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AP - President Hugo Chavez threatened on Saturday to take control of banks that fail to meet state-imposed loaning requirements designed to benefit Venezuela's farmers.

South Africans Meyer and James make Premiership rugby mark (AFP)

Deal reached to save India's cheap car plant: official (AFP)

Hong Kong votes in legislative elections (AP)

Ike blasts Turks and Caicos, floods Haiti again (AP)

Georgian president vows to reclaim 2 provinces (AP)

Egypt rock slide toll rises to 31 (AP)

Iraqi parliament faces urgent national issues (AP)

Zimbabwe opposition chief wants new vote if no talks breakthrough (AFP)

Ike's floods add insult to Haiti's misery, kill 10 (AP)

Thousands of Australia's koalas felled by land-clearing: WWF (AFP)

Fierce Hurricane Ike approaches Turks and Caicos (AP)

U.S., Libyan relations "off to a good start": Rice (Reuters)

AP IMPACT: Afghans fed up with government, US (AP)

Rice meets Gadhafi on historic visit to Libya (AP)

First aid ship arrives in flooded Haitian city (AP)

ESA spacecraft completes flyby of Steins asteroid (AP)

Purported bomber warns Denmark of more attacks (AP)

Report: Samsung working to acquire SanDisk (AP)

Lingering tensions slow Iraqi withdrawal plans (AP)

Pakistan's Zardari marked by corruption, tragedy (AP)