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A Chinese company that says it's developed a hybrid car with a longer-lasting battery. Investor Warren Buffet seems believes it. He's taken a 10-percent stake in the company. The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports from Beijing.

Electric cars are the stars of this year's Paris Auto Show. And a French billionaire who's showcasing his own electric model claims he'll be mass-producing it next year. Correspondent Genevieve Oger has the story.

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Russian troops in Georgia

Russian soldiers withdrew from the buffer zones around two breakaway regions in Georgia today. But the Russians plan to keep nearly 8,000 troops in the separatists regions, and that could create tensions, as the BBC's Mark Mardell in Tbilisi explains to anchor Lisa Mullins.

Georgia crisis

Anchor Lisa Mullins looks at why the small Iraq Stock Exchange is gaining value in the midst of the global financial crisis.

Britain's government came up with its own bailout today. It approved the equivalent of a $976-billion dollar plan to rescue the crippled banking industry. The World's Laura Lynch has details from London.

Global financial crisis

The economic turmoil dominated last night's presidential debate. The candidates were asked how the global financial crisis will affect U.S. foreign policy. The World's Matthew Bell reports on what they said, and what they left out.

Today on The World: The candidates, the debate, and how the economic crisis will affect foreign policy; also, Russia withdraws some troops from neighboring Georgia -- but leaves thousands of soldiers in Georgia's rebel regions; and a French billionaire unveils an electric car he says will be in mass-production by next spring.

The Town Hall Debate: (Paul J. Richards AFP/Getty Images)

The BBC's Owen Bennett Jones reports on Al Quaeda 7 years after the battle began.