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THE timetable for a region-by-region switch-off of analog television signals in Australia is expected to be announced next week.

Bush administration weighs plan for government to take temporary ownership stakes in banks

Asian markets largely mixed after last week's rout amid global efforts to aid financial system

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is leading his republican rival john mccain 53 percent to 43 percent among likely voters, according to a Washington Post-ABC News opinion poll released on Monday.

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Details of UK bank bailout finalised with city experts

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain bailed out three major banks with 37 billion pounds ($64 billion) on Monday as governments around Europe used taxpayers' money to take control and boost confidence in the battered industry.

A plant-eating predator from Japan could be used to control a superweed spreading throughout the UK, scientists believe.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain bailed out three major banks with 37 billion pounds ($64 billion) on Monday, as European governments used taxpayers' cash to take control and boost confidence in the battered industry.

LONDON/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Governments across the world moved on Monday to shore up confidence in the global banking system with a slew of bank bailouts worth hundreds of billions of dollars.