U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012.  REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov  (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan as part of the 25th annual Fleet Week celebration in New York, May 23, 2012.  REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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WASHINGTON | Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:13am EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. President's Working Group on Financial Markets said on Friday an overhaul of rules governing financial behavior could ease global market turmoil.

"Recent market events have highlighted ... the need for a consideration of changes to the financial regulatory structure to restore confidence in financial markets and financial institutions," the group said in report.

The working group is made up of top officials of the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

(Reporting by Mark Felsenthal; Editing by Tom Hals)

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