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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, right, stands after a briefing for reporters at IMF headquarters on efforts to heal the economy, in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. He is joined by World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick, left, and Mexico's Secretary of Finance Augustin Carstens, center. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

World Bank to protect vulnerable countries

AP - 14 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The World Bank agreed Sunday to help developing countries strengthen their economies, bolster their financial systems and protect the poor against the financial turmoil in international markets.

  • AP - 1 hour, 59 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - World Bank members agree to protect poor and vulnerable countries in current financial turmoil.

  • In this 1971 black-and-white file photo. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover is seen in Washington. In caustic comments on internal FBI memos, legendary bureau director J. Edgar Hoover referred to prominent columnist Jack Anderson with undisguised contempt, calling him 'a jackal' as agents combed his articles for errors and hints about possible sources, according to newly available FBI files. (AP Photo, File)
    FBI searched long, hard for Jack Anderson sources AP - Sat Oct 11, 2:02 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - In caustic comments on internal FBI memos, bureau director J. Edgar Hoover referred to prominent columnist Jack Anderson with undisguised contempt, calling him "a jackal" as agents combed his articles for errors and hints about possible sources.

  • Recalls: Dried radishes, milk drinks, cookies AP - Fri Oct 10, 8:27 PM ET

    The following recalls have been announced:

  • Lineup for Sunday news shows AP - Fri Oct 10, 7:45 PM ET

    Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

  • Georgia sued over voter citizenship verification AP - Fri Oct 10, 6:15 PM ET

    NEWNAN, Ga. - Voting rights groups asked a federal judge Friday to stop Georgia's attempts to verify the identities and citizenship of new voter applicants, arguing they amounted to a "systematic purging" of rolls just weeks before the election.

  • Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, accompanied by his daughter Beth Stevens, returns to federal court in Washington, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, for his corruption trial. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
    Democratic senator to testify for GOP icon Stevens AP - Thu Oct 9, 3:52 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska has called one of his oldest friends, Democratic Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, as his first defense witness at his corruption trial.

  • File photo shows a detainee at Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay being escorted by two US Army military police officers. A US federal judge has ordered a group of 17 Chinese Muslim Uighurs held at the Guantanamo Bay military jail in Cuba to be released in the United States, officials have said.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)
    Chinese Muslims' release into US blocked for now AP - Thu Oct 9, 8:14 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - A group of Chinese Muslims set to be freed into the U.S. this week from Guantanamo Bay found their freedom stymied yet again after a simple government plea: What's a couple more weeks or so in jail after nearly seven years?

  • Presidential security talk in the audience before the start of the National Day celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. Taiwan's government celebrates the founding of the Republic of China, established on mainland China in 1912. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
    China envoy: US should stop Taiwan arms sales AP - Wed Oct 8, 5:36 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - China's top diplomat in the United States says Washington's approval of a multibillion-dollar arms package for Taiwan is a "gross violation" of U.S. commitments to Beijing.

  • NTSB member questions Mexican bus safety checks AP - Wed Oct 8, 5:36 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Foreign-made buses that don't meet U.S. safety standards can drive across the nation's southern border to operate in this country because of gaps in safety laws intended to ensure those imported buses are safe, a federal safety official said Wednesday.

  • US sets ship speed limit to protect right whales AP - Wed Oct 8, 12:27 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - To save a slow-moving species of whale that lives along the Atlantic coast, the government is telling ships to slow down.

  • Traders gather at a post on the New York Stock Exchange floor, Tuesday Oct. 7, 2008. Wall Street rose moderately early Tuesday, with investors getting some encouragement that the Federal Reserve's plan to buy massive amounts of corporate debt will help unclog the credit markets. The markets showed some signs of easing. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    Meltdown advances despite efforts to limit damage AP - Wed Oct 8, 3:12 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - With financial markets still tumbling, the Federal Reserve is signaling that it might cut interest rates after a series of bold steps by federal regulators failed to stem the slide. Neither presidential candidate offered a solution.

  • Michelle Ngwafla, 16, takes notes on the answer she was given by government scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse to her online questions about date rape drugs during class at Rockville High School on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, in Rockville, Md. Students often have ready access to marijuana, alcohol and tobacco but they don't feel comfortable talking about the ramifications. So, some of the nation's government scientists went to the computer chat room Tuesday to make it a little easier for them. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
    Scientists go chatting to hear kids' drug concerns AP - Tue Oct 7, 10:42 PM ET

    ROCKVILLE, Md. - It's nothing to LOL about.

  • Budget deficit hits record $438 billion, CBO says AP - Tue Oct 7, 10:27 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - The federal budget deficit hit a new record in the just-completed 2008 budget year under the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.

  • File photo shows the Pentagon's prefabricated high-tech court complex at Guantanamo Bay naval base. The Bush administration has come under renewed pressure over its anything-goes approach to the "war on terror" that could leave tough problems behind for a new president, analysts say.(AFP/Graphic)
    Judge orders release of Chinese Muslims into US AP - Tue Oct 7, 6:12 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A federal judge ordered the Bush administration Tuesday to immediately free 17 Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo Bay into the United States, a dramatic ruling that could set the course for releasing dozens of other prisoners at the naval facility in Cuba.