Tuesday, October 7, 2008

World News Headlines for october 7, 2008



Middle East News
  • US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte speaks during a joint news conference with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, right, n the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq. Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008.  (AP Photo/Ali Abbas, Pool)
    Iraq's FM: 'Bold' decisions needed on bases deal AP - 59 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD - The Iraqi foreign minister said Tuesday it will require "bold political decisions" to resolve the major issue standing in the way of a deal allowing American troops to remain here next year — who would try U.S. troops accused of crimes.

  • Iran's Mig-29 fighter jets fly during the annual army day military parade in Tehran in April 2008. Iran has said that an aircraft forced down in its territory was a Hungarian aid plane with no Americans aboard, contradicting earlier reports it was carrying US soldiers.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)
    Iran forces down Hungarian flight AP - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iran forced an aircraft carrying Hungarian military officials to land after it entered its airspace, Hungary's Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The plane was allowed to continue to Afghanistan after it was determined the entry was accidental.

  • Military officers pray on October 5, during a funeral ceremony for two Turkish soldiers killed in clashes with Kurdish separatist PKK rebels in southeast Turkey on October 3, in Istanbul. The Turkish army on Monday stepped up operations against Kurdish rebels, bombing their hideouts both in neighbouring Iraq and inside Turkey after 17 soldiers were killed in a rebel attack last week.(AFP/File/Bulent Kilic)
    Turkish jets bomb Kurdish targets in Iraq, Turkey AP - 2 hours, 52 minutes ago

    ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish warplanes bombed suspected Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq and southeast Turkey early Tuesday in retaliation for an attack that killed 17 soldiers, the Turkish military said.

Europe News

  • Pedestrians walk past a Royal Bank of Scotland branch in central London October 7, 2008. (Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters)
    UK set to launch bank rescue deal Reuters - 23 minutes ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Finance Minister Alistair Darling will announce a rescue package for the UK banking system on Wednesday and a government source said it was likely to include public money being injected into banks.

  • Far-right Austria governor isolates asylum seekers AP - 29 minutes ago

    VIENNA, Austria - Powerful far-right politician Joerg Haider has set up a holding facility in the remote mountains of southern Austria for asylum seekers suspected as criminals, saying they need to be isolated to protect the people in the area.

  • Europe Struggles for a Response to the Bank Crisis Time.com - 48 minutes ago

    Some analysts say the case-by-case approach of national governments is undermining confidence rather than bolstering it

Latin America

  • This NOAA satellite image show Tropical Storm Marco (lower-L) as it approaches the eastern coast of Mexico. Marco made landfall in Mexico Tuesday, crashing ashore as the latest in a series of powerful storms to strike the region this hurricane season, US forecasters said.(AFP/NOAA-HO)
    Tropical Storm Marco hits Mexico's Gulf coast AP - 2 hours, 1 minute ago

    VERACRUZ, Mexico - Tropical Storm Marco roared ashore on Mexico's Gulf coast with near-hurricane force winds on Tuesday, prompting a shutdown of some oil platforms.

  • Mexico's Attorney General Eduardo Medina, right, shakes hands with U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey in Mexico City, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
    Official links Mexican drug gangs, Colombia rebels AP - 2 hours, 53 minutes ago

    MEXICO CITY - Mexico's powerful drug cartels are buying drugs directly from Colombia's main rebel group, a senior Colombian defense official said Tuesday at a hemispheric meeting on crime.

  • UPDATES storm path; Map shows the projected path of Tropical Storm Marco;
    Tropical Storm Marco roars ashore on Mexico's Gulf AP - Tue Oct 7, 10:59 AM ET

    MEXICO CITY - The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Marco is hitting land north of Mexico's Veracruz port on the Gulf coast.

Africa News

  • The UN human rights chief Navi Pillay, seen here in September 2008, Tuesday urged South Africa to do more to stop xenophobic violence, as Amnesty International said officials had failed to help foreigners displaced by the attacks.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)
    UN rights chief, Amnesty, criticise SAfrica over xenophobia AFP - 11 minutes ago

    JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - The UN human rights chief Tuesday urged South Africa to do more to stop xenophobic violence, as Amnesty International said officials had failed to help foreigners displaced by the attacks.

  • UN calls for action to fight pirates off Somalia AP - 27 minutes ago

    UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday calling on all countries with a stake in maritime safety off Somalia to send naval ships and military aircraft to confront growing piracy there.

  • Policemen disperse protesters in a street of Nouakchott on October 5, 2008. Police in Mauritania's capital Nouakchott on Tuesday clashed with protesters supporting president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, who was ousted by a military junta in August.(AFP/File/Seyllou)
    Anti-coup protesters clash with police in Mauritania AFP - 40 minutes ago

    NOUAKCHOTT (AFP) - Police in military-ruled Mauritania clashed Tuesday with protesters supporting ousted president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, as the African Union urged the junta to reinstate the elected leader.

Asia News

  • NKorea reportedly fires missile into Yellow Sea AP - 46 minutes ago

    TOKYO - North Korea has fired a short-range missile into the Yellow Sea, media reports said Tuesday.

  • A pedestrian walks past a billboard advertising White Rabbit candies Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008 in Shanghai, China. China's iconic White Rabbit candy is back in production after being pulled out of stores around the world last month in the wake of the country's tainted milk scandal, a state-run newspaper reports. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
    Chinese lawyers face pressure to drop milk cases AP - 1 hour, 22 minutes ago

    BEIJING - Lawyers advising the families of children sickened in China's tainted milk scandal said Tuesday they are facing growing official pressure to withdraw from the cases.

  • This picture released by the Korean Central News Agency in September 2008 shows a military parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the country at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang. North Korea has fired two short-range missiles into international waters in the Yellow Sea as part of a routine military drill, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said, quoting a defence source.(AFP/KCNA/File/Kcna Via Korean News Service)
    NKorea fires short-range missiles: Yonhap AFP - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago

    SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea has fired two short-range missiles into international waters in the Yellow Sea as part of a routine military drill, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said early Wednesday, quoting a defence source.

Canada

  • Liberal Leader Stephane Dion gives the thumbs up as Justin Trudeau (back), Montreal candidate and son of late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, looks on following a campaign rally in Vancouver, British Columbia October 7, 2008. Canadians go to the polls in a federal election October 14.      REUTERS/Andy Clark     (CANADA)
    Liberals mull higher deposit insurance Reuters - 5 minutes ago

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - The leader of Canada's main opposition party, Stephane Dion, said on Tuesday he would consider following the lead of other countries in raising the insurance limit on banking deposits.

  • Harper says Afghan mission can't last indefinitely Reuters - 43 minutes ago

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - The history of Afghanistan demonstrates that foreign troops cannot stay there indefinitely in an attempt to completely suppress all insurgency, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Tuesday.

  • Conservative leader and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper gestures after delivering a speech to the Canadian Club of Toronto October 7, 2008. Canadians will head to the polls in a federal election October 14.       REUTERS/Chris Wattie       (CANADA)
    Economy might just cost Tories the election Reuters - 2 hours, 8 minutes ago

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - The slide in the polls for Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives has been so steep as voter worry over the state of the economy has heightened that the possibility of his losing the upcoming general election is now being raised.

Australia/Antarctica News

  • Map locating Learmonth airbase in Western Australia where a Qantas jetliner made an emergency landing following a mid-air incident that caused injury to 36 passengers and crew members.(AFP Graphic/Martin Megino)
    Dozens injured in Qantas mid-air jet drama AFP - Tue Oct 7, 7:44 AM ET

    PERTH, Australia (AFP) - Thirty-six passengers and crew were injured, some seriously, in a mid-air drama that forced a Qantas jetliner to make an emergency landing, the Australian carrier and police said on Tuesday.

  • File photo shows asylum seekers on board their boat near East Timor where many people pass en route to Australia. The Australian Navy has detained 17 suspected asylum seekers at sea, officials have said.(AFP/File/Antonio Dasiparu)
    Australia intercepts 17 more suspected asylum seekers at sea AFP - Tue Oct 7, 2:57 AM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - The Australian Navy has detained 17 suspected asylum seekers at sea just a week after a boatload of Afghans, Iranians and Indonesians was intercepted off the country's coast, officials said Tuesday.

  • Australians who sound like crocodile hunter Steve Irwin or Crocodile Dundee actor Paul Hogan could soon be a relic of the past, a report has found.(AFP/File/Yoshikatsu Tsuno)
    Australians bid farewell to 'g'day mate': report AFP - Sun Oct 5, 11:14 AM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Australians who sound like crocodile hunter Steve Irwin or Crocodile Dundee actor Paul Hogan could soon be a relic of the past, a report said on Sunday.

Most Popular World News

  • Matani Shakya, 3, newly appointed 'kumari,' or living goddess in Nepal, looks on as farewell rituals are performed before taking her to kumari house in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Selected between the ages of 2 and 4, living goddesses are worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists. Devotees touch the girls' feet with their foreheads, the highest sign of respect among Hindus in Nepal. During religious festivals the girls are wheeled around on a chariot pulled by devotees. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi)
    Nepal appoints 3-year-old as new living goddess AP - Tue Oct 7, 9:59 AM ET

    KATMANDU, Nepal - Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday.

  • Jerome Corsi, CENTRE, who wrote 'The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality, follows an immigration department officer holding his passport, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008 as he arrives at the immigration department in Nairobi, Kenya.  Corsi, was picked up at his hotel in Nairobi on Tuesday morning. He was briefly detained before being brought to the airport for deportation, said Joseph Mumira, head of criminal investigations at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. (AP Photo)
    Kenya deports US author of anti-Obama book AP - 2 hours, 23 minutes ago

    NAIROBI, Kenya - The American author of a controversial book accusing Barack Obama of seething with "black rage" and of being unfit for the U.S. presidency was kicked out of Kenya on Tuesday.

  • Israelis walk at Sergei's Courtyard in Jerusalem, in this Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Russia is to take-over the small tract of land known as Sergei's Courtyard, with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Cabinet agreeing to the hand over Sunday Oct. 5, 2008, amid serious policy differences that have sprung up between the two countries. The Russians are to take ownership of the property which once accommodated Russian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land and now houses offices of Israel's Agriculture Ministry and the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
    Russia's Jerusalem land claim worries Israelis AP - Tue Oct 7, 6:59 AM ET

    JERUSALEM - The Russians are coming to downtown Jerusalem, reclaiming ownership of a landmark with the approval of the Israeli government, just as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visits Moscow to try to iron out serious policy differences between the two countries.

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