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Friday, October 17. 2008, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Turkey, Austria, Japan, Mexico and Uganda are elected by the United Nations General Assembly to the Security Council. Iran and Iceland fail in their bids. //www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/world/18nations.html ("New York Times")

The Parliament of Germany passes a 500 billion euro ($673.8 billion) bank bailout. //english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2008/10/20081017152115123883.html (Al Jazeera) //www.reuters.com/article/euDealsNews/idUSTRE49G1U820081017 (Reuters)

Morgan Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change states that power-sharing talks with President Robert Mugabe have failed to reach an agreement. //news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7677379.stm (BBC)

The United Nations General AssemblyelectsTurkey, Austria, Japan, Uganda, and Mexico to two-year terms on the Security Council.

The Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper states that Canada and the European Union support an international summit on the crisis before the end of the year. //ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCATRE49G65L20081017 (Reuters)