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...Sunday, Brown was forced to nationalize Northern Rock, after months of searching for a private sector buyer for the stricken lender. The move - the first nationalization of a British business since the 1970s - triggered the suspension of the bank's shares Monday. (Price? Less than $2.) And it's left the Brown government's own stock much more vulnerable...
...sector as swiftly as possible - and to pay back those loans - the Treasury has made what most observers see as a credible choice: Ron Sandler, who rescued a struggling Lloyd's of London insurance market in the '90s. Sandler began meetings with the bank's management and union representatives Monday...
...military threats towards the renegade province or the international peacekeepers. Serbia is also expected to withdraw ambassadors from any country that recognizes Kosovo, but will not completely severe diplomatic relations with any of them, according to diplomatic sources in Belgrade. The United States recognized the new state on Monday. The European Union is divided. France, Britain, Germany and Italy have all recognized Kosovo. But a number of countries may not, including Spain, Romania, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus and Slovakia...
...Musharraf has repeatedly assured Pakistanis that the elections will not be rigged, calling Monday's polls "the mother of all elections" and telling state TV, "Despite all the insinuation and apprehensions, the elections will be free, fair, transparent and peaceful." Independent election monitors disagree. Human Rights Watch claims to have obtained a recording made by a journalist interviewing Pakistan's Attorney General Malik Qayyum by phone. In the course of the interview, Qayyum takes a call on a second line, and urges the unidentified caller to leave Sharif's party in favor of a ticket with another, unnamed party...
...sort will be allowed. Let this serve as a warning to all those who think they can disturb the peace of the country. Do not test the resolve of the government." Plainly, regardless of what the polls indicate, Musharraf is not expecting to be rebuked by the electorate on Monday...