In a joint effort, the US Treasury Department, Federal Reserve, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said they would invest $20 billion in the struggling bank and guarantee up to $306 billion of potentially toxic assets.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's socialist party won 17 states out of 22 in elections on Sunday but the opposition also won key races, including the mayoral contest in the capital, Caracas.
Leaders of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Cooperation forum meeting in Peru drew up an optimistic statement on the financial crisis and promised action. Western leaders responded with scepticism.
North Korean media announced that Pyongyang would suspend a breakthrough rail service to the South, as well as "strictly restrict" border crossing from South to North, citing South Korean's policy of "confrontation" as the reason.
Venezuelans voted in local elections seen as a popularity test for President Hugo Chavez after he was defeated in a referendum last year. Polls suggest Chavez's party should hold most states and cities.
Thousands of anti-governments demonstrators beseiged parliament and forced legislators to postpone a joint session that was supposed to consider legislation on a major regional summit scheduled for December.
Trailing by two goals after a lacklustre first half, Marseille fought back against a sprightly Lille to level the score in the dying seconds of the game and claw back to within one point of second-placed Nice.
The video-sharing platform YouTube has made its first live debut on Saturday night, featuring singers, dancers and video bloggers who became online celebrities thanks to the popular website.
In the southern city of Aswan, Egyptian police tear-gassed 2,000 rioters who were protesting the death of a man they say was mistakenly killed by the police. Several civilians were treated for exposure to tear gas.
The new Museum of Islamic Arts in the Qatari capital houses 800 artistic and historical treasures from the 17th to the 19th centuries. Just as important: the museum aims to show that Islam is a religion of "tolerance", not "terrorism".
