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GM trundles toward bankruptcy, but questions remain (Reuters)

File photo of a General Motors logo near a dealership in Park Ridge, Illinois. Ailing General Motors moved closer Sunday to its expected bankruptcy filing as company bondholders approved a government-sponsored debt for equity deal, The New York Times reported.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)Reuters - General Motors Corp and the U.S. government finalized plans on Sunday for the battered company to reorganize, setting the stage for America’s largest-ever industrial bankruptcy and heralding a new and uncertain era for the No. 1 U.S. automaker.

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GM closer to bankruptcy as bondholders smooth way (Reuters)

File photo of a General Motors logo near a dealership in Park Ridge, Illinois. Ailing General Motors moved closer Sunday to its expected bankruptcy filing as company bondholders approved a government-sponsored debt for equity deal, The New York Times reported.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)Reuters - General Motors Corp and the U.S. government finalized plans on Sunday for the battered automaker to reorganize, as a majority of debtholders helped clear the way to a massive bankruptcy filing expected on Monday.

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As Web communication shrinks, so do links (AP)

AP - On the short-messaging service Twitter, space is at a premium: You’ve got 140 characters to make your point, and you probably don’t want to waste half of it on a super-sized link to your latest YouTube obsession.

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Pakistan city centre ‘destroyed’

The scale of war damage to the main city in the Swat valley becomes clear, a day after it was captured by Pakistan troops.

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US abortion doctor is shot dead

Controversial US abortion doctor George Tiller has been shot dead at a church in his home state of Kansas.

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Last Titanic survivor dies at 97

The last survivor of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, Millvina Dean, has died at the age of 97 in a care home.

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GM bosses discuss bankruptcy plan

Top executives at General Motors meet to finalise a widely expected filing for bankruptcy protection, the BBC learns.

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Disputed South Ossetia holds poll

Elections are taking place in South Ossetia, the first polls since it declared independence from Georgia last year.

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Nato Georgian exercise nears end

A month of Nato exercises in Georgia are coming to an end amid continuing Russian anger over the “provocative” drills.

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GM bondholder deadline passes as bankruptcy looms (Reuters)

A Chrysler worker exits the Chrysler Warren Truck Assembly Plant in Michigan. The US auto industry faces a day of reckoning Monday, with the looming bankruptcy of auto giant General Motors and an expected court ruling on the sale of automaker Chrysler to a group led by Italy's Fiat.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Bill Pugliano)Reuters - General Motors Corp finished a key piece of business on Saturday before a bankruptcy filing planned for Monday as the deadline expired for bondholders to accept an exchange offer brokered by the Obama administration.

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