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Governments struggle to stem financial crisis (Reuters)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081006/bs_nm/us_financial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081006/2008_10_06t060001_450x355_us_financial1.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=mkZbDuiNe3aEBR5cFT7dTQ--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck arrives for a party board meeting of the German Social Democratic party (SPD) in Berlin October 6, 2008. (Johannes Eisele/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - More European governments followed Germany's lead on Monday offering guarantees to savers in a frantic effort to calm fears among investors over the worst financial crisis in nearly 80 years.</p><br clear="all"/>