The Federal Reserve and the banking system stepped in to prevent a widespread debacle.

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Another part of the problem: Many traders, including a number of high frequency trading firms that normally make up 60% of daily trading volume, stepped aside and stopped buying, draining liquidity from the system when it was trying to deal with a tidal wave of sell orders.

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Republicans have stepped up criticism of the president's push for a health system overhaul, saying the president's timeline for passage is too soon.

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The federal government stepped in Sunday night to bail out Citigroup and restore confidence in the financial system, promising to protect the banking giant against losses on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of troubled assets.

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Congress stepped in and said that content owners need to get paid and set up a royalty system through the copyright office.

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Mr Mandela, who stepped down as president in 1999, is revered in South Africa for his role in ending the system of apartheid, or white minority rule.

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