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The Chinese government has quietly begun preventing access again to Internet sites that it had stopped blocking during the Olympic Games, experts said on Tuesday.
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The Federal Reserve on Tuesday cut its target for a key interest rate to the lowest level on record and pledged to "employ all available tools" to combat a severe financial crisis and prolonged recession.
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The bank sidestepped earlier losses by staying out of the high-risk subprime mortgage market and taking an early bet against the U.S. housing industry.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits Pakistan in effort to encourage cooperation with India.
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