Fighting between militants and Americans sees 24 dead in another day of fighting. In the North Korean province of Ryanggang an explosion is reported to have occurred on September 9 that created mushroom clouds and could possibly be a nuclear explosion, although U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has expressed doubt. The explosion has raised concern over the status of North Korea's nuclear testing. The Hong Kong Legislative Council election gets a 53% turnout with 1.7 million braving long queues to vote, with pro-Beijing campaigners expected to better and pro-democracy campaigners only have minor gains. Saudi Arabian elections will occur for the first time next year.Related Category:News/
Air strikes by the US Military in the Iraqi city of Fallujah killed 16, including a television reporter who died while filing a report. Elsewhere in the Middle East, 22 Afghani Taleban and al-Qaeda members have been killed. A protestor from British father's rights activism group Fathers 4 Justice dressed as comic superhero Batman and climbed the side of Buckingham Palace in a daring act that lead to a review of the palace's security. United States Secretary of State Colin Powell told American television broadcaster NBC he could see no relation between Saddam Hussein and the September 11 terrorist attacks of 2001. Former Protestant terrorist Ken Barrett has pleaded guilty to killing Pat Finucane in Northern Ireland during 1989 and Ontario Court of Appeal has accepted the divorce of a lesbian couple.Related Category:News/
A car bomb near a police station in Baghdad killed 45 and injured another 100, while the US stops attacking Tall Afar, a city in Northern Iraq populated by Turkomen, after Turkey threatened to withdrawal support for the United States. Tropical Storm Jeanne raises concern as Hurricane Ivan creates flooding and damage in Cuba and nears the Gulf Coast. September 11 terrorist suspect Zacarias Moussaoui has been refused the right to call fellow Camp X-Ray prisoners as witnesses in the first trial of a suspect in the US. In China, Three Gorges Dam is being protected by soldiers in case of a possible terrorist attack. The security of United Nations officials involved in next year's Afghani elections is uncertain. In world business news, Japan's Sony Corporation has paid almost US$5 billion to purchase MGM and their extensive film library that includes classics like James Bond.Related Category:News/
Hurricane Ivan saw 1.9 million told to evacuate from their homes on the Gulf Coast, inlcuding 1.2 million in the city of New Orleans, which is predicted to become flooded with chemical-polluted water if it is hit hard by the 16 km/h storm. A law against hound hunting in Britain was passed with majority support as violence erupted between Countryside Alliance protestors and police and four activists stormed the Commons chamber, lead by rock star Brian Perry. Three Americans in Afghanistan are appealing a 10-year jail sentence for setting up a private jail and torturing Afgahnis. An Israeli raid sees 10 Palestinian victims, including an 11-year-old girl and 6 gunmen. The National Hockey League in the United States has been suspended because of pay concerns.Related Category:News/
In the early morning Hurricane Ivan reached the city of Mobile and passed through the Gulf Shores of Alabama, causing huge damage as it delivered strong winds, brought sea water a mile inland from the shore, cost the life of 33, covered the roads in debri and caused up to US$10 billion damage. Tropical Storm Jeanne reached hurricane level before passing through Dominican Republic in the Caribbean and could potentially be develop into another hurricane. In Iraq two Americans and one British person working for the Gulf Services Company have been kidnapped and America's NPR reported that the number of foreigners kidnapped has exceeded 120. Also in the Middle East, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has avoided an assassination attempt.Related Category:News/
60 fighters were killed when the US attacked Abu Musab al-Zarqawi loyalists in Fallujah from the air, although many others are thought dead, including children. 5 others were killed and 20 were injured in a Baghdad car bomb. Chechen separatist Shamil Basayev has claimed responsibility, on behalf of his Riyadus-Salikhinhas group, for the Beslan school siege. US Secretary of State Colin Powell has spoken out against State Department concerns about Saudi Arabia's restrictions on religious freedoms, while the mother of a US soldier killed in Iraq feels her freedom of speech is restricted after she is arrested for interupting a speech by First Lady Laura Bush. Peace talks in the government between Sudan and rebels in Darfur have failed.Related Category:News/
23 die in attack on Iraqi Military Headquaters: 23 are dead in a car bomb attack on Iraq's National Guard Headquaters in Kirkuk, Shia cleric Sheikh Kadhim al-Hany is killed in ambush, fighting rages between British forces and Moqtada Sadr supporters in Basra, a bomb kills one and wounds two on a Baghdad roadside and nine are injured in a mortar shell attack on a Baquba school.
UN threatens Sudan with sanctions:The UN Security Council resolution to threaten sanctions against Sudan if the country fails to control Darfur militia passes without opposition.
95,000 left homeless by Ivan in Grenada: In the Caribbean island of Grenada 95000 are left homeless after Hurricane Ivan, with 90% of buildings and the essential nutmeg industry are almost totally destroyed.
Ivan hits Tennessee and North Carolina: After strong rain hit from Hurricane Frances, rivers in east Tennessee and North Carolina are now overflowing.
Paralympics are underway in Athens: The Paralympics officially get underway in the Greek capital of AthensRelated Category:News/
Iraqi elections will go ahead: Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi delayed the coming Iraqi elections despite heavy violence continuing across the country.
Peaceful president changeover in China: Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin resigned from his final position as Chairmanship of the Central Military Commission as Hu Jintao replaces him in the first orderly change of power since 1949.
Suspected Palestinian bombers surrender: Two Palestinian women Israel suspected to be suicide bombers have surrended.
Bush tours Florida as storm Jeanne nears: President Bush visited areas in Florida hit by Hurricane Ivan, which killed 49, as tropical storm Jeanne reached the sea after causing devastation in the Caribbean.
Iran refuses to stop uranium testing: Iran has refused to stop its uranium enrichment activities after a UN request and has threatened to end inspectionsRelated Category:News/
Hurricane Jeanne has left at least 556 dead and much country of Haiti underwater with more deaths expected to be reported. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi-lead Tawhid and Jihad has beheaded American Eugene Armstrong and threatens to do the same to two other American hostages if the USA does not meet their demands. The UN has expressed concern that 1.5 million women and children in flood-stricken Bangladesh could be at risk of acute malnutrition. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has from President Megawati Sukarnoputri in the Indonesian presidential elections. As the United States Presidential Election nears, John Kerry has claimed George Bush made "colossal failures of judgment" and both have agreed to three television debates starting September 30.Related Category:News/
President Bush has spoken to the United Nations with a request for support in the reconstruction of Iraq, although Kofi Annan and others are still against the actions of the US-led coalition and Kerry has suggested he was "in denial" over the conflict. While Bush spoke, Tawhid and Jihad beheaded American hostage Jack Hensley and threatened the life of Briton Kenneth Bigley. In Haiti 691 are dead and another 1,000 as Hurricane Jeanne floods Gonaïves and leaves thousands homeless. America's tobacco industry looks set to suffer with a US$280 billion trial by the Federal Government for misleading the American public about the dangers of smoking. Trade sanctions by the United States against Libya have been removed after Libya last year decided to reduce its nuclear weapons. Syria appears to be removing its 20,000 troops from Lebanon in accordance with a UN Resolution.Related Category:News/
Kenneth Bigley, the British hostage of a terrorist group in Iraq, has pleaded with Tony Blair for his life in a newly released video after his two American colleagues were beheaded in the past two days, while two Italian women are also thought to have been taken hostage. A variety of officials from the International Criminal Police Organization and various countries have met together to discuss measures to prevent terrorism in Africa. Hurricane Ivan has moved to the Gulf of Mexico and is set to pass over Texas as a tropical storm. American terrorist suspect Ahmad al Halabi has pleaded guilty to four charges and will no longer face charges of espionage from the US Military while enemy combatant Yaser Hamdi will give up his US citizenship in return for being released to Saudi Arabia. Porter Goss is the new director of America's Central Intelligence Agency after a Senate vote.Related Category:News/
Atlantic storm Ivan develops into a tropical storm and heads for the Texas-Lousiana border. Hurricane Jeanne's Haiti death toll is currently at 1080 and is expected to rise to 2000. The UK and Iraq are refusing to meet the demands of the Tawhid and Jihad group despite the life of a British hostage being at stake. In the race to become US President both Kerry and Bush have launched new advertisements, with Bush using windsurfing to represent Kerry's changing mind in what Kerry calls "tasteless and juvenile". British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has criticized America's decision to refuse former pop star Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) entry into the United States on apparent security concerns.Related Category:News/
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi say the insecurity in Iraq may prevent some parts of the country from being included in the elections, although their suggestion has met strong opposition. Meanwhile, the Muslim Council of Britain has sent representatives to Iraq to try and get British hostage Kenneth Bigley released. In Canada, the Nova Scotia Supreme Court has ruled same-sex marriages legal in the province without any government opposition. Tropical storm Ivan is developing again within the Gulf of Mexico as Florida prepares for Hurricane Jeanne on Sunday Septmeber 26. US presidential candidate Kerry has announced a seven-step plan against terrorism as absentee ballots open in more than half of the states.Related Category:News/
The United States denies reports of 8 dead in air strikes on the Iraqi city of Fallujah. British Prime Minister Tony Blair told the country's national Observer newspaper that the terrorists who had taken British Kenneth Bigley hostage had put the British government in an uncomfortable decision because of the way they used the media. The US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage offers reassurance that Iraqi elections will go ahead as planned. An Israeli is reported killed by mortar attacks in the Khan Yunis refugee camps, leading the Israeli forces to destroy the camp housing an estimated 200 Palestinians. As Hurricane Jeanne hovers over the northern Bahamas three million in Florida are told to evacuate the area.Related Category:News/
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