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• Japan continues plunge in shares
  Asian stocks open down sharply amid investor panic that global governments may not be able to stem the financial crisis.
  
  
• Obama highlights McCain scandal
  US Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama attacks rival John McCain over his links with a 1980s financial scandal.
  
  
• China cancels US military contact
  China cancels some military and diplomatic exchanges with the US over Washington's $6.5bn deal to supply Taiwan with arms.
  
  
• Croatia 'mafia hit' spurs sacking
  Croatia's prime minister sacks two ministers and the police chief following the "mafia killing" of a lawyer's daughter.
  
  
• Mubarak pardons health-row editor
  An editor sentenced to jail for publishing an article questioning the Egyptian president's health is pardoned.