The London stock market nosedived 8.65 percent in late afternoon trade Monday, hitting a four-year trough on investor concerns about the spreading global financial crisis, dealers said.

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US Congress probes banking crisis

News | news.bbc.co.uk | 1 hour 30 minutes ago

The US Congress holds its first hearing into the cause of the financial crisis, three days after passing a $700bn rescue plan.

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Russia seeks extradition of former tycoon from UK

News | www.chron.com | 3 hours 44 minutes ago

Mikhail Gutseriyev, the former president of Russneft, fled the country last year amid what he said was "unprecedented hounding" from the state, including a tax-evasion probe. Analysts linked his troubles to a dispute with the state-run oil giant Rosneft over some oil fields.<a

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San Diego 92037

News | www.xconomy.com | 4 hours 43 minutes ago

If it seems as if San Diego sprang to sudden prominence as a global capital for innovation, at least part of the explanation can be found atop the oceanside

http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2008/10/06/san-diego-92037/

The 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

News | nobelprize.org | 6 hours 23 minutes ago

The 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Harald zur Hausen for his discovery of "human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer" and the other half jointly to Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier for their discovery of "human immunodeficiency virus".

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2008/index.html

Rapping on physics: The nerds have co-opted cool - Globe and Mail

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Life and change through the window of Gilbert & George

News | uk.reuters.com | Oct 3, 2008

NEW YORK (Reuters) - For nearly 40 years artists Gilbert & George have tackled issues ranging from race to AIDS -- all while working in the same East London studio, living together, wearing virtually

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Wildlife conservationists gather to fundraise

News | www.sfgate.com | Oct 3, 2008

Some of the world's most famous conservationists will gather in the Bay Area this weekend to recruit volunteers and raise money through the Wildlife Conservation Network, a group co-founded by a former Silicon Valley engineer who applies the techniques he...<a

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