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Sting in the tail on US bailout day (AFP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081003/bs_afp/stocksworld"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081003/capt.cps.nuc48.041008000807.photo00.photo.default-512x395.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=2K1z034d3Y5yqfxhlHLhlg--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="A pedestrian passes before a share prices board in Tokyo. US stocks rallied, taking European markets sharply higher Friday as hopes the US Congress will pass a multi-billion-dollar bank rescue package offset a much weaker-than-expected US employment report.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US stock markets fell sharply Friday after the Congress passed a huge financial rescue plan, as optimism built up earlier in the day evaporated in late trading.</p><br clear="all"/>