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    Dubai fears send TAIEX down

    SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM: Investors fear a possible default on billions of dollars in loans to Dubai that could plunge financial markets back into uncertainty and bring on a crisis
    By Joyce Huang
    Affected by market concerns about local banks¡¦ exposure to Dubai World¡¦s debt woes, the TAIEX closed down 3.21 percent yesterday, the biggest decline since July 13.

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    Fears spread through world markets over Dubai debt

    Investors recoiled from risky assets yesterday and dumped shares in Asian banks and builders, fearing a Dubai debt default could reignite the financial turmoil of the credit crisis.

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    Officials dismiss vaccine side effects

    By Jimmy Chuang
    The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) has denied a link between swine flu vaccinations and reports of children feeling unwell after receiving the shot.

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    Swiss to vote on whether to ban mosque minarets

    RACIST?: Anti-immigration, rightwing populists behind the vote gained popularity with a poster showing three white sheep kicking a black sheep off Switzerland¡¦s flag
    The Swiss will decide this weekend whether to ban minarets on mosques in what is in effect the first direct vote in a European country on Islam and the practices of Muslims.

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    Brown backs US general¡¦s strategy for Afghanistan

    British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was to embrace the central thrust of General Stanley McChrystal¡¦s report into the future of Afghanistan when he spoke yesterday of the need to develop a military and political ¡§push.¡¨

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