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02 Oct 08 | The Senate passes a $US700 billion bailout aimed at preventing the economy from plunging into a recession.
01 Oct 08 | US President George Bush calls on Congress to pass a bail-out plan saying the economy is in need of government action.
30 Sep 08 | Wall Street panic after the US House of Representatives reject a $US700 billion bailout plan by a vote of 228 to 225.
29 Sep 08 | At least nine people have been killed in Mogadishu in the latest clashes between government forces and Islamists.
26 Sep 08 | A look back at the series of events that have led to the biggest financial crisis in the US since the Great Depression.
25 Sep 08 | US Treasury Secretary agrees to limit the pay of executives whose companies would benefit from the $US700 billion bailout plan.
22 Sep 08 | Kellie Hush takes a close-up look at the celebrity fashion hits and misses on the 2008 Emmy Awards red carpet.
19 Sep 08 | Prime Minister Kevin Rudd reveals that growing up on a farm left him with a love of horse riding and clay target shooting.
18 Sep 08 | Israel's Tzipi Livni is set to be the country's next prime minister after a comfortable victory in a party leadership election.
17 Sep 08 | British artist Damien Hirst, he of the formaldehyde shark, makes a whopping $250 million in a two-day auction of his work.
16 Sep 08 | As Malcolm Turnbull clinches federal leadership of the Liberal Party from Brendan Nelson, we take a look at his life so far.
15 Sep 08 | Australia's Beijing Olympic athletes parade down Sydney's George Street before thousands of cheering people.
12 Sep 08 | Ceremonies take place seven years after al Qaeda militants hijacked four airliners and killed almost 3,000 people.
11 Sep 08 | International scientists celebrate the successful start of a huge particle-smashing machine aiming to recreate the conditions of the 'Big Bang'.
10 Sep 08 | Photographer Heath Campanaro captures the scenes in Beijing, from the Opening Ceremony to the pool and courtside at the basketball.
08 Sep 08 | Canberra Times photographer Andrew Sheargold captures all the colour ahead of Floriade's opening next week.
05 Sep 08 | The prime minister, government ministers and senators witness Quentin Bryce be sworn in at Parliament House in Canberra.
04 Sep 08 | As Sarah Palin accepts the Republican nomination for Vice President, a look back at the Alaskan conservative's rise to power.
03 Sep 08 | President Bush tries to rally support for John McCain as the Republican presidential nominee in an eight-minute satellite message.
02 Sep 08 | Raw footage has emerged on YouTube of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin shooting a tiger with a tranquiliser gun.