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AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama will meet Monday with key congressional leaders to finalize a multi-billion-dollar economic stimulus plan Democrats hope to pass shortly after Obama takes office on January 20, officials told AFP Friday.

British house prices fell at record rate in 2008 (AP)
AP - House prices in Britain fell in 2008 at their fastest rate for at least 25 years, the country's biggest mortgage lender said Friday, stoking market expectations that the Bank of England will cut borrowing costs further next week.
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