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Last Updated: Friday, 10 August 2007, 09:16 GMT 10:16 UK
Electric stock board in Tokyo
World shares fall on credit fears
Shares continue to slide after Thursday's big losses in New York and London, amid fears of a global credit crunch.
Q&A: World stock market falls
Q&A: Sub-prime lending
Are market bubbles set to blow?

The nuclear power plant at Kashiwazaki, Japan - 17/07/2007 Japanese plant 'shut for months'
Tests which could take months are needed before Japan's quake-hit nuclear plant can reopen, says UN.
A model of a Chinese-made jet at an aerospace expo in Shanghai in July 2007 'Sharp rise' in Chinese patents
China has seen a steep increase in requests for patents, the UN's intellectual property agency says.
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