Hassan Nasrallah , head of Hezbollah , openly states for the first time that the governments of Iran and Syria are supporting Hezbollah financially, with weapons, and with training, and "everybody knows it." (The Jerusalem Post) Iraq War : at least 135 people are killed and 226 injured in a truck bombing in Baghdad (BBC) ; five people are killed and 40 injured in car bombs in Kirkuk . (BBC) An outbreak of the deadly strain of avian flu , H5N1 , is confirmed at a Bernard Matthews turkey farm in Holton , Suffolk in the United Kingdom. (BBC)
A State of Emergency is declared in Bolivia after 'El Niño '-like flooding. (NDTV)
Catania football violence : After calls from Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi to cancel all matches, Italian Football Federation commissioner Luca Pancalli indefinitely suspends all football matches in Italy while an investigation into riots on February 2 , during which a 38-year-old police officer was killed and 71 people were injured, begins. (The Guardian) (Wikinews) British Prime Minister Tony Blair urges Labour Party to 'weather the storm' during current political crisis for the party, and that 'policies will win the next election '. (BBC) The Spring Festival travel season in China begins, in which 156 million passengers will travel by train, and 2 billion bus trips are expected. (Xinhua) (People's Daily) Russia investigates smelly orange snow , oily to touch, which has fallen across an area of 1500 square kilometres in the Omsk region of the country. (BBC)
American football : Michael Irvin , Thurman Thomas , Gene Hickerson , Bruce Matthews , Charlie Sanders and Roger Wehrli are selected for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame . (ESPN)
UK 's Vodafone buys 67% stake in India 's fourth largest mobile operator, Hutch Essar , for $11.1 billion. (BBC) (Economic Times) Nine people are shot dead in Rio de Janeiro as police battle drug gangs and private militias for control of the favelas or shanty towns. (BBC)
The Queen British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Film of 2006 with Helen Mirren winning the award as Best Actress. Forest Whitaker wins the Best Actor award for his role in the The Last King of Scotland (Sydney Morning Herald) The Dixie Chicks dominate the 2007 Grammy Awards by winning five statuettes, including Record and Song of the Year ("Not Ready to Make Nice"). (NME) With the completion of the "big three" music awards, Mary J. Blige and American Idol Carrie Underwood are the only two artists this season to sweep all three major music awards (American Music , Billboard Music , and Grammy Awards ). (Billboard) (Yahoo Music) .
Portugal votes on an abortion referendum which despite failing due to low turnout, has a clear result in favor of legalizing abortion, prompting Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates to say abortion will be legalized through the parliament . (BBC) Islamist insurgency in Somalia :
An explosion at a ceremony in Kismayo kills at least four people and injures 24 others, including senior military officers and regional leaders. General Abdi Mahdi , the recently appointed Somali military chief, is among the injured. (Aljazeera)
Mortar attacks in two areas of Mogadishu kill at least five people and injure several others, a day after a PRMLTM said it increase attacks. (Aljazeera) Two people die in protests in Priština , Kosovo over a United Nations plan for the future of the Serbian province. (BBC)
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U. S. Senator Barack Obama (D -IL ) following a political rally in Ames, Iowa , regretted saying the lives of military personnel had been "wasted." (Register) (Boston Hereld) [permanent dead link Voters in Turkmenistan vote in their first presidential election to select a successor to former President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov . Interim leader Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow is widely expected to win the election. (BBC)
Rakhat Aliyev , son-in-law of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and First Vice Foreign Minister, is demoted to ambassador to Austria for the second time amid accusations he stole money from Nurbank bank and alleged involvement in the kidnapping and murdering of two Nurbank officials. (EurasiaNet) A top aide to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been suspended from her job for six months while a corruption inquiry is conducted, officials say. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
The National Court of Spain finds five out of six Algerian men guilty of membership in a terrorist organization and document forgery for terrorist purposes, sentencing each of them to 13 years imprisonment. All six were acquitted of conspiracy to carry out a terrorist attack
A gunman kills five people in the Trolley Square shopping center in Salt Lake City, Utah , before being shot by police. (Salt Lake Tribune) , (KSL-NBC) , (KUTV-CBS) , (CNN) , (BBC)
India 's Hindalco Industries buys Atlanta -based Novelis for US$ 6 billion. (BusinessWeek) (Forbes) (NYTimes) Approximately 60,000 people in Mozambique are evacuated in the Zambezi River valley due to floods caused by three weeks of heavy rain. (BBC)
A suspicious brown substance is found in envelope at the Virginia Supreme Court building in Richmond, Virginia , United States , on the same day that Senator John McCain (R -AZ) speaks at the Jefferson Hotel . (Richmond Times-Dispatch) (CBS News) (Forbes.com) (Fox News) (Guardian Unlimited) (International Herald Tribune)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad states in an interview that Iran does not fear the U.S. and that any foreign attack would be "severely punished". (BBC) United States Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs , Christopher R. Hill , announces that tentative agreement has been reached over North Korean nuclear disarmament pending review by the signatories. (CNN) Iraq 's High Tribunal sentences former Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan to death for his role in the 1982 killing of 148 men and boys in Dujail following an unsuccessful assassination attempt against Saddam Hussein . (CNN) Italian police arrest in raids 15 people who the police claimed were associated with the Red Brigades terrorist group. (BBC) Iraq War : At least 76 people are killed in four bomb attacks in Baghdad . (BBC) An earthquake of a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale strikes about 160 km east of Cabo de São Vicente , Portugal , at 11:36 am (CET ). (Bloomberg)
A German court orders the release of Brigitte Mohnhaupt , a former member of the Red Army Faction , also known as the "Baader -Meinhof Gang"; she has served 24 years in prison for her involvement in kidnappings and murders in the 1970s . (CNN)
2007 Guinean general strike : Unions in Guinea resume a general strike to protest the President of Guinea Lansana Conté appointing Eugène Camara as Prime Minister of Guinea . At least 17 people have died in protests over the weekend. The protest started on the morning of the 12th with a march from the centre of Conakry to the palace. Widespread problems with armed bandits taking advantage of the insecurity have also been reported. Lansana Conté has now declared a state of emergency . (Reuters) (SOS) (AP via Houston Chronicle) China 's trade surplus increases by 67%, increasing pressure on the government to float the yuan . (BBC) The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society claims that one of its ships has collided with a Japanese whaling vessel in the Ross Sea , leading to the Japanese vessel lodging a distress call . (Sydney Morning Herald)
Islamist insurgency in Somalia : Five mortar bombs explode in Mogadishu , killing at least three people. (Reuters) Four state-owned enterprises of the Republic of China (Taiwan )—Chunghwa Post , the Chinese Petroleum Corporation , the China Shipbuilding Corporation , and the Central Bank of China —change their names to remove "China " from their titles at the request of President Chen Shui-bian . The decision is condemned by the Pan-Blue Coalition , the United States and People's Republic of China as a move towards Taiwan independence . (CNN) (Reuters) [permanent dead link
Israel has carried out a successful test of its Arrow missile , the defence ministry says. (BBC) Australian Prime Minister John Howard criticizes U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D -IL ) for his stance on Iraq , saying that al-Qaeda in Iraq should be praying for Obama to win the election . The opposition Australian Labor Party says that Howard's statement imperiled the relationship Australia might have with the United States under a Democratic administration. (Sydney Morning Herald) (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
The TGV beats the record of the world's fastest conventional train with a speed of 553 km/h (344 mph) reached during a test run on the LGV Est . (Le Vif / L'Express) [permanent dead link
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Dutch oil -trading company Trafigura agrees to pay the Côte d'Ivoire government $ 198 million to clean up a 2006 toxic waste spill which led to the deaths of 10 people. (BBC) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his administration is open to negotiations regarding its nuclear program . (BBC) 2008 United States presidential election : Former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney (R ) formally announces his candidacy for president . (CNN) A tornado strikes New Orleans , Louisiana leaving one dead and three people injured. (CNN)
A small business jet heading to Berlin , Germany crashes during take-off at Vnukovo airport in Moscow , Russia . (Interfax) , (BBC) [permanent dead link
Ma Ying-jeou , the party chairman of the Kuomintang , resigns after being indicted by the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei . (Taipei Times News) Fatmir Rexhepi [sq ] , the Interior Minister of Kosovo , resigns after two people died in recent protests. (AKI) [permanent dead link Japan holds an international conference to push for the resumption of commercial whaling . Anti-whaling nations in the International Whaling Commission such as the United States , United Kingdom and Australia have boycotted the conference. (AP via AHT) At least three people have been killed in bomb blasts that hit two buses in the village of Bikfaya near Beirut, Lebanon . (BBC) (ITV)
The World Bank has approved construction of the Baglihar Dam on the Chenab River in Indian -administered Kashmir . (BBC)
The United States redeploys the 173rd Airborne Brigade to Afghanistan to prepare for an anticipated spring offensive by the Taliban . (CNN)
Bombay Stock Exchange sells 5 percent stake to Germany 's Deutsche Börse . (International Herald Tribune) (Reuters) (Forbes) The Parliament of Serbia rejects a United Nations plan for the independence of Kosovo . (BBC)
United States Senate election, 2008 : Author and comedian Al Franken announces his candidacy for Senator of Minnesota . (CNN) Vodafone 's Chief Executive , Arun Sarin , says the company will spend US$ 2 billion to enhance its investments in India . (Forbes) (BusinessWeek) Mid-February winter storm : A major weather system reaches the Northeastern United States and eastern Canada and hammers the region with snow and ice . The same system is responsible for severe weather in the Midwest and a tornado in New Orleans, Louisiana . (AP via CBS News) Iraq War :
The European Parliament has approved a report on secret CIA flights which condemns member states that allowed the operations. (BBC)
Tens of thousands rally in Beirut, Lebanon to mark the second anniversary of the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . (BBC )
Leaders of the Anglican Church meet in Tanzania with a possibility of a schism over the issue of homosexual clergy . (BBC)
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow is sworn in as President of Turkmenistan . (AP via Houston Chronicle) The foreign ministers of China , India and Russia meet in New Delhi, India to discuss greater cooperation between the three Asian countries on issues including terrorism , drug trafficking and Afghanistan . (BBC) (Forbes)
A bus belonging to Iran 's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has been hit by a car bomb in Zahedan killing 18 people. (Reuters via ABC Australia)
The World Food Program predicts that 285,000 people in Mozambique will require food aid after severe flooding . (BBC)
Georgina Beyer , the world's first transgendered member of parliament, resigns from the Parliament of New Zealand . (NZ Herald)
Democratic Party officials in the U.S. Congress have warned President Bush that he does not have the authority to go to war with Iran . (BBC) Abu Ayyub al-Masri , the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq , has been wounded in fighting in Baghdad according to Arab TV stations. (BBC) Six Colombian legislators are arrested due to alleged links to paramilitary groups including Senator Álvaro Araújo , the brother of Foreign Minister María Consuelo Araújo . (BBC)
Former U. S. Vice President Al Gore announces plans for Live Earth concerts across seven continents in July 2007 to raise awareness of global warming . (Washington Post)
The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon ;clams that the Sudanese government had broken a promise to allow a human rights mission into Darfur . (Reuters Alertnet)
An Air Mauritania plane with 79 people on board is hijacked , and lands safely. (BBC)
The Iranian government says members of Jundallah were responsible for yesterday's attack in Zahedan, Iran . An Iranian lawmaker accuses the Pakistani government of harboring Jundallah militants. (Gulf Times)
The Hamas -led Palestinian government has resigned to make way for a new administration. The Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh remains as caretaker Prime Minister and will select a new cabinet . (Reuters/AFP via ABC Online Australia)
South Korea agrees to resume high level talks with North Korea following the deal over North Korea's nuclear program . (AFP via ABC Online) [permanent dead link The United States will build a military communications facility near Geraldton, Western Australia . (AP via IHT)
The Foreign Minister of China , Li Zhaoxing , is visiting Japan hoping to improve bilateral relations between the nations. The Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will visit Japan in April. (BBC)
Chris Ellison , the Australian Minister for Justice, warns anti-whaling protesters and the Japanese whaling fleet that they could face questioning over recent clashes in the Southern Ocean . Meanwhile, the crew were evacuated from the largest ship in the Japanese Antarctic fleet, the Nisshin Maru ,(ABC News Australia Online) The trial of 29 suspects in relation to the 2004 Madrid train bombings begins in Madrid, Spain . (BBC)
The European Union plans to set up a single hotline for parents to report missing children. (BBC)
The G8 countries, plus Brazil , China , India , Mexico and South Africa , approve the 'Washington Declaration ,' proposing a global Carbon emissions trading system to replace the Kyoto Protocol by 2009 . (BBC)
Palestinians clash with Israeli police in East Jerusalem over archaeological excavations near the al-Aqsa mosque . (Reuters via ABC Australia Online) Jundallah militants set off a second bomb in Zahedan , Iran. Firefights with Iranian police ensue. Casualties are unknown. (CBS News) A Turkish court sentences seven convicted Al Qaeda associates to life imprisonment for their involvement in the 2003 Istanbul bombings . (AFP via ABC Australia Online)
Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari is charged in New York, New York with financing terrorism and material support of terrorism for allegedly passing on money for a training camp in Afghanistan . (AP via IHT)
General Motors is rumored to be in talks to buy DaimlerChrysler AG's struggling Chrysler Group in its entirety. (CNN) The United States House of Representatives passes House Concurrent Resolution 63; a non-binding resolution criticising U.S. President George W. Bush 's Surge Plan in Iraq . (BBC) (Clerk.House.gov)
An Italian judge has ordered 26 U.S. citizens, most of them CIA agents, to stand trial over the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in Milan in 2003 . (BBC)
Abu Ayyub al-Masri , the current leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq , has been wounded in fighting in Baghdad according to Arab TV stations; however, the U.S. government denied the report.(BBC) The President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai meets with the Prime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi to discuss Italian contributions to the fight against the Taliban and drug traffickers in Afghanistan . (BBC)
Singer Britney Spears controversially shaves her head. [1]
Three Salvadoran deputies to the Central American Parliament from the ruling ARENA party are killed execution-style in Guatemala City . One of the dead is the son of former president and party founder Roberto D'Aubuisson . (BBC)
Between 40,000 to 100,000 Italians march in protest against the extension of Caserma Ederle , a United States Army military base near Vicenza . (BBC)
The U.S. moves forward with plans to base a missile shield for National Missile Defense in the Czech Republic and Poland . In response, Russian officials have claimed they may target the two Eastern European countries. The Russians also claimed they could pull out of the 1987 Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty . (International Herald Tribune)
Colombian foreign minister María Consuelo Araújo resigns days after the arrest of her brother, Senator Álvaro Araújo , in the country's ongoing para-political scandal . President Álvaro Uribe Vélez appoints Fernando Araújo as the new Minister. (BBC) . (El Tiempo) Also in Colombia the Nevado del Huila , the country's highest volcano, has showed increasing seismic activity including a cloud of ash. A high state of alert is in place for 4 departments. (El Tiempo)
A man is arrested over a series of letterbomb attacks that occurred in Britain during the past few weeks. (The Times)
A truth commission is set up by East Timor and Indonesia to promote reconciliation after the violence surrounding the 1999 independence referendum . (BBC)
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Samjhauta Express bombings : At least 66 people die in bomb blasts on the Samjhauta Express travelling from India to Pakistan . The blasts occurred near Deewana, 80 kilometres north of New Delhi . (DNA) (Reuters Alertnet) (AP via CNN) (Reuters via the Star Online) United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets with the Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert and the President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas . (BBC) New Jersey becomes the third U.S. state to offer civil unions to homosexual couples, including all the rights and responsibilities of heterosexual marriage . (NY Times)
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves an African Union force to help stabilise Somalia . (AP via the Guardian)
The Kazakh Foreign Ministry denies Kazakhstan has a nuclear program, saying all alleged active nuclear sites were from the Soviet era. (Kazinform)
Felix Kulov , former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan , breaks his political alliance with President Kurmanbek Bakiyev . Kulov forms the United Front for a Worthy Future for Kyrgyzstan with Ar-Namys and other political parties. (RFE/RL) Iran :
At least 35 people have died and up to 340,000 are affected by flooding after months of heavy rain in Bolivia . The eastern departments of Santa Cruz and Beni are the worst affected. (BBC)
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rules 2-1 to uphold an act of the 109th Congress removing the right of Guantánamo Bay detainees to challenge their detention in lower federal courts. The Military Commissions Act suspends the right to habeas corpus enemy combatant " access to the federal courts . (Miami Herald) (Reuters)
Zilla Huma Usman , minister for social welfare of Punjab province , Pakistan , is assassinated near Lahore by Mohammed Sarwar for not wearing a hijab and campaigning for women's emancipation . (The Times) (FOX) A river boat carrying children on a school trip on the Periyar River in southern India capsizes, killing at least 18 students and four teachers. (AP via CNN)
Kraft Foods announces plans to close up to 20 production facilities and cut up to 8,000 jobs worldwide. (AP via ABC News) Australia announces plans to ban incandescent light bulbs and replace them with more energy efficient fluorescent bulbs. (BBC) Global Spread of H5N1 : Cases of avian flu are confirmed at two chicken farms near Moscow , Russia . Villages are quarantined until prescriptions can be filled. (The Times) Anglican archbishops give the U.S. church an ultimatum over its approach to issues such as homosexual clergy and blessings of same-sex marriages . (BBC) A powerful earthquake in northeastern Indonesia sparks a tsunami warning. (AP via IHT)
Volvo AB agrees to buy truckmaker Nissan Diesel for $ 1.1 billion. (Bloomberg) NATO troops in Bosnia-Herzegovina carry out early morning raids on the houses of the children of convicted war criminal Radovan Karadžić . (BBC) Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney visits Japan to discuss regional security issues and Iraq . (BBC) In Nuevo Laredo , Mexico , Horacio Garza, a federal congressman for the PRI, is seriously wounded by gunmen, and his driver killed. (BBC)
Iran's Nuclear Program : Ministers from Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, as well as Turkey's Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu , the secretary general of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference , a 57-member bloc of Islamic states, held a meeting Islamabad , Pakistan to discuss resolution of the Palestinian problem and the stand-off over Iran's nuclear program. (Reuters India) [permanent dead link (Tehran Times) 79th Academy Awards : The Departed Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Martin Scorsese . Helen Mirren wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom in The Queen Forest Whitaker won the Academy Award for Best Actor for playing Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland Alan Arkin won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Little Miss Sunshine Jennifer Hudson winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Dreamgirls (Sydney Morning Herald) Pirates hijack the MV Rozen as it departed Somalia after delivering United Nations food aid . (FOX) Israeli forces carry out a raid across parts of the West Bank town of Nablus . (BBC) Iraq :
Prime Minister of East Timor José Ramos-Horta announces he is running for president . (Reuters via ABC News Australia) Iran successfully launches its first suborbital sounding rocket . (Gulf News) (AFP) Voters in Senegal go to the polls to elect their next president , with incumbent Abdoulaye Wade facing a range of challengers including two former Prime Ministers : Moustapha Niasse and Idrissa Seck . (BBC)
The Levina 1 , which caught fire on the 22nd, sinks, killing at least one more person. (WHDH-TV)
In Senegal , unofficial results from government sources indicate that incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade has won the 2007 presidential election with more than 50% of the votes. (CNN)
Richard M. Daley , the Mayor of Chicago , is elected for his sixth term. If he serves the length of this term, he will become the longest serving mayor of Chicago , surpassing his father Richard J. Daley . (NBC Chicago) The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego , California announces plans to file for bankruptcy to put off 140 civil lawsuits related to alleged sexual abuse by priests . (AP via Daily Comet)
Canada 's House of Commons votes not to extend provisions of its anti-terrorism legislation that allows for preventative arrests and forced testimony. (FOX) After rumours that authorities were going to raise interest rates in an attempt to curb inflation, the SSE Composite Index of the Shanghai Stock Exchange tumbles 9% from unexpected selloffs, the largest drop in 10 years, triggering major drops in worldwide stock markets. (Forbes) (BBC) (Xinhua)
After the Chinese market drop, the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the United States drops 416 points amid fears for growth prospects, the biggest one-day slide since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks . Sell orders are made so fast that a second analysis computer has to be used, causing an instantaneous 200-point drop at one point. (Reuters)
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommend that the agency approve a Sanofi-Aventis SA bird flu vaccine . (Bloomberg)
Israel Defence Forces withdraw from the West Bank town of Nablus , three days after a raid to arrest suspected militants. (ABC) [permanent dead link 2007 Bagram Air Base bombing : A suicide attack at Bagram Air Base while Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney is visiting kills 23, but the Vice President is not injured. The Taliban claims responsibility, and declares that Cheney was their intended target . (Bloomberg) (CNN) North Korea and South Korea meet at a ministerial level for the first time since the conclusion of six-party talks about the North Korean nuclear weapons program . (BBC) The ambassadors from the United States and Italy to Sri Lanka are injured by mortar fire while visiting eastern Sri Lanka. (CNN)
Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Michael Somare removes Minister for Defence Martin Aini from office over the Julian Moti affair. (News Limited) Drought in southwestern China is threatening the drinking water supply of 1.5 million people. (Reuters via CNN) A hail storm damages the Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-117 launch originally scheduled for March 15 . (FOX)
Guinean general strike, 2007 : Unions declare the strike over and urge workers to return to their jobs, following President Lansana Conté 's appointment of a Prime Minister acceptable to them. (BBC) The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court names the former Sudanese minister Ahmed Muhammad Harun and Janjaweed militia leader Ali Kushayb as chief suspects in its investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur . The Government of Sudan has announced that it will not hand over the named men to the ICC. (BBC) (VOA) (CNN)
The President of Bolivia Evo Morales declares the Bolivian floods as a national disaster with 35 deaths and 72,000 people becoming homeless . (CNN)
Marthinus van Schalkwyk , the South African Minister for the Environment, releases a plan to control the elephant population which contains culling as a last resort. (New York Times) United States Presidential Election, 2008 : Senator John McCain (R - AZ) announces his candidacy for president on the Late Show with David Letterman (FOX) Romano Prodi , the Prime Minister of Italy , survives a no-confidence motion in the Senate . (CNN) Airbus announces plans to cut 10,000 jobs across Europe in the next four years. (AFP and ABC News Australia) The European Union announces plans to make significant cuts to the European Union Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina . (BBC)
Strong wind blows a passenger train off the tracks near Turpan , Xinjiang , China , killing four and injuring 30 more. (China Daily)
Authorities monitor a volcano on the island of Stromboli off the north coast of Sicily as lava pours down its slope for a second successive day. (AP via Washington Post) Archived 2012-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
Cuba-United States relations : Carlos and Elsa Alvarez are sentenced to five and three year prison terms respectively after being convicted of spying for the Cuban government . (BBC) Two paintings by Pablo Picasso , Maya with Doll Jacqueline painter 's granddaughter's apartment in Paris , France . (The Times)
Iraq War : A car bomb kills at least 10 people in Baghdad . (AP via Washington Post) Japan abandons its whaling hunt in the Southern Ocean for this year due to the damage caused to the Nisshin Maru (ABC) The Sri Lanka Navy kills at least fifteen members of the Tamil Tigers as they try to infiltrate the port of Trincomalee . (AP via the Hindu)
Finance Minister of Thailand Pridiyathorn Devakula resigns over differences of opinion with the Prime Minister of Thailand Surayud Chulanont . (BBC)
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