News & Analysis
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Plant closures, layoffs mount in US and Europe
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/mark-o18.shtml

US bank losses wipe out years of paper profits
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/comm-o18.shtml

The Washington Post endorses Obama
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/wash-o18.shtml

US infant mortality rate now worse than 28 other countries
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/mort-o18.shtml

Australian government props up banks as signs of a deep global recession emerge
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/rudd-o18.shtml

US Republicans target ACORN: the great "voter fraud" fraud
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/vote-o18.shtml