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Good evening Srini, MON 27 Oct 2008 

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Skinheads held over plot to kill Obama
GM, Chrysler request $10 billion in aid: source
Sen. Stevens found guilty of corruption
Wall Street drops to 5-yr lows on economic fear
U.S. says raid in Syria targeted smuggler
Machinist union in tentative deal with Boeing
Al Qaeda media chief stands mute at Guantanamo
More banks turn to Treasury
Obama, McCain attack each other on economy
Body of Jennifer Hudson's nephew found
 

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Skinheads held over plot to kill Obama
October 27, 2008 10:03 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two white supremacist skinheads were arrested in Tennessee over plans to go on a killing spree and eventually shoot Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, court documents showed on Monday.



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GM, Chrysler request $10 billion in aid: source
October 27, 2008 10:22 PM ET
NEW YORK/DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp and Cerberus Capital Management have asked the U.S. government for roughly $10 billion in an unprecedented rescue package to support a merger between GM and Chrysler LLC, sources familiar with the talks said on Monday.



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Sen. Stevens found guilty of corruption
October 27, 2008 08:26 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska was convicted of corruption on Monday, a verdict that could endanger the Republican's political future and help Democrats expand control of the Senate in the November 4 election.



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Wall Street drops to 5-yr lows on economic fear
October 27, 2008 09:28 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks closed at their lowest levels in 5-1/2 years on Monday, extending a global sell-off as worry about the severity of a global recession and the bleak outlook for profits gripped investors.



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U.S. says raid in Syria targeted smuggler
October 27, 2008 09:27 PM ET
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - A raid by U.S. forces inside Syria on Sunday is believed to have killed a major smuggler of foreign fighters into Iraq, a U.S. official said on Monday, as Syria condemned the attack as "terrorist aggression."



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Machinist union in tentative deal with Boeing
October 27, 2008 10:28 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The union representing striking machinists at Boeing on Monday said the two sides have reached a tentative deal and the union will hold a vote this week.



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Al Qaeda media chief stands mute at Guantanamo
October 27, 2008 05:39 PM ET
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The U.S. war crimes trial of Osama bin Laden's accused media director began on Monday with silence from the defense side of the Guantanamo Bay courtroom after the judge ruled the Yemeni defendant had the right to stand mute and offer no defense.



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More banks turn to Treasury
October 27, 2008 09:21 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More U.S. banks lined up for government cash on Monday and the Group of Seven expressed concern that Japan's soaring yen currency posed a threat to financial and economic stability as recession worries spread worldwide.



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Obama, McCain attack each other on economy
October 27, 2008 09:29 PM ET
POTTSVILLE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama slammed each other's economic plans on Monday as wrong for the current downturn as they butted heads in Ohio and Pennsylvania in launching an eight-day dash to the election.



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Body of Jennifer Hudson's nephew found
October 27, 2008 09:40 PM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Police found the body on Monday of Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Hudson's 7-year-old nephew, who had been missing since Hudson's mother and brother were slain last week.



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