World News

US officials look for Mumbai clues
Detroit News.Net
US intelligence officials are searching urgently for clues that might identify the Mumbai attackers and ease tensions between India and Pakistan.
Child murders revealed in remote New Guinea
Detroit News.Net
The National newspaper has reported that women in the Eastern Highlands area of New Guinea killed their baby boys to stop breeding males.
Serial killer Sobhraj looks for escape clause
Detroit News.Net
Serial killer, Charles Sobhraj, who is serving a life sentence in Nepal for the 1975 murder of an American tourist, has now moved the UN for justice, filing a complaint against the Nepalese government.
Britain could be a terror magnet during Olympics
Detroit News.Net
The British Home Secretary and other ministers of the Gordon Brown government have said that the country needs to overhaul its anti-terror plans.
Arab-Americans say new laws will target them
Detroit News.Net
In the US, Arab-Americans have expressed concern over new FBI counter-terrorism powers they say might end up being used to target innocent US citizens.
Border militants attack Pakistan security men
Detroit News.Net
Six security personnel have been killed and 12 injured in separate attacks by militants in northwest Pakistan.
Terrorists murdered fishermen to get to Mumbai
Detroit News.Net
The group of 11 terrorists involved in the Mumbai attacks had boarded a fishing boat near Karachi in Pakistan five days earlier.
Pakistan PM orders probe into Mumbai attacks
Detroit News.Net
Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has summoned a security conference for to review the situation arising out of the attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai.
Indian official in US for talks with Obama team
Detroit News.Net
In the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks, India’s Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon is to hold talks with key figures of the Barack Obama transition team in the US on Monday.
Bangkok tense as Government supporters gather
Detroit News.Net
The city of Bangkok has become edgy after supporters of Thailand's troubled Government set up a protest camp in the middle of the city.
Somalian pirates to receive huge ransom
Detroit News.Net
Pirates in Somalia will receive $20 million in ransom from the owners of a Ukraine ship.
Taiwan and China agree to air ties
Detroit News.Net
Taiwan and China will launch daily charter flights next month and introduce regular passenger and cargo flights in mid-2009.
Switzerland approves heroin use
Detroit News.Net
Heroin users will be able to inject freely in Switzerland after a weekend vote on the issue.
Explosion at Turkish ruling party office
C News
A news agency says an explosion has injured five people outside an office for Turkey's ruling party in Istanbul. The Dogan news agency, citing witnesses, says the blast occurred...
Venice neck-deep in flood water
CNN
Venice reportedly suffering one of its worst floods in 22 years Landmark Piazza San Marco under almost a meter of water at one point UNESCO has warned Venice at risk of high waters caused by climate...
Dozens killed in Iraqi bombings
BBC
At least 32 people have been killed in bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul, officials say. Two bombs exploded near Baghdad's police academy, killing 15 people...
Russian frigate escorts three cargo ships off Somalia
C News
Russia's navy spokesman says a Russian frigate is escorting three commercial ships off the coast of Somalia to protect them from pirates. Capt. Igor Dygalo said Monday the Neustrashimy...
Third of Scots
BBC
Almost a third of Scottish households are "breadline poor", according to research commissioned by the a study conducted by Sheffield University - looked at how nations and regions...
Blasts target Iraqi police, senior official
Reuters
Blasts at Baghdad's police academy and in the northern city of Mosul killed 30 people and wounded dozens more on Monday, hours after a roadside bomb wounded a senior Iraqi...
Search Resumes In Gulf For 2 People In Plane Crash
TBO.com
Gulf of Mexico on Sunday night. Darien Peckham, 35, of Harbour Island and Zachary Schlitt, 28, were on the plane, according to the Coast Guard. The name of Schlitt's hometown wasn't immediately...
Hundreds of tourists treated in Thailand
IOL
Bangkok - Thai authorities said on Monday that 282 foreign tourists have sought medical treatment at a naval base from which travellers are being evacuated during an opposition blockade of Bangkok's...
Palin campaigning in Ga. for Sen. Chambliss
MSNBC
Tuesday's runoff election between incumbent Republican Saxby Chambliss and Democrat Jim Martin is critical because Senate Democrats are just two votes shy of the 60 needed to block GOP filibusters.
16 dead, 45 hurt in Baghdad bombings
USA Today
Iraqi police and hospital officials say a double bombing targeting police recruits in Baghdad has killed 16 people and wounded 45.

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