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Morning News


Oct.17   Somalia   Aid stopped after kidnap
  The UN has stopped distributing food in Mogadishu, after government troops abducted the local head of the World Food Program


  Turkey     MPs clear attacks in Iraq
  The parliament has given permission for the government to launch operations into Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels
 The vote was taken in defiance of the US and Iraq


  Singapore Oil falls from record high  The prices have fallen in Asia from a trading record of over $88 a barrel amid expectations that a U.S. crude and gasoline stocks rose

  USA Further fall in home building  The number of homes being built in the US fell by 10.2% in September, worse than had been expected. Applications for building permits down 7.2%

  Myanmar Junta: 3,000 were detained in protests  Military junta acknowledged that it detained nearly 3,000 people during a crackdown on pro-democracy protests, with hundreds still in custody

Day News


  Karachi     Crowds gather for Bhutto return  Supporters of ex-PM Benazir Bhutto are gathering in expectation of her historic return from eight years of self-imposed exile

  Washington     Dalai Lama honor stokes US-China tension   Expressing hope that the future of Tibet and China will move beyond mistrust, the Dalai Lama accepted the Congressional Gold Medal from Bush

  Moscow England sunk by Pavluchenko double  2 goals in the space of 4 second-half minutes by Roman Pavluchenko gave Russia a crucial 2-1 victory in the Euro 2008 Group E

  Czech Republic Czechs, Greece and Romania qualify  The Czech Republic made a superb 3-0 victory over Germany. Greece have a narrow 1-0 victory against Turkey. Romania, Luxembourg, 2-0

Evening News


  Paris France wakes to transport strike  A one-day nationwide strike by public transport workers leaves the country with almost no train, bus or metro services
San Francisco Bay Area , October 17, 2007 Timeline