AP - Environment ministers agreed Tuesday that the world financial crisis must not halt efforts to combat global warming, a top United Nations climate official said.

AFP - A top Federal Reserve official raised new fears about the health of the US economy, adding to worries of a global slowdown while nations are already battling a serious crisis in money markets.

AP - Hungary's currency has crumbled. Stocks have plunged in Poland. Real estate prices have eroded by 40 percent in Estonia.

Reuters - European leaders will press on Wednesday for an overhaul of the world's financial structures after Asia joined western bastions of capitalism in bailing out banks to avert a financial meltdown.

AFP - EU leaders will try to show at a crunch summit starting Wednesday that they have finally brought the financial crisis under control, eager to revive flagging confidence in shell-shocked banks.

AFP - London shares slipped 0.19 pecent to 4,385.79 points at the start of trading on Wednesday on uncertainty over the world economy despite massive government efforts to restore confidence in the financial system.

AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Tuesday that the next few days would be "crucial" in tackling the global financial crisis, as the European Union (EU) prepared for a crunch summit.

AFP - The FTSE 100 index of shares closed with solid gains for a second straight day Tuesday on sustained investor confidence in government efforts to snuff out a global credit crisis.

AP - Ukraine's prime minister said Tuesday the country cannot afford an early election in the face of a battered stock market, one of the world's highest inflation rates and massive bank withdrawals by depositors spooked by the growing political and financial instability.

AFP - The United States will buy up to 250 billion dollars worth of bank shares in the latest bid to end the financial crisis, officials said Tuesday, as forecasters warned two key European economies were falling into recession.

AFP - Governments around the world launched multi-pronged attacks on the financial crisis Monday, sparking record gains on stock markets amid hopes of recovery in the humbled banking sector.

AP - The British government injected an unprecedented 37 billion pounds ($63 billion) into some of the country's leading banks Monday to avoid a full-scale collapse of the sector.

AP - Europe put $2.3 trillion on the line Monday to protect the continent's banks, a figure that dwarfs the Bush administration's $700 billion rescue program, in its most unified response yet to the global financial crisis after a stumbling start.