Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama said on Saturday he was crafting a two-year plan to fight an economic crisis of "historic proportions" and Chinese leader Hu Jintao said his country was ready to play a big role in the global effort.

AP - President George W. Bush, attending his final global summit at a time of severe financial crisis, urged other countries on Saturday not to repeat mistakes that turned a similar calamity seven decades ago into the Great Depression.

AP - A Nepalese teenager revered by many as a reincarnation of Buddha has returned to the jungle to meditate after emerging for less than two weeks, officials said Saturday.