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U.S. bailout failure sparks markets turmoil

Investors continued to dump shares Tuesday after U.S. lawmakers unexpectedly rejected a Wall Street bailout plan, triggering the largest point drop in U.S. market history. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?a=HBChqa"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?i=HBChqa" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=88DeL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=88DeL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=MSsaL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=MSsaL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=qeKTl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=qeKTl" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=bPXaL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=bPXaL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=Emxxl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=Emxxl" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/407143979" height="1" width="1"/>