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- Early returns indicate a significant defeat for the party of President Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan's parliamentary elections.
- Kosovo's parliament endorses a unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia and adopts a flag (pictured); response from the international community is mixed.
- The British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, announces plans to nationalise the Northern Rock bank following credit problems caused by the subprime mortgage crisis.
- Václav Klaus is re-elected as the President of the Czech Republic.
- The Swedish government refuses to consider Nord Stream's application to build an underwater gas pipeline from Russia to Germany.
- The Writers Guild of America votes to end a three-month strike pending approval of a new contract by guild members.
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