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The German car giant Volkswagen has unveiled plans to take control of the German sports car firm Porsche. The move follows an abortive bid by Porsche to take over its lager rival who left it crippled with debts. The specialist high-performance Porsche brand will retain its separate identity but under the overall control of Volkswagen. The chief executive officer of Volkswagen Martin Winterkon said the combination of the two firms will be a strong one.

"The industrial logic is of course that both company fit together in an excellent way. They complement one another with individual products in an excellent way and more important of course is our common know-how of people of engineering who takes us further forward, so that we can be more successful in the global markets than today".

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested 44 people including rabbis and city mayors as part of a massive corruption case in the state of New Jersey. The arrests were part of a ten-year investigation which uncovered illegal activity ranging from money laundering to kidney trafficking, in the US, Israel and Switzerland. A special agent in charge of the Newark FBI office Weysan Dun described those who he said use politics and religion to hide their criminal activity.

"The people that we have arrested today include mayors, deputy mayors, New Jersey State assemblymen, city councilmen, city council candidates, and a variety of other public officials ranging from commissioners to regulatory inspectors and of course a number of rabbis from the Jewish community.

Share prices in the United States have closed at their highest level for eight months. The Dow Jones index in New York closed up nearly 200 points at 9069. Carryland Hevcurf has more from New York.

Despite a deep US recession, some companies are holding up, boosting investor confidence and the value of shares. Earning results from auction website Ebay, Ford Motor Company, telecoms firm AT&T and manufacturing giant 3M showed /that/ the companies fared better than expected in the last three months, even if revenues were mainly lower. But the situation remains precarious. After the market closed, Microsoft announced a slumping profits and demand for PCs with Amazon suffering similarly difficult times.

The first televised debate between candidates for the presidency has been broadcast in Afghanistan. The broadcast began 20 minutes late and with the leading candidate missing. The incumbent Hamid Karzai declined to take part. The spokesman for him said the debate on the private station Tolo TV would be biased. President Karzai's two main opponents Abdullah Abullah, Ashraf Ghani took part and the broadcast showed an empty lectern where Mr. Karzai would have stood.

A US intelligence official has said that one of the Osama Bin Laden's sons was probably killed by an American missile strike in Pakistan earlier this year. The official who spoke on condition of anonymity said agents were 85% certain that Sa'ad Bin Laden was killed by chance in an attack by a drone, although he had not been specifically targeted and was not a senior al-Qaeda figure.

The American Vice President Joe Biden has renewed Washington’s support for Georgia and its aspiration to join the NATO alliance. Addressing the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi, Mr. Biden said the improved ties with Russia sought by the Obama administration would not be at Georgia's expense. Before Mr. Biden's address, Russian warned it would take concrete steps to stop Georgia rearming.

The Netherlands has returned to Ghana the bottled head of the king who was executed by Dutch colonists in 1838 and kept in the museum for many years. The head was presented to members of King Badu Bonsu II’s tribe who traveled to the Netherlands from Ghana. Dutch author Arther Japin came across it while researching a book. He told the BBC how the deal of return of the head was made.

"Ghana asked for the head back from the Dutch government and still Leiden University wasn't willing to give it up so it was a bit of struggle to get it. But finally our Minister of Culture said no, it has to go back. So yesterday 10 African Kings came to the Netherlands and today they were given the head then tomorrow they will, they will bring him back home."

The French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has criticized the army after tracer bullets fired in the military base set off a huge fire in the countryside near Marseilles of southeast. Hundreds of people had to leave their homes. Mr. Fillon said the use of such ammunition was forbidden in wildlife-prone regions and the incident was blamed to an unforgivable professional error.

德国汽车巨头大众披露控制德国跑车公司保时捷的计划。此前保时捷试图收购比它大大竞争对手，但是计划流产，并导致自己负债累累。专业化高性能的保时捷品牌将保持自己的独特身份，但是将完全由大众控制。大众汽车首席执行官马丁·文德恩(Martin Winterkorn)说，两家公司并购将成为更强大的公司。

“行业逻辑当然是两家公司以非常优秀的方式合并。他们以非常好的方式用自己的产品相互补充。当然，更重要的是带领我们不断前进的工程技术人员，所以我们在全球市场上将会更加成功。”

美国联邦调查局在新泽西州特大腐败案中逮捕了44人，包括法学博士和市长。历时十年的调查披露了美国，以色列和瑞士从洗钱到肾交易等非法活动，拘捕是这项调查的一部分。负责纽瓦克FBI办公室的特工人员Weysan Du称，那些犯罪嫌疑人利用政治和宗教来隐藏其犯罪行为。

“我们今天拘捕的人包括市长，副市长，新泽西州议员，市委员，委员会候选人和大批其他从行政长官到检查员以及一些犹太教社区法师等公共官员。”

美国股票收盘价格达到八个月来最高水平。纽约道琼斯指数上涨接近200点，达到9096。Carryland Hevcurf从纽约发回更多报道。

尽管美国仍然深陷经济危机，一些公司仍然坚挺，刺激了投资者信心和股票价格。拍卖网Ebay，福特汽车公司，电信公司AT&T和生产巨头3M显示，这些公司在过去三个月的表现超过预期，尽管收益更低。但是形势仍然是不确定的。收盘后，微软宣布收益暴跌，对个人电脑的需求也急剧下降。Amazon也经历着同样的困难时期。

阿富汗总统选举候选人之间的第一场电视辩论赛已经播出。该广播迟播20分钟，而且主要的候选人失踪。在职总统哈米德·卡尔扎伊拒绝参加。卡尔扎伊的发言人说，在私人电视台Tolo TV举行的辩论可能是有偏见的。卡尔扎伊的两个竞争对手Abdullah Abullah和Ashraf Ghani参加了辩论，广播展示了原本属于卡尔扎伊的虚空的辩论台。

美国情报官员称，本·拉登一个儿子可能在今年年初美军在巴基斯坦的导弹袭击中死亡。这位匿名官员称，特工人员85%确认Sa'ad Bin Laden被导弹偶然击中，尽管他并不是美军袭击的主要目标，也不是基地组织重要人物。

美国副总统拜登恢复华盛顿对格鲁吉亚及其加入北约愿望的支持。拜登在第比利斯向格鲁吉亚议会发表讲话时说，奥巴马政府希望改善与俄罗斯的关系，但是绝对不会牺牲格鲁吉亚的利益。在拜登讲话之前，俄罗斯警告称，他们将会采取具体措施来阻止格鲁吉亚重新装备。

迦纳一名国王在1838年被荷兰殖民者处决，多年来将其头颅保存在博物馆中。现在，荷兰将其归还给迦纳。其头颅被交还给由迦纳赶赴荷兰的部落成员。荷兰作家Arther Japin在研究一本书时偶然发现。他对BBC讲述了归还头颅交易达成的过程。

“迦纳要求荷兰政府归还，但是莱顿大学不想放弃，所以这笔交易很难达成。但是最后，我们的文化部长说，不，他一定要回来。所以，昨天，10名非洲国王赶赴荷兰，今天，头颅将归还给他们，明天就可以将他带回家。”

法国军事基地曳光子弹引起东南部马赛港附近乡村大火，法国总理菲永对军队进行了批评。由于这场大火，数百人被迫离开家园。菲永说，在野生生物生活的地区是禁止这类弹药的使用的。该事件是不可原谅的职业人员过失。