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In Greece, a trade union strike coincides with riots over a police shooting.

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Riots continue across the nation following the death of a 15 year old Athens boy.

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Russia is holding a national broadcast where citizens call in and ask questions. But it's Vladimier Putin who is taking the calls, not his successor Dmitri Medvedev.

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At this moment in time, we’re going to interface with someone who will hopefully tell us why words adversely impact so many people. Are we annoying you yet? Jeremy Butterfield might know why. He’s the author of a new book called "A Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare," which features the most annoying words and phrases in the English language

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"China's economy is growing and it has a stranglehold on a lot of American assets." — David Barboza, The New York Times

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There's economic news on both sides of the Atlantic this morning. In the United States, weekly jobless claims in the United States dipped to 481,000 and long-term claims jump to highest level in 25 years. Meanwhile, the British central bank — the Bank of England — has cut its main interest rate by one and a half percent, the bank's biggest cut since 1981, aiming to thwart a national recession.

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British Prime Minister Tony Blair's reputation suffered greatly from his cooperation with U.S. foreign policy during the terrifically unpopular war in Iraq. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's first act in office was to make a statement distancing himself from the policies of President George W. Bush. Now, as Senator Barack Obama ascends to the presidency, the UK has made a quick turn to align itself with America once more.

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Ken Livingstone, former mayor of London and author of the Socialist Economics Bulletin blog gives The Takeaway a left-looking perspective on the global crisis.

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Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel Peace Prize today. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it honored Ahtisaari for important efforts over more than three decades to resolve international conflicts.

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Iceland’s financial crisis worsened yesterday after the government seized control of Iceland’s largest bank, Kaupthing. What does this mean for the citizens of Iceland?

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The 2008 Nobel Prize in literature was announced this morning. The winner is French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio.

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NASA monitors Greenland's Jakobshavn glacier via satellite and is interested in the enhanced mass loss. In August, a team of scientists set out to investigate if water that pools on the glacier’s surface reaches the ocean. NASA Program Manager Seelye Martin explains how a team of 90 yellow rubber ducks were employed in this mission.

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