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Video: US stocks plunge amid crisis

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 US stocks plunge amid Wall Street crisis 
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It was going to be a historic deal to stop the US economy from collapsing into recession.

But US Congress voted against the proposed $700bn rescue package, a shock result which sent stock markets plummeting.

Al Jazeera’s John Terrett in New York looks at how events unfolded.

 
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