Blasts shake Baghdad hotel area [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
Three powerful explosions near Baghdad hotels used by foreign media
kill at least 17, Iraqi police say.
Blair's 'pivotal' school reforms [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
Tony Blair outlines plans to give secondary schools across England
more freedom from local authorities.
Knife mob killed city riot victim [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
A man stabbed to death during riots in Birmingham was set upon by a
gang of men, police say.
Bernanke 'to replace Greenspan' [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
President Bush is expected to name Ben Bernanke as the replacement for
US Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan .
Fight for WWI soldier's pardon [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
The MoD is to consider new evidence that a WWI soldier should not have
been shot for cowardice.
Tennis: Henman takes on Murray [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
Tim Henman will play Andy Murray in the first round of the Davidoff
Swiss Indoors tournament on Wednesday.
India prepares Kashmir hospitals [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
India says it has set up two camps to treat quake victims from the
Pakistani side of Kashmir's de facto border.
Wilma Batters Florida; One Death Reported (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top
Stories]
A damaged mobile home stands in the blowing winds and heavy rains of
Hurricane Wilma Monday, Oct. 24, 2005 in Davie, Fla. (AP Photo/J. Pat
Carter) AP - Hurricane Wilma plowed into southwest Florida early
Monday with howling 125 mph winds and dashed across the state to the
Miami-Fort Lauderdale area, shattering windows, peeling away roofs and
knocking out power to millions of people. At least one death in
Florida was blamed on the storm.
Journalists' Hotel in Baghdad Attacked (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
A huge explosion rattles the Palestine hotel, the building seen at
riht, in Baghdad, Monday, Oct. 24, 2005. The Palestine Hotel, which
houses many foreign journalists in Iraq, was hit by two rockets and
one car bomb Monday, causing considerable damage to rooms and injuring
at least one person, Iraqi police said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) AP
- Three massive vehicle bombs exploded Monday near the Palestine
Hotel, home to many foreign journalists, killing at least 20 people.
Dramatic television video showed one of the bombers driving a cement
truck through the concrete blast walls that guard the hotel, then
blowing up his vehicle.
Bush Picks Bernanke As New Fed Chairman (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top
Stories]
President Bush, right, and first lady Laura Bush walk to their
limousine after arriving on Marine One helicopter at the Naval
Observatory, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2005 in Washington. Bush was returning
from a weekend spent at Camp David. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez
Monsivais) AP - President Bush on Monday selected Ben Bernanke,
chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, to replace
Alan Greenspan as Fed chairman, according to an administration
official.
New bird flu cases in European Russia (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top
Stories]
An animal health worker performs tests on a slain wild duck near the
Siberian village of Bolshiye Prudy, 62 miles north of Krasnoyarsk,
August 24, 2005. Another region in European Russia confirmed on Monday
an outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus H5N1 and Croatia said it
would cull more poultry after finding two dead wild swans suspected of
having an avian flu strain. (Ilya Naymushin/Reuters) Reuters - Another
region in European Russia confirmed an outbreak of the deadly bird flu
virus H5N1 and Croatia said it would cull more poultry after finding
two dead wild swans suspected of having an avian flu strain.
Europe Said to Be Prepared for Bird Flu (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top
Stories]
Geese waddle from their open enclosure into the stable at the farm of
Urs Gygax in Schuepberg near Berne, Switzerland, Monday, Oct. 24,
2005. Swiss authorities ordered poultry holders on Friday, Oct. 21,
2005 to keep poultry indoors as a precaution against the spread of
bird flu. Also ducks and other poultry animals at zoos are to be taken
to indoor enclosures. (AP Photo/Keystone, Lukas Lehmann) AP - Europe
is well-positioned to contain bird flu and prevent a feared human
pandemic but should not be complacent, health officials said Monday as
new waterfowl deaths were reported in Croatia.
Jets Aim to Reverse Road Woes Vs. Falcons (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top
Stories]
AP - As they prepare to play the Atlanta Falcons on "Monday Night
Football," the New York Jets are trying to revive their reputation as
the consummate road warriors. Lately, they've been road weaklings.
This probably isn't a good place to turn things around.
Twelve dead in Baghdad blasts (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
Baghdad's Palestine hotel looms over a protective concrete barrier in
this December 25, 2003 file photo. Eleven people were killed when
three car bombs exploded close to the fortified hotel compound used by
foreign journalists in Baghdad on October 24, 2005, police said.
(Akram Saleh/Files/Reuters) Reuters - Three suicide bombers staged a
coordinated attack on a Baghdad hotel complex used by foreign
journalists on Monday, killing at least 15 people and ending a lull in
violence in front of the world's media.
Wilma hammers Florida mainland (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
A Key West resident walks in the flooded North Roosevelt coast
boulevard after Hurricane Wilma hits Florida's southern west coast
October 24, 2005. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Reuters - Hurricane Wilma
crashed into Florida on Monday, swamping the popular tourist island
Key West and hammering the densely populated Miami-Fort Lauderdale
area after killing 17 people in a rampage through the Caribbean.
Bernanke set to chair Fed: sources (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top
Stories]
File photo shows Dr. Ben Bernanke after being sworn in as the new
Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors at the White House, June
21, 2005. President Bush was expected to announce on Monday that he
has picked Bernanke to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Alan
Greenspan, a knowledgeable source said. (Larry Downing/Reuters)
Reuters - President George W. Bush was poised to announce on Monday
that he has picked top economic adviser Ben Bernanke to succeed
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, knowledgeable sources said.
CORRECTED: Bush says won't release papers Miers (Reuters) [Yahoo!
News: Top Stories]
US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers (L) meets with Sen. Arlen
Specter (R-PA), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol
Hill. Miers nominated by President George W. Bush to fill a vacancy on
the US Supreme Court currently lacks the votes for her confirmation by
the US Senate, despite an intense White House campaign to sell her
candidacy, lawmakers from both parties acknowledged(AFP/Getty
Images/Alex Wong) Reuters - Corrects sentence in fourth paragraph to
read "...After a Cabinet meeting..." instead of "...At the start of a
Cabinet meeting..."
Israel kills top militant (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
Palestinians survey the bullet-shattered windshield of the car of Loai
Assadi, Islamic Jihad movement commander in the West Bank town of
Tulkarm, October 24, 2005. (Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters) Reuters -
Israeli troops shot dead an Islamic Jihad commander in the occupied
West Bank on Monday, the most senior Palestinian militant killed since
the start of an eight-month-old ceasefire.
Reports of 11 dead in hotel attacks [BreakingNews.ie - World]
Two enormous bombs, one of them a cement-mixing truck packed with
explosives, blew up outside Baghdad's Palestine Hotel - home to many
foreign journalists in Iraq - wounding at least six people and causing
considerable damage this afternoon.
11:00
Blasts shake Baghdad hotel area [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
Three powerful explosions near Baghdad hotels used by foreign media
kill 11 people, Iraqi police say.
Knife mob killed city riot victim [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
A man stabbed to death during riots in Birmingham was murdered by a
gang of men, police say.
Mittal wins Ukraine steel auction [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
Mittal Steel buys the Ukraine's biggest steel mill after an earlier
sale was reversed amid allegations of corruption.
Big cats prowled London's tower [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
Two lion skulls from the Tower of London are dated to Medieval times,
shedding light on the lost institution of the "Royal Menagerie".
10:00
Man jailed for murdering family [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
A man who murdered his fianc�e with a cricket bat and then suffocated
their baby daughter is jailed for life.
Fate of Iraqi charter in balance [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
The fate of Iraq's constitution hangs on the result in a single Sunni
province after two others reject it.
Tennis: Henman takes on Murray [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
Tim Henman will play Andy Murray in the first round of the Davidoff
Swiss Indoors tournament on Tuesday.
Rugby: Henson talks 'helpful' [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
Gavin Henson says clear-the-air talks with the Welsh Rugby Union were
"helpful".
India prepares Kashmir hospital [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
India says it has set up two camps to treat quake victims from the
Pakistani side of Kashmir's de facto border.
Big cats prowled London's tower [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
Two lion skulls unearthed at the Tower of London have been dated to
Medieval times, shedding light on the lost institution of the "Royal
Menagerie".
Wilma Barrels Across South Florida (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
Key West resident Richard Yates walks down a flooded Truman Ave., one
of the main streets heading south off the island, in Key West, Fla.
after Hurricane Wilma came across the southwest part of the state
Monday, Oct. 24, 2005. The storm surge has caused flooding in many Key
West neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) AP - Hurricane Wilma
plowed into southwest Florida early Monday with howling 125 mph winds
and pounding waves, swamping Key West and knocking out power to
millions of people as dashed across the state toward Miami and Fort
Lauderdale. At least one death in Florida was blamed on the storm.
Journalists' Hotel in Baghdad Attacked (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
Iraqi policemen look at remains of a vehicle in Kirkuk, Iraq, Sunday
Oct. 23 2005, after a suicide attack. A suicide car bomber rammed into
a U.S. military convoy at 9:15 a.m. in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk,
290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, killing two civilians and
wounding 13, said police Capt. Farhad Talabani.(AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)
AP - Two rockets and a car bomb hit the Palestine Hotel on Monday,
injuring at least one person and causing considerable damage to the
building that houses many foreign journalists, Iraqi police said.
Cuba Rescues 250 Flood Victims From Wilma (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top
Stories]
A man walks through high waters in Guanimar, Cuba, Sunday, Oct. 23,
2005. Hurricane Wilma drenched western Cuba with heavy rains Sunday
and flooded evacuated communities along the island's southern coast
after clobbering Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and taking aim on
storm-weary Florida. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) AP - Rescuers in
inflatable rafts and amphibious vehicles pulled nearly 250 people from
flooded homes Monday after huge waves churned by Hurricane Wilma
flooded the capital's coastal highway and adjacent neighborhoods of
old, crumbling buildings.
Bush Confident Miers Will Be Confirmed (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
White House Counsel Harriet Miers reacts while speaking with Sen.
Charles Schumer, D-N .Y., during a meeting to discuss her nomination
to the Suprme Court Capitol Hill Monday, Oct. 17, 2005. Schumer is
member of the Judiciary Committee, which will hold hearings and take
the first vote on the nomination. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook) AP - The
White House said Monday that President Bush is confident Harriet Miers
will be confirmed to the Supreme Court, even though a Democrat on the
Senate panel that will hold hearings on her nomination said she
doesn't have the votes.
Israel kills top West Bank militant (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top
Stories]
Palestinians survey the bullet-shattered windshield of the car of Loai
Assadi, Islamic Jihad movement commander in the West Bank town of
Tulkarm, October 24, 2005. (Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters) Reuters -
Israeli troops on Monday shot dead a top Islamic Jihad commander in
the occupied West Bank, the most senior Palestinian militant killed
since the start of an eight-month-old ceasefire.
Cendant to Split Into 4 Cos. Next Summer (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top
Stories]
AP - Cendant Corp., the $20 billion-a-year company that owns the
Orbitz travel Web site and several hotel and real-estate brands, will
split itself into four separate public companies, the conglomerate
said Monday.
Three blasts near Baghdad journalists' hotel (Reuters) [Yahoo! News:
Top Stories]
Iraqi rescue workers remove the charred remains of a body from the
site of a car bombing in central Baghdad on October 23, 2005. (Ali
Jasim/Reuters) Reuters - Three loud blasts on Monday rocked an area
near two Baghdad hotels used by journalists and foreign contractors.
Wilma hammers Florida mainland (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
A man walks on an empty street of Key West as Hurricane Wilma heads
towards Florida's southwest coast, October 23, 2005. Residents in Key
West made last minute preparations with the storm less than 24 hours
away. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Reuters - Hurricane Wilma crashed ashore
in southwest Florida and roared across the peninsula, pounding Miami,
Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach on Monday after slamming Mexico's
Yucatan Peninsula and killing 17 people in the Caribbean.
Bush believed ready to name Greenspan successor (Reuters) [Yahoo!
News: Top Stories]
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is seen in Tokyo, October 18,
2005. President Bush was believed poised on Monday to announce who he
wants to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, according to
sources familiar with the situation. (Toru Hanai/Reuters) Reuters -
President George W. Bush was believed poised on Monday to announce who
he wants to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, according
to sources familiar with the situation.
New bird flu cases in European Russia (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top
Stories]
An animal health worker performs tests on a slain wild duck near the
Siberian village of Bolshiye Prudy, 62 miles north of Krasnoyarsk,
August 24, 2005. Another region in European Russia confirmed on Monday
an outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus H5N1 and Croatia said it
would cull more poultry after finding two dead wild swans suspected of
having an avian flu strain. (Ilya Naymushin/Reuters) Reuters - Another
region in European Russia confirmed on Monday an outbreak of the
deadly bird flu virus H5N1 and Croatia said it would cull more poultry
after finding two dead wild swans suspected of having an avian flu
strain.
Hotel comes under attack in Baghdad [BreakingNews.ie - World]
The Palestine Hotel, which houses many foreign journalists in Iraq,
has come under attack, forcing The Associated Press journalists to
take refuge in the corridor.
Hurricane Wilma ploughs into Florida's south-west coast
[BreakingNews.ie - World]
Hurricane Wilma crashed ashore early today as a strong Category 3
storm, battering south-west Florida with 125 mph winds and pounding
waves as it began a dash across the state.
Audit of Iraq's constitutional referendum nearly complete
[BreakingNews.ie - World]
Nine days after Iraq's landmark constitutional referendum, the
Election Commission today said its audit of the results was continuing
in a key province that would determine the final outcome.
Chinese coal mine explosion kills 15 [BreakingNews.ie - World]
A blast at a coal mine in southern China killed 15 people, the
official Xinhua News Agency said today.
09:00
Hurricane sweeps across Florida [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
Hurricane Wilma strikes Florida with winds of up to 125mph (200km/h)
then weakens to a Category Two storm.
Blair's 'pivotal' school reforms [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
Tony Blair outlines the shake-up of state education which he hopes
will be a "pivotal" part of his last term in office.
Fate of Iraqi charter in balance [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
Two Iraqi provinces reject the constitution, meaning the charter's
fate hangs on the result in a single Sunni area.
Lunch-hour killer jailed for life [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
A drug addict is jailed for life for stabbing a man to death in a
failed mugging.
Party talks follow Kaczynski win [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
Poland's Law and Justice party resumes coalition talks with rivals
after its candidate secures presidency.
Israel drops Hamas vote ban call [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
Israel pulls back from opposing the participation of Hamas in upcoming
Palestinian elections.
India prepares Kashmir hospital [BBC News | News Front Page | UK
Edition]
Indian army doctors set up a camp to treat quake survivors from the
Pakistani side of Kashmir's de facto border.
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