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US Congress balks at huge financial bailout
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-09-24 10:35

US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson(L) and US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, seen here before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill, Congress, September 23, 2008, to swiftly pass a 700-billion-dollar Wall Street bailout, warning the entire US economy was at risk. [Agencies]