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Sun, 7 Sep 2008 16:58 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/30d1634e-7cf5-11dd-8d59-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/30d1634e-7cf5-11dd-8d59-000077b07658.htmlAs high oil prices have chipped away at demand, concern has spread among the cartel's 13 members that the party is about to come to a sobering haltSun, 7 Sep 2008 17:03 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d936672a-7ce4-11dd-8d59-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d936672a-7ce4-11dd-8d59-000077b07658.htmlCanadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called a snap election, sending voters to the polls for an October 14 vote that will largely focus on an uncertain economySun, 7 Sep 2008 15:15 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f9eafea8-7cf9-11dd-8d59-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f9eafea8-7cf9-11dd-8d59-000077b07658.htmlThe widower of Pakistan's assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto will take oath on Tuesday as the country's next president, after his victory at the pollsSun, 7 Sep 2008 17:43 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b8ad87d6-7cf8-11dd-8d59-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b8ad87d6-7cf8-11dd-8d59-000077b07658.htmlAircraft-maker shuts commercial aircraft manufacturing operations after last-minute effort to agree new contract with machinists breaks downSun, 7 Sep 2008 17:40 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/21949b02-7c38-11dd-a25c-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/21949b02-7c38-11dd-a25c-000077b07658.htmlThe US vice president broadened his attack on Russia, directly challenging Vladimir Putin's view of history and warning that his government could 'not have it both ways' by using 'brute force' and still hoping to build economic progressSat, 6 Sep 2008 18:39 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/332e07b0-7d03-11dd-8d59-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/332e07b0-7d03-11dd-8d59-000077b07658.htmlIsraeli police have said Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should face criminal charges, issuing a non-binding recommendation in a corruption scandal driving him from office in the midst of peace talks with the PalestiniansSun, 7 Sep 2008 18:40 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fed172b4-7b71-11dd-b839-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fed172b4-7b71-11dd-b839-000077b07658.htmlWhen the first of Google's long-anticipated Android mobile phones hit the stores in a matter of weeks, they will land with a fizzle rather than a bang, according to developers and executives who have followed the roll-out's progressFri, 5 Sep 2008 23:33 BST