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Europe Doubles Bank Deposit Guarantee PARIS, Oct. 7 -- European finance ministers on Tuesday more than doubled the guarantee on bank deposits to 50,000 Euros ($68,000) to help restore confidence in the continent's shaken banking system, even as ripples from the ongoing crisis claimed another casualty in Iceland and pummeled banking s... Germany Drafts Plan to Shield Banking Sector BERLIN, Oct. 6 -- German lawmakers said Monday that they were drawing up a massive intervention plan to protect the country's financial system as Europe's biggest economy braced for the possibility of more bank failures. Iran denies report U.S. plane forced to land TEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior Iranian official denied on Tuesday a local news agency report that a U.S. military plane had violated the country's airspace and was forced to land, saying both the aircraft and the people on board were Hungarian. Judge orders release of Chinese Muslims into US WASHINGTON -- A federal judge ordered the Bush administration Tuesday to immediately release a small group of Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo Bay into the United States. Slight Recovery for Asian Markets in Wake of Australia's Rate Cut SEOUL, Sept. 7 -- Downward pressure on stocks in Asia eased slightly Tuesday, as Australia's central bank imposed the largest interest-rate cut in 16 years and Japan's new prime minister promised to prop up his country's shrinking economy with sharply higher government spending. Two Japanese and American win physics Nobel STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two Japanese scientists and a Tokyo-born American shared the 2008 Nobel Prize for physics for discoveries in sub-atomic particles, the prize committee said on Tuesday. Arab League Ambassador Arrives in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Oct. 6 -- The Arab League dispatched an ambassador to Baghdad on Monday, the latest sign of progress in the Iraqi and U.S. effort to ease this country's diplomatic isolation. China's Reputation On Product Safety Reaches a New Low TOKYO, Oct. 6 -- Thanks to tainted milk, China's product-safety reputation is plumbing new depths. French AIDS Researchers Split Nobel With German Two French researchers were awarded the Nobel Prize yesterday for discovering the AIDS virus, bypassing an American researcher now at the University of Maryland who played a key role in the historic feat. Indians Cling To Old Ways Of Banking NEW DELHI -- Clutching a bunch of bank papers, Lakshmi Rajgopal squeezed through a narrow gated entrance and walked past a long line of customers jostling at the cashier's window. Some were complaining about the slow service, their voices muffled by the whir and creak of old printers. Crisis Is Putting Brakes on Russia's Construction Boom MOSCOW, Oct. 6 -- Less than a year ago, one of Russia's wealthiest tycoons, along with the nation's powerful railways chief and the mayor of Moscow, unveiled plans to build a glittering new neighborhood of apartment towers, skyscrapers, schools, parks and shopping malls on a vast stretch of the c... 25% of Wild Mammal Species Face Extinction BARCELONA, Oct. 6 -- At least a quarter of the world's wild mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to a comprehensive global survey released here Monday. High-Profile Suspects in Angola Arms Trial in Paris PARIS, Oct. 6 -- The son of a former French president, an Israeli-Russian billionaire and a tycoon with ties to Arizona's jet set were among the headliners Monday as 42 defendants went on trial in Paris, accused in a global web of trafficked arms to Angola, money laundering and kickbacks. 20 in Pakistan Die in Bombing ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Oct. 6 -- At least 20 people were killed and 35 injured Monday in a suicide bombing that targeted the home of a well-known politician in central Pakistan, according to Pakistani authorities. World's Stock Markets Plunge LONDON, Oct. 6 -- World stock markets suffered one of their worst days ever Monday amid fears that government responses to the global financial crisis, including the U.S. bailout and inconsistent moves by European leaders, would not be sufficient to prevent a worldwide recession.