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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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Next few hours crucial for stabilizing markets: IIF

WASHINGTON | Sun Oct 12, 2008 1:27pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Failure to quickly announce "bold measures" to restore confidence among investors will result in "further deterioration" in financial markets, the world's leading bank lobby warned on Sunday.

"Tonight, tomorrow morning are very critical moments," Josef Ackermann, chairman of the Institute of International Finance told reporters in Washington.

"I think we have to do whatever is needed to bring confidence back, even if it is a little artificial with some state help and guarantees," added Ackermann, who is also CEO of Deutsche Bank.

(Reporting by Walter Brandimarte)
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