World stocks rise on hopes downturn is stabilizing

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Later Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is to unveil new rules for the program, which has been heavily criticized for doling out hundreds of billions of dollars to banks with few conditions on how the money is spent.

"People are waiting to see what happens in the U.S.," said Conita Hung, head of equity markets with Delta Asia Financial Group in .

| Dec 5, 2008 Just a year after buying The Wall Street Journal, the press rapscallion has revitalized the fusty paper.



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Crime Scene KC

one night in southeastern Iowa, went into a water-filled culvert and turned over, with the trailer on top of it.Two of the three men inside were trapped by their seat belts.

The third approached a sheriff's deputy for a knife to cut the men free.The men were rescued, and the deputy received a governor's commendation for heroism.

(AP) - The first of the young men to hang himself loved to spend time outdoors hunting and fishing.

(AP) - A carjacking suspect called 911 and turned himself in to police after he crashed a stolen sport utility vehicle twice and got lost while fleeing the crime scene, authorities said.Claude King, 31, called police from a Palm Springs pay phone."Um, I committed a crime," he told the dispatcher.



Source: http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_scene/2006/12/index.html

Airports closed as France braces for storm

Flights into and out of the Paris regions were disrupted from 6pm and were to be cancelled outright from 8pm until 10am on Tuesday because of high winds closing in on the capital.

All flights to and from the city's two main airports, Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) and Orly, have been cancelled within that time period and travellers were asked not to head to either of them, authorities said.

The long Atlantic coast was expected to be worst hit, with heavy rain and gales there predicted to reach 140km/h, but the entire west and north of the country was in the storm's path, weather forecasters said.

The French navy has put three rescue vessels on standby to sail to the aid of any shipping in difficulty in the mouth of the Channel, while sand bags have been deployed on sea-fronts exposed to potential flooding.



Source: http://www.thestar.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=nw20090209191359370C187390