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Morning News


Oct.13   Bangladesh   Nobel winner to use prize to help poor
  Muhammad Yunusa and the Grameen Bank won the award for advancing economic, social opportunities for the poor


  UN Security Council   Talks on North Korea sanctions heat up   A Security Council vote is near, but likely not as soon as the United States wishes

  London   Army chief defends Iraq comments   General Sir Richard Dannatt has defended his comments that UK troops exacerbate security problems in Iraq

Day News


  UN     South Korean named U.N. leader
  The General Assembly has appointed S. Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon to serve as the next secretary-general
 Ban, 62, will be the 8th secretary general and the first from Asia since U Thant of Burma. Kofi Annan second 5-year term expires at the end of this year. Ban Ki-moon was one of 7 candidates bidding to be the U.N. chief.


  Washington   Evidence of radioactivity from N. Korea
  The evidence is preliminary. The U.S. will be in a position to confirm N. Korea's claim


  Russia   Kramnik defeated FIDE Champion Topalov  Kramnik defeated Veselin Topalov in a 12-game title unification match in Elista, Kalmykia

  UN   Exodus in Iraq forces priority shift  The U.N. refugee agency estimates that up to 1.6 million Iraqis have left their homes for other countries

  Guantanamo Abuse boasts probed  The Pentagon has ordered an inquiry into alleged abuses after reports that guards boasted of beating detainees

Evening News


  Peru   Shining Path leader sentenced to life   Abimael Guzman, whose vision inspired a 12-year rebellion, was found guilty of aggravated terrorism

  United Kingdom Blair backs UK army chief on Iraq  British Prime Minister is in full agreement with comments Gen. Dannatt made in a newspaper interview
San Francisco Bay Area , October 13, 2006 Timeline