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Thursday, October 6
Ukraine gets enlargement wink
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Ukraine on Thursday (6 October) got the clearest signal so far that it is in the queue for enlargement, as well as the promise of an EU visa deal by December. "Our door remains open. The future of Ukraine is in Europe", European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said after a meeting with Kiev's new prime minister Yuri Yekhanurov in Brussels.
Breaking America's grip on the net
After troubled negotiations in Geneva, the US may be forced to relinquish control of the internet to a coalition of governments. You would expect an announcement that would forever change the face of the internet to be a grand affair - a big stage, spotlights, media scrums and a charismatic frontman working the crowd. But unless you knew where he was sitting, all you got was David Hendon's slightly apprehensive voice through a beige plastic earbox. The words were calm, measured and unexciting, but their implications will be felt for generations to come.
Arab world commemorates 32nd anniversary of Yom Kippur War
The Arab world commemorated on Thursday the 32nd anniversary of the Yom Kippur War.Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak marked the war's anniversary, known throughout the Arab world as the October war, by releasing 861 prisoners and telling the nation that success on the battlefield had led to freedom and a better life.
OU bomber tried to buy ammonium nitrate
University student attended same mosque as 9-11's Moussaoui. The student who blew himself up outside a packed Oklahoma University football stadium Saturday night tried to buy large quantities of ammonium nitrate – a key ingredient in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing – the week before, according to a new report.
Ex-Marine may have spied from White House
The Justice Department is investigating whether a naturalized U.S. citizen from the Philippines stole classified documents while he worked in the office of Vice President Cheney and provided the information to opposition politicians in Manila, Bush administration officials said yesterday.
Toll from Toronto mystery illness climbs to 16
TORONTO: Sixteen people have now died from a mystery viral outbreak at a Toronto nursing home and 38 are in hospital, health officials said, as testing continued to uncover the cause of the illness.
Indonesia confirms a bird flu death
Authorities in Indonesia say they have found infected chickens that were asymptomatic of the virus, which could raise greater threats to human by making it harder to detect.
Floods in Central America, Mexico kill over 160
GUATEMALA CITY - Rescue workers searched for victims of a mudslide near a volcano-ringed lake popular with tourists in Guatemala, as the death toll in the region from flooding sparked by heavy rains climbed above 160.
Bin Laden to surface after new attack on US soil: ex-CIA expert
Osama bin laden is expected to remain in hiding until he stages another attack on the United States, an ex-CIA expert who had tracked the terror mastermind for two decades warned in an interview.
California Wildfire Grows, Crews Brace for More Winds
CALIMESA, Calif. (Oct. 6) -- Crews battling a 6,000-acre wildfire scrambled to burn off heavy brush near homes Thursday before a resurgence of the hot, dry Santa Ana winds.
Sources: Subway threat made
A "credible threat" to the subway system has prompted a vast mobilization of police officers, law enforcement sources said Thursday. Mayor Michael Bloomberg appeared at a news conference alongside Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly in which they announced the threat, which they said originated overseas.
Canadian Mystery Illness Stumps Officials
A mysterious respiratory illness that has killed 16 people at a Toronto nursing home has stumped health officials and cast another shadow over a city still trying to shed bad publicity from the SARS epidemic. Health experts insist the illness is winding down and emphasize it has been contained to the Seven Oaks Home for the Aged in the eastern suburbs of Toronto.
Council of Europe holds emergency debate on bird flu
Parliamentarians from the 46-member Council of Europe called for international and local measures to halt the spread of the bird flu virus across frontiers. During an emergency debate they also backed the creation of a solidarity fund, as suggested bu the European Union's commission, to help pay for vaccinations and antiviral drugs in developing countries.
God told me to invade Iraq, Bush tells Palestinian ministers
President George W. Bush told Palestinian ministers that God had told him to invade Afghanistan and Iraq - and create a Palestinian State, a new BBC series reveals.
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Ukraine on Thursday (6 October) got the clearest signal so far that it is in the queue for enlargement, as well as the promise of an EU visa deal by December. "Our door remains open. The future of Ukraine is in Europe", European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said after a meeting with Kiev's new prime minister Yuri Yekhanurov in Brussels.
Breaking America's grip on the net
After troubled negotiations in Geneva, the US may be forced to relinquish control of the internet to a coalition of governments. You would expect an announcement that would forever change the face of the internet to be a grand affair - a big stage, spotlights, media scrums and a charismatic frontman working the crowd. But unless you knew where he was sitting, all you got was David Hendon's slightly apprehensive voice through a beige plastic earbox. The words were calm, measured and unexciting, but their implications will be felt for generations to come.
Arab world commemorates 32nd anniversary of Yom Kippur War
The Arab world commemorated on Thursday the 32nd anniversary of the Yom Kippur War.Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak marked the war's anniversary, known throughout the Arab world as the October war, by releasing 861 prisoners and telling the nation that success on the battlefield had led to freedom and a better life.
OU bomber tried to buy ammonium nitrate
University student attended same mosque as 9-11's Moussaoui. The student who blew himself up outside a packed Oklahoma University football stadium Saturday night tried to buy large quantities of ammonium nitrate – a key ingredient in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing – the week before, according to a new report.
Ex-Marine may have spied from White House
The Justice Department is investigating whether a naturalized U.S. citizen from the Philippines stole classified documents while he worked in the office of Vice President Cheney and provided the information to opposition politicians in Manila, Bush administration officials said yesterday.
Toll from Toronto mystery illness climbs to 16
TORONTO: Sixteen people have now died from a mystery viral outbreak at a Toronto nursing home and 38 are in hospital, health officials said, as testing continued to uncover the cause of the illness.
Indonesia confirms a bird flu death
Authorities in Indonesia say they have found infected chickens that were asymptomatic of the virus, which could raise greater threats to human by making it harder to detect.
Floods in Central America, Mexico kill over 160
GUATEMALA CITY - Rescue workers searched for victims of a mudslide near a volcano-ringed lake popular with tourists in Guatemala, as the death toll in the region from flooding sparked by heavy rains climbed above 160.
Bin Laden to surface after new attack on US soil: ex-CIA expert
Osama bin laden is expected to remain in hiding until he stages another attack on the United States, an ex-CIA expert who had tracked the terror mastermind for two decades warned in an interview.
California Wildfire Grows, Crews Brace for More Winds
CALIMESA, Calif. (Oct. 6) -- Crews battling a 6,000-acre wildfire scrambled to burn off heavy brush near homes Thursday before a resurgence of the hot, dry Santa Ana winds.
Sources: Subway threat made
A "credible threat" to the subway system has prompted a vast mobilization of police officers, law enforcement sources said Thursday. Mayor Michael Bloomberg appeared at a news conference alongside Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly in which they announced the threat, which they said originated overseas.
Canadian Mystery Illness Stumps Officials
A mysterious respiratory illness that has killed 16 people at a Toronto nursing home has stumped health officials and cast another shadow over a city still trying to shed bad publicity from the SARS epidemic. Health experts insist the illness is winding down and emphasize it has been contained to the Seven Oaks Home for the Aged in the eastern suburbs of Toronto.
Council of Europe holds emergency debate on bird flu
Parliamentarians from the 46-member Council of Europe called for international and local measures to halt the spread of the bird flu virus across frontiers. During an emergency debate they also backed the creation of a solidarity fund, as suggested bu the European Union's commission, to help pay for vaccinations and antiviral drugs in developing countries.
God told me to invade Iraq, Bush tells Palestinian ministers
President George W. Bush told Palestinian ministers that God had told him to invade Afghanistan and Iraq - and create a Palestinian State, a new BBC series reveals.