Banks stock up on cash over default fears

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• Banks stock up on cash over default fears
• Boehner’s future lies in the balance
• Shots fired near US Capitol building
• Scores die as migrant boat sinks off Italy
• Qatar building boom raises labour concerns
• France delivers postal blow to Amazon
• Berlin urged to form coalition quickly
• Islamist rebels appeal to Syrian al-Qaeda
• Egypt’s students keep coup protests alive
• Military review exposes US-S Korea tensions

Banks stock up on cash over default fears Posted: 03 Oct 2013 11:14 AM PDT An unprecedented default could see credit markets freeze, the value of the dollar plummet and interest rates rocket, a report has warned

Boehner’s future lies in the balance Posted: 03 Oct 2013 11:55 AM PDT Speaker, seen as the victim of a band of unruly Tea Party legislators, faces being removed if he tries to force through 'clean' budget bill

Shots fired near US Capitol building Posted: 03 Oct 2013 12:15 PM PDT Congress was in lockdown following reports of multiple gunshots near the US Capitol building

Scores die as migrant boat sinks off Italy Posted: 03 Oct 2013 11:03 AM PDT Overcrowded vessel believed to be carrying Eritreans and Somalis from Libya catches fire and sinks about half a mile from the island of Lampedusa

Qatar building boom raises labour concerns Posted: 03 Oct 2013 09:06 AM PDT Contractors criticised in $205bn World Cup infrastructure drive, with rights groups saying 'vested interests' insure poor working conditions on the sites

France delivers postal blow to Amazon Posted: 03 Oct 2013 09:15 AM PDT New law bans internet booksellers from offering free delivery in the latest move by France against the market power of big online retailers

Berlin urged to form coalition quickly Posted: 03 Oct 2013 10:48 AM PDT Key European issues need German government input, Wolfgang Schäuble, the German finance minister, told Bild am Sonntag

Islamist rebels appeal to Syrian al-Qaeda Posted: 03 Oct 2013 10:04 AM PDT Appeal reflects gradual emergence of new, Salafist-leaning middle ground within disparate ranks of armed opposition fighting Syrian army

Egypt’s students keep coup protests alive Posted: 03 Oct 2013 06:41 AM PDT Morsi supporters and opponents of interim government have launched a campaign of small, regular demonstrations in campuses and public spaces

Military review exposes US-S Korea tensions Posted: 03 Oct 2013 06:25 AM PDT US defence secretary Chuck Hagel agrees to reassess plan to transfer operational control for joint forces in South Korea to Seoul in 2015

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