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WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- A $250 billion direct stake in banks is among the planks included in the $700 billion bailout plan for the U.S. financial system, government officials said.

BEIJING, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The global financial crisis has put a damper on job prospects for fresh graduates in China.

BEIJING, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The Chinese Health Ministry says it has sent its experts to investigate four anesthesia-related deaths at a hospital in eastern Fujian province.

BEIJING, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Asif Ali Zardari, on his first trip to China since becoming president of Pakistan, planned to show the world "how close" are the ties between the two nations.

BEIJING, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- China's trade surplus in September, driven by slowing imports, hit a record $29.3 billion, up 22.59 percent from the same month of last year.

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- In tough economic times, families may be putting themselves at greater risk by placing more value on the man in the family, a U.S. insurance company says.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Pakistani security forces claimed at least 43 militants were killed in fighting at two different locations in the troubled northwest region.

HELSINKI , Finland, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Smoking can shorten men's lives from seven and 10 years, but it also results in lower quality of life and and lower income, Finnish researchers said.

WELLESLEY, Mass., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The more alcohol a person drinks, the smaller his or her total brain volume, increasing the risk of dementia, U.S. researchers suggest.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Philadelphia rallied Monday night to down Los Angeles 7-5 and get within one win of its first World Series appearance since 1993.

TOKYO, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Asian-Pacific markets, led by the Nikkei index, took off after opening Tuesday, consolidating the previous day's gains on a record-setting Wall Street showing.

CLEVELAND, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Derek Anderson passed for 310 yards and two TDs and Cleveland intercepted Eli Manning three times Monday in a 35-14 win over the New York Giants.

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- A pair of car designers said they have constructed a vehicle that averaged 113.1 miles to the gallon of fuel during a drive from Canada to Oregon.

TORNBOTTEN , Sweden, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Residents of Sweden's Oland island have been given permission by officials to kill a woodpecker that has been putting holes in homes.

CHICAGO, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Rich Peverley and J.P. Dumont each scored in a shootout Monday to give the Nashville Predators a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.

HALESOWEN, England, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Officials in Halesowen, England, have drawn criticism after they spent more than $10,000 to post Braille signs on squash courts at a local leisure center.