight and and Government Reform Committee will focus on Lehman >>>

     HARTFORD, Conn. –– Harwinton residents hoping to learn about recycling policies and library hours online are out of luck.

The town‘s Web site, which also includes a listing of municipal services, parks and recreation information and key town phone numbers, is gone. It‘s been replaced by >>>

     CAMBRIDGE, Mass. –– There‘s been a surge in the number of homeless families in Massachusetts _ a spike that has overwhelmed the state‘s shelter capacity and forced it to again place homeless families in motels.

It‘s an increase driven by the sour economy, rising energy costs, escal >>>

     PORT ORANGE, Fla. –– Authorities say patrons at a central Florida carnival caught a toddler whose mother was forced to drop her when a ride stranded them 30 feet in the air.

Authorities say the "Crazy Bus" ride started to move as passengers were exiting Saturday night at a carnival about s >>>

     12:52 PM Jurors this morning heard secretly recorded phone conversations in which Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens told a chief prosecution witness that he didn‘t believe they had done anything wrong but could expect a fine and possibly some jail time if convicted.

Stevens (R) is charged with lying on financial di >>>

     ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) – Democrat Barack Obama counterattacked on Sunday against a new Republican tactic by saying rival John McCain was more interested in a smear campaign than fixing the U.S. economy.

The Obama campaign unveiled an ad hitting McCain as one of the "Keating Five" se >>>

     ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) – Democrat Barack Obama counterattacked on Sunday against a new Republican tactic by saying rival John McCain was more interested in a smear campaign than fixing the U.S. economy.

The Obama campaign unveiled an ad hitting McCain as one of the "Keating Five" se >>>

     ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Monday urged the Bush administration to move swiftly to address the financial crisis, saying contagion was spreading.

"Not only are we seeing the stock market go down but there is still a great danger of the credi >>>

     LAS VEGAS –– Jurors who found O.J. Simpson guilty in his armed robbery trial say secret audio tapes and surveillance video swayed them more than witness accounts.

Seven panelists who attended an extraordinary news conference Sunday concluded that without the recordings the prosecution might not have >>>

     ASHEVILLE, N.C. –– The gloves are off, the heels are on, and the presidential race is dredging up infamous events from 20, 30, even 40 years ago.

Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin defended her claim Sunday that Barack Obama "pals around with terrorists" because of his associ >>>

     CLEARWATER, Fla. –– Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is criticizing Barack Obama‘s ties to his incendiary former pastor and a 1'60s–era radical.

In an interview in The New York Times published Monday, Palin spoke about Obama‘s relationship with the Rev. Jeremi >>>

     AM WASHINGTON –– Conservationists have taken the first detailed look at the world‘s mammals in more than a decade, and the news isn‘t good.

"Our results paint a bleak picture of the global status of mammals worldwide," the team led by Jan Schipper of the International Union for >>>

     HAMBURG, Ill. –– An investigator in western Illinois says four adults whose bodies were found on a Mississippi River houseboat may have been victims of carbon–monoxide poisoning.

Police say the bodies of two men and two women were found Sunday afternoon on a boat just north of the village of H >>>

     WASHINGTON –– Attorneys for Sen. Ted Stevens are again trying for an early end to their client‘s corruption trial.

Stevens‘ lawyers on Sunday renewed their push for a mistrial, accusing government prosecutors of manipulating the story of their star witness, oil pipeline magnate Bill Alle >>>

     By David A. FahrentholdWashington Post Staff WriterMonday, October 6, 2008; A01 This is strange territory. The Dow is down. Wall Street needs a bailout.

But in the Washington area and across the country, there is still a bull market in environmental guilt.

Sales of carbon offsets –– whose b >>>

     By Eric M. WeissWashington Post Staff WriterMonday, October 6, 2008; A01 So much traffic clogs Washington area roads that Cox Communications has to use 20 percent more trucks here to serve the same number of customers as in other regions. Metro has to add an average of 10 buses a year, at $521,'80 a pop, just to mai >>>

     ATLANTA –– Georgia‘s top court ruled in favor of a transgender politician who was slapped with a lawsuit by two political opponents who claimed she misled voters by running as a female.

The Georgia Supreme Court‘s unanimous ruling on Monday found that the two political opponents who file >>>

     KANSAS CITY, Mo. –– A man went on trial for murder Monday in the death of a 3–year–old girl whose headless body was found in the woods and nicknamed "Precious Doe." Special prosecutor Tim Dollar told jurors Monday that the man, Harrell Johnson, 2', was high on drugs when he knocked >>>

     GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. –– The president of Davenport University has pleaded guilty to a first–time drunken–driving charge and refusing to take a breath test during his arrest.

Fifty–one–year–old Randolph Flechsig, president of the Michigan school, entered the plea Monday. >>>

     CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. –– Police in Indiana say a college freshman was found dead over the weekend in his fraternity house and suspect that alcohol was involved.

Police say 18–year–old Johnny D. Smith, a student at all–male Wabash College, was found dead Sunday morning at his Delta T >>>

     By Shankar VedantamWashington Post Staff WriterMonday, October 6, 2008; A06 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has gotten the most heat for being evasive in this season of political debates, but new research suggests that the contrast between her and the other top–of–the–ticket candidat >>>

     By Michael Abramowitz and Perry Bacon Jr.Washington Post Staff WritersMonday, October 6, 2008; A06 SEDONA, Ariz., Oct. 5 –– In one of the most beautiful spots on the globe, Sen. John McCain spent much of Saturday holed up in a dark hotel conference room, engaged in intense debate preparation. At the end of i >>>

     ASHEVILLE, N.C., Oct. 5 –– Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Del.), the Democratic vice presidential nominee, will spend Monday and Tuesday off the campaign trail after the death of his mother–in law, Bonny Jean Jacobs, 78.

Jacobs, the mother of Biden‘s wife, Jill, died Sunday after a long illne >>>

     CRAWFORD, Tex., Oct. 5 –– President Bush flew to the family ranch over the weekend after weeks of bad news back in Washington, from the nation‘s ongoing financial crisis to polls showing his popularity hitting new lows.

Yet, to the White House, the tide of negative headlines has obscured a ser >>>

     The Republican National Committee wants the Federal Election Commission to investigate the source of thousands of small contributions to the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama, a committee lawyer said yesterday.

The RNC‘s chief counsel, Sean Cairncross, said that there is mounting evidence that th >>>

     Continued study and development of a new generation of nuclear weapons and modernization of the aging manufacturing infrastructure needed to build them are necessary to maintain "the ultimate deterrent capability that supports U.S. national security." That is the conclusion of a nuclear policy paper released q >>>

     OMAHA, Oct. 5 –– With a month to go before Election Day, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, touched down here Sunday for an unexpected rally in a state that President Bush won by 22 percentage points in 2004.

In early September, even as it was shifting resources out o >>>

     Predicting whom a president might nominate to the Supreme Court is a hazardous venture that depends on whom he is replacing, the Senate‘s makeup and political concerns. But two experts on the court and nominations give it a try.

Charles J. Cooper is a Washington appellate lawyer who served in the Reagan J >>>

     October 6, 2008; A01 As the deadline for voter registration arrives today in many states, Sen.

Barack Obama‘s campaign is poised to benefit from a wave of newcomers to the rolls in key states in numbers that far outweigh any gains made by Republicans.

In the past year, the rolls have expanded by >>>

     By Robert BarnesWashington Post Staff WriterMonday, October 6, 2008; A02 There were not many conspicuous tributes to the legacy of President Bush at last month‘s Republican National Convention, but there was at least one.

It was a campaign button with the words "Thanks, W" across the top and pho >>>

     By Donna St. GeorgeWashington Post Staff WriterMonday, October 6, 2008; B01 At her daughter‘s school in Silver Spring, three people asked Colleen Thompson about her lipstick one day –– not that she was wearing any.

But she laughed, knowing that as the presidential election has veered into the >>>

     By Paul FarhiWashington Post Staff WriterMonday, October 6, 2008; C01 In early 1'80, John McCain was a man in transition –– and in a hurry.

Nine months earlier, at a cocktail reception in Hawaii, he met a glamorous young heiress named Cindy Lou Hensley and, by all accounts, fell instantly in lov >>>

     By Emily WaxWashington Post Foreign ServiceMonday, October 6, 2008; A0' NEW DELHI –– In the frantic moments after five bombs tore through markets across the city, Rama ran to the road, cradling his 17–year–old daughter, Puja, in his arms. Blood rushed from her head. Her pulse was slow. She wa >>>

     KABUL (Reuters) – The war in Afghanistan cannot be won militarily and success is only possible through political means including dialogue between all relevant parties, the United Nations‘ top official in the country said Monday.

His comments come after Britain‘s military commander in Afghanist >>>

     KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan began registering voters on Monday for elections due next year that will test support for President Hamid Karzai and democracy itself which is threatened by a virulent Taliban insurgency in which thousands have died.

The lack of security could well derail the election process >>>

     12:33 PM BAGHDAD, Oct. 6 –– The Arab League dispatched an ambassador to Baghdad on Monday, the latest sign of progress for the Iraqi and U.S. effort to ease this country‘s diplomatic isolation.

Hani Khilaf arrived a day after the first visit by an Egyptian foreign minister in 18 years. The pre >>>

     SINGAPORE –– Asian stock markets plunged Monday as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe failed to alleviate fears of a global financial crisis that would depress world economic growth.

Investors took scant comfort from Washington‘s passage of a $700 billion bank bailout on Friday, f >>>

     ':23 AM TOKYO, Oct. 6 –– Thanks to tainted milk, China‘s product–safety reputation is plumbing new depths. Even Burma –– where one of the world‘s most repressive and isolated military governments relies on trade with China –– has now warned its people to steer cl >>>

     MADRID, Spain –– The Basque regional government‘s president will be tried for meeting members of Batasuna, a party banned for its links to the armed separatist group ETA, a Spanish court said Monday.

Basque regional president Juan Jose Ibarretxe and two members of Spain‘s governing Socia >>>

     BEIJING –– Beijing began issuing vanity plates on Monday after a six–year hiatus sparked by rude, crude and politically incorrect messages.

Top picks this time emphasized numbers considered desireable because they sound like certain auspicious words in Chinese, media reports said. One man wait >>>

     BISHKEK (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake killed at least 70 people in Kyrgyzstan and leveled a village in the remote mountains of the Central Asian state, the emergencies ministry said on Monday.

The earthquake, measuring 6.3 according to the U.S. Geological Survey, jolted an area between Kyrgyzstan, Taj >>>

     BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police have detained six people suspected of producing and selling melamine, the chemical at the center of the country‘s scandal over tainted dairy products, the official Xinhua news agency said.

The arrests were made in Hohhot, capital of the northern region of Inner Mon >>>

     SUTTON, Ireland –– Denis Finn spent about $4 million on a grand house in this pretty seaside town north of Dublin three years ago, but it was the mansion‘s grassy grounds where he saw the real money to be made.

Ireland‘s "Celtic Tiger" economy was roaring, home prices were soar >>>

     BRUSSELS, Oct. 5 –– French banking giant BNP Paribas will take a 75 percent stake in the remaining operations of troubled bank Fortis, the Belgian government announced Sunday.

Prime Minister Yves Leterme said the deal gives the Paris bank control of Fortis‘s Belgian and Luxembourg operations. >>>

     6:15 AM STOCKHOLM, Sweden –– Germany‘s Harald zur Hausen and French researchers Francoise Barre–Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discovering the AIDS virus and the role of viruses in cervical cancer.

Barre–Sinoussi and Montagnier were c >>>

     By Craig WhitlockWashington Post Foreign ServiceMonday, October 6, 2008; A11 BERLIN, Oct. 5 –– Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Sunday that Germany would guarantee all private bank accounts in an attempt to calm depositors as officials tried to resurrect a failed bailout plan for a blue–chip lender.< >>>