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  • European Nations Agree To Guarantee Loans
    Europe is taking stronger, coordinated action to restore confidence in the continent's banking system. Fifteen euro zone countries have agreed to guarantee future loans among banks through the end of next year, according to French President Nicolas Sarkozy. NPR's Frank Langfitt talks to host Andrea Seabrook about European credit markets, which have seized up as there as they have in the U.S.
  • Taking North Korea Off The List
    After twenty years, North Korea has been taken off the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. Why is it so important for North Korea to be removed from the list and why did the U.S. agree to do it? Liane Hansen speaks with NPR's Mike Shuster.
  • IMF And World Bank Convene
    The fall meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank resume in Washington Sunday. At the top of the agenda, the financial meltdown that the IMF says could send the world into recession. NPR's John Ydstie has been following the story and has this report.
  • German Business Students Get Crash Course
    In Berlin, students at a business management school get an explanation of how the crisis developed, how it might play out, and how it might affect their own careers.
  • North Korea Dropped From Terror List
    After North Korea agreed to nuclear inspection demands, the U.S. took it off a terrorism blacklist.
  • Finance Chiefs Meet On Global Economic Crisis
    Members of the G-7 have been meeting in Washington this weekend, trying to come up with solutions to the financial crisis. On Friday, they issued a five-point action plan, but it's unlikely to have an immediate effect on the turmoil in the financial markets. They met with President Bush on Saturday morning at the White House.
  • G-7 Leaders: We'll Tackle Crisis Together
    Finance ministers from around the world tried to show they are working in a coordinated way to tackle a global financial crisis that has proved to be far more serious than anyone anticipated.
  • World Powers Meet To Combat Credit Crisis
    President Bush was short of specifics in his brief statement after Saturday morning's meeting. Will the meeting itself be enough to calm the worldwide markets after the weekend, or will the finance ministers have to offer a concrete plan to stabilize the world's financial systems?
  • Africa Hit By U.S. Economic Woes
    Africa has made some of its biggest gains ever in the past few years as China, India, Europe and the United States have competed for its natural resources. But what happens when the money dries up?
  • Climate Change And Species Movement
    As the world's climate changes, many species are being forced out of their old habitats. While some species are able to migrate to cooler territory, those in the tropics may have no where else to go.
  • Pakistanis Flee Military Crackdown On The Taliban
    Thousands of Pakistanis are fleeing to Afghanistan to avoid a military launch against the Taliban. Pakistani soldiers are going door-to-door in the area demanding that Afghan refugees, many of whom have lived in Pakistan for decades, go back to Afghanistan as well. Afghan officials question how many more refugees they can house and feed in the midst of a food shortage.
  • North Korea-U.S. Nuclear Deal Unraveling
    The nuclear disarmament deal between North Korea and the United States appears to be unraveling. North Korea has banned U.N. inspectors from a nuclear weapons complex, and there are reports that it may be getting ready to test some short-range missiles.
  • Britain's Finance Minister: Fix Must Be Global Effort
    Many of the world's financial leaders are meeting in Washington, D.C., to discuss how to restore something that has turned out to be easy to lose and hard to get back: confidence in the financial markets. Britain's Alistair Darling says governments around the world will have to work together to end the crisis and stop it from happening again.
  • Finland's Martti Ahtisaari Wins Nobel Peace Prize
    The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday that Finland's former president, Martti Ahtisaari, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. He was cited for his long career of peace mediation work including a 2005 accord between Indonesia and rebels in its Aceh province.
  • In Germany, A Sound Banking System Amid Turmoil
    In the midst of the financial crisis, one banking system in Germany is surprisingly sound. The Sparkasse banks cater to German customers who are more conservative than those in the United States or Europe.