Saturday, April 17, 2010
International Headlines
Date: Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 8:01 PM
>TOP STORIES as of 0800 HKT -- 18 April, 2010
> VOLCANIC ASH CLOUD TRAVEL CHAOS CONTINUES
Icelandic volcano ash grounds another day of flights across
Europe, with no end in sight to global travel disruptions.
> POLES GATHER TO MOURN CRASH DEAD
Large crowds are expected in the Polish city of Krakow on
Saturday for a memorial service for the 96 victims of last
weekend's plane crash.
> DOZENS KILLED IN PAKISTAN CAMP BLASTS
Twenty-seven people were killed and 45 more injured in a suicide
attack Saturday at a refugee camp in northwest Pakistan,
officials said.
> DALAI LAMA SEEKS CHINA QUAKE ZONE VISIT
The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Buddhist leader long exiled from
China, is seeking to visit the Tibetan region rocked by a deadly
earthquake this week.
> THAI PROTEST LEADERS TO SURRENDER
Leaders of Thailand's anti-government protests said Saturday
that they we would turn themselves in to police on May 15.
> HAITI DENIES CHARGES DROPPED
Charges have been dropped against nine of the American
missionaries held in Haiti earlier this year, according to a
spokesman for Idaho Sen. Jim Risch.
> CHILEAN EXEC FOUND DEAD IN CUBA
Chilean business executive Roberto Baudrand was found dead in
his Havana apartment on Tuesday, the Cuban government announced
in a statement Friday.
> TERRY SEES RED AS SPURS STUN CHELSEA
Tottenham blew the English Premier League title race wide open
again with a 2-1 victory over 10-man leaders Chelsea that gave
Manchester United hope after the champions' vital derby win
earlier on Saturday.
BUSINESS
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> AMERICAN OWNERS TO SELL LIVERPOOL
George Gillett Jr and Tom Hicks, the American billionaire owners
of English Premier League side Liverpool, have announced their
intention to sell the club in a statement on the team's official
Web site.
> BRIC LEADERS: IMF HAS 'LEGITIMACY DEFICITS'
The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China called for the
hastening of reform that would give these emerging economies
more power in the International Monetary Fund and the World
Bank.
> CHINA MINERAL DOMINANCE CONCERNS U.S.
China's dominant position in the production of rare earth
minerals has long-reaching implications for the U.S. Department
of Defense, according to a recent government report.
>TOP STORIES as of 0800 HKT -- 18 April, 2010
> VOLCANIC ASH CLOUD TRAVEL CHAOS CONTINUES
Icelandic volcano ash grounds another day of flights across
Europe, with no end in sight to global travel disruptions.
> POLES GATHER TO MOURN CRASH DEAD
Large crowds are expected in the Polish city of Krakow on
Saturday for a memorial service for the 96 victims of last
weekend's plane crash.
> DOZENS KILLED IN PAKISTAN CAMP BLASTS
Twenty-seven people were killed and 45 more injured in a suicide
attack Saturday at a refugee camp in northwest Pakistan,
officials said.
> DALAI LAMA SEEKS CHINA QUAKE ZONE VISIT
The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Buddhist leader long exiled from
China, is seeking to visit the Tibetan region rocked by a deadly
earthquake this week.
> THAI PROTEST LEADERS TO SURRENDER
Leaders of Thailand's anti-government protests said Saturday
that they we would turn themselves in to police on May 15.
> HAITI DENIES CHARGES DROPPED
Charges have been dropped against nine of the American
missionaries held in Haiti earlier this year, according to a
spokesman for Idaho Sen. Jim Risch.
> CHILEAN EXEC FOUND DEAD IN CUBA
Chilean business executive Roberto Baudrand was found dead in
his Havana apartment on Tuesday, the Cuban government announced
in a statement Friday.
> TERRY SEES RED AS SPURS STUN CHELSEA
Tottenham blew the English Premier League title race wide open
again with a 2-1 victory over 10-man leaders Chelsea that gave
Manchester United hope after the champions' vital derby win
earlier on Saturday.
BUSINESS
~~~~~~~~~~~
> AMERICAN OWNERS TO SELL LIVERPOOL
George Gillett Jr and Tom Hicks, the American billionaire owners
of English Premier League side Liverpool, have announced their
intention to sell the club in a statement on the team's official
Web site.
> BRIC LEADERS: IMF HAS 'LEGITIMACY DEFICITS'
The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China called for the
hastening of reform that would give these emerging economies
more power in the International Monetary Fund and the World
Bank.
> CHINA MINERAL DOMINANCE CONCERNS U.S.
China's dominant position in the production of rare earth
minerals has long-reaching implications for the U.S. Department
of Defense, according to a recent government report.
