Thursday, February 12, 2009
International
OCTUPLETS' MOM SEEKS ONLINE DONATIONS
Nadya Suleman, the single mother of newborn octuplets, is using
the Internet to help support her family of 14 children. She's
started a Web site seeking donations.
PAKISTAN: ARRESTS MADE OVER MUMBAI ATTACKS
The Pakistani government acknowledgesay that "some part of the
conspiracy" behind the November attacks in India's financial
capital, Mumbai, took place in Pakistan.
AUSTRALIA PM SETS DAY OF MOURNING
A national day of mourning and a memorial service will honor the
victims of the past week's wildfires in southeastern Australia,
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced Thursday.
CLINTON MAY NAME N. KOREA ENVOY BEFORE TRIP
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton could appoint a special envoy
for North Korea before leaving for Asia next week, senior
administration officials said.
POWERFUL QUAKES RATTLE INDONESIA
A powerful series of earthquakes shook northeastern Indonesia
Thursday, injuring at least 11 people and damaging a number of
homes and other buildings, officials said.
SOURCES: U.S. STIMULUS BILL SNAG RESOLVED
Negotiators have worked out a disagreement between the U.S.
Senate and House over education funding that threatened to throw
a last-minute roadblock in front of the economic stimulus bill,
Democratic leadership sources have said.
U.S. NAVY ARRESTS PIRATE SUSPECTS OFF AFRICA
The U.S. Navy has captured seven suspected pirates in the Gulf
of Aden, the first arrests by a U.S.-led task force set up to
curb rampant piracy off the Horn of Africa, a Navy spokesman
said Wednesday.
REPORT: COLOMBIAN GUERRILLAS KILL 17 INDIANS
Guerrillas in Colombia tortured and killed 17 Indians who they
believed were helping the government, a governor and two human
rights organizations said Wednesday.
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BUSINESS
SECOND SWISS BANK LOSES BILLIONS
Switzerland's Credit Suisse joins the list of banks revealing
disastrous results for 2008 after it reports losses of $7.1
billion (8.2 billion Swiss francs).
CHINA FARMERS STRUGGLING UNDER SEVERE DROUGHT
Fifty-year-old farmer Du Jianmin says if it doesn't rain soon in
his corner of northern China, his winter wheat crops -- which
his village of 120 people relies on for food for the year --
will die.
