Archive for November 8th, 2008

White House: Like EU, US favors financial reform (AP)

AP - Responding to Europe's call for aggressive financial changes, the White House said Saturday the U.S. and the European Union share "common ground" in addressing market turmoil.

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Spanish PM happy to be invited to economic summit (AP)

Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero arrives at an extraordinary EU summit on the financial crisis at the EU Council headquarters in Brussels, Friday Nov.7, 2008. EU leaders on Friday considered a financial reform to-do list for next week's summit in Washington, with France pushing a deadline for a global deal by late March to prevent a repeat of the Wall Street excesses that caused havoc in markets worldwide. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)AP - Spain has rejected a final appeal for asylum by a son of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and will deport him to Egypt, a lawyer for the man said Saturday.

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