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The US and media campaigners have condemned the guilty verdicts on two Vietnamese journalists who helped expose a big corruption scandal.

European leaders are calling for major reform of the global banking system.

Canadians are now voting in the country’s third general election in four years and with the global financial crisis looming over the poll.

Canadians are heading to the polls for the third time in four years today to choose their 40th parliament.

The Vice president of a bank in the United States has pleaded guilty to collaborating with his wife to launder money on behalf of drug traffickers.

The police in Mexico say eleven people were killed at a bar in the city of Chihuahua, close to the border with the United States

Peruvian cabinet ministers are poised to tender their resignations to the country\'s president over an alleged oil concessions scandal.

Iceland has suspended trading on its stock exchange as the country continues to struggle to cope with the global financial crisis.

At least 30 women in South Sudan have reportedly been arrested for wearing tight pants.

The US presidential hopefuls have set out their economic policies in a debate dominated by the financial crisis and differences over foreign policy.

Authorities in Kenya have detained the American author of a highly critical book about US presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Stock markets have continued to plummet in the United States despite the approval of a US$700 billion financial bailout plan by the House of Representatives last week.