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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Africa Leader.com http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/10/id/b8de8e630faf3631/ en-us Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:32:43 -0400 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:32:43 -0400 30 Top congressional and White House officials are trying to restructure the bailout plan which was rejected on Monday by reluctant legislators. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413035/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:04:49 -0400 Africa Leader.comb http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413035/cs/1/ US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has said a rescue plan for the US financial system is needed as soon as possible, and is too important to fail. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412970/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:37:03 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412970/cs/1/ There are signs that Sarah Palin’s popularity is slipping and evidence that her party is worried about how much help she will be for McCain. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412969/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:22:48 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412969/cs/1/ Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for a change of pace and direction in Afghanistan, where the worsening security situation is hampering the efforts of the Government, the United Nations and international partners to rebuild the strife-torn nation. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412756/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:30:05 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412756/cs/1/ A shoot-out between Somali pirates has occurred on a seized Ukranian ship. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412967/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:18:59 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412967/cs/1/ Thailand's former prime minister, Samak Sundaravej, has resigned as the leader of the ruling People Power Party. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412968/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:20:21 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412968/cs/1/ Police in India have put the death toll at 90 after a stampede in a Hindu temple. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412966/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:17:26 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412966/cs/1/ The man who told a jury that OJ Simpson asked him to take guns to a hotel room where two memorabilia dealers were threatened, has acknowledged he never told the police the same story during interrogation. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412965/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:16:02 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412965/cs/1/ At least 37 people have been killed, with six injured, after a bus collided with a tanker in central Pakistan. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412964/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:11:50 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412964/cs/1/ Chocolate maker Cadbury has announced a recall in two countries of chocolate made in its Beijing factory. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412731/cs/1/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:46:52 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412731/cs/1/ Former pop star Gary Glitter has been banned from travelling to Spain and France. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412729/cs/1/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:44:38 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412729/cs/1/ Ehud Olmert, the outgoing prime minister of Israel, has insisted his country will need to withdraw from lands taken in the 1967 war. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412728/cs/1/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:43:04 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412728/cs/1/ Pop star Janet Jackson has been hospitalised due to illness during her ongoing rock 'Witchu' tour. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413164/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:00:58 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413164/cs/1/ Pop star Britney Spears, who is on the promotion of the release of her comeback single "Womaniser", has revealed she would start a music tour next year. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413163/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:00:43 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413163/cs/1/ British supermodel Kate Moss wants to quit modelling and forge a full-time career in music. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413162/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:00:38 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413162/cs/1/ Former "Friends" star Jennifer Aniston, who is holidaying alone in Mexico, has shared with friends that she needs time "to do some inner work" on herself. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413158/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:00:23 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413158/cs/1/ With a nuclear pact with France in his bag, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday underlined India's 'investor-friendly policy regime' as he asked top European business leaders to raise their stakes in emerging areas in his country, including infrastructure and power generation. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413154/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:01:56 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413154/cs/1/ External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee held wide-ranging discussions with his Russian counterpart Servey Lavrov here on international issues, taking stock of the strategic partnership between the two countries and the state of preparations for their bilateral summit-level meeting. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413146/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:01:27 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413146/cs/1/ Kelly, daughter of rocker Ozzy Osbourne, has confessed that she got a pregnancy scare when she was just 13 years old. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413145/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:01:21 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413145/cs/1/ India and France Tuesday reiterated their commitment to consolidate their ties in the defence sector. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413143/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:01:16 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413143/cs/1/ The British government said it will review all cases of Gurkha ex-soldiers who have been denied the right to live in Britain after a London court Tuesday ruled in favour of a group of retired Gurkhas. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413138/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:01:04 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413138/cs/1/ A Greek judicial investigation continued Tuesday into a spate of doping cases involving the country's athletes. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413137/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:00:59 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413137/cs/1/ Gurkha veterans who fought for Britain Tuesday won a landmark legal battle to be allowed to settle in Britain following a High Court ruling on immigration rights. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413136/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:00:54 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413136/cs/1/ India and France, two of the global leaders in space exploration, Tuesday signed an agreement 'on cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space'. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413130/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:00:36 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413130/cs/1/ Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday took up the issue of the ban on Sikh students wearing turbans in French schools when he met President Nicolas Sarkozy, who promised to look into it. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413128/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:00:31 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413128/cs/1/ Forecasts of a static economy in Britain were confirmed Tuesday when figures showed that there was no growth in output in the second quarter of 2008. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413092/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:00:38 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413092/cs/1/ France, home to the world's most advanced nuclear technologies, Tuesday became the first country in the world to ink a defining civil nuclear agreement with India after a global cartel lifted three decades of an atomic trade embargo against New Delhi early this month. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413089/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:00:20 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413089/cs/1/ The European Commission Tuesday urged US lawmakers to assume their responsibilities and swiftly approve a massive rescue plan amid global financial turmoil. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413046/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:01:06 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413046/cs/1/ Brussels/The bosses of Dexia stepped down Tuesday after the struggling Franco-Belgian bank became the latest victim of the global credit crunch and was bailed out by three European governments. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413041/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:00:13 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413041/cs/1/ An aspiring British chef has died after eating a bowl of super hot chilli sauce on its own in a challenge with a friend. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413016/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:01:07 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413016/cs/1/ Peggy, the horse who became world famous for her habit of turning up at a British pub for a pint of beer, has been banned by the landlady fearing for new carpets. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413007/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:00:36 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/413007/cs/1/ German stocks eased Tuesday after the US Congress rejected the massive $700-billion bail-out plans. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412987/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:01:08 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412987/cs/1/ Two planes were forced to fly in circles over the Greek island of Lesbos awaiting landing clearance for about 40 minutes as the air traffic controller was fast asleep, the Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412983/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:00:51 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412983/cs/1/ The price for crude oil produced by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) dropped by nearly four dollars Monday, the organisation said Tuesday. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412980/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:00:32 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412980/cs/1/ Do you have club fingers? Then it's possible you may have lung cancer. A new study in the latest issue of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine reveals your hands can provide clues to hidden diseases you may have. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412957/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:01:43 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412957/cs/1/ A day after he defended India's secular credentials when the EU expressed concern at attacks on Christians, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday condemned the renewed bout of violence in Orissa and advised the state government to ensure law and order. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412953/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:01:38 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412953/cs/1/ In a major step marking New Delhi's re-entry into global nuclear trade, India and France have finalized an agreement that will enable full civil nuclear cooperation between the two countries, covering supply of reactors and fuel. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412933/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:00:58 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412933/cs/1/ The batting side can now decide when to introduce either the second or third Powerplay, according to rule changes for one-day matches announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) Tuesday. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412931/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:00:55 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412931/cs/1/ Bank shares tumbled on theLondon stock exchange Tuesday following the rejection by the US House of Representatives of the massive US bail-out plan. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412929/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:00:50 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412929/cs/1/ How to lighten a school kid's burden? No heavy book loads, no stressful teaching, no caning, no lunch boxes thanks to free meals. And now, no homework. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412924/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:00:29 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412924/cs/1/ In a major diplomatic victory for the new Maoist government of Nepal, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit the country next month. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412900/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:01:03 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412900/cs/1/ The leadership of the Polish football federation (PZPN) has been suspended by an arbitration court of the nation's Olympic Committee (PKOL). http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412898/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:01:00 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412898/cs/1/ Serena Williams aims to close the year on a high but the American's world number one tennis ranking is under threat from Jelena Jankovic and others in the final weeks of the season. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412882/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:00:22 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412882/cs/1/ Former Spice Girls Geri Halliwell has penned her first screenplay and says it was very easy to write it. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412833/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:00:36 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412833/cs/1/ Gone are the days when British spies came from the universities of Oxford or Cambridge. The country's premier intelligence service is now advertising on social networking site Facebook for future recruits. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412823/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:00:02 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412823/cs/1/ The effects on the environment caused by the booming construction industry in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will top the agenda of the annual meeting of the International Standards Organisation (ISO) here next month. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412794/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:00:36 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412794/cs/1/ Hollywood actor Russell Crowe has reportedly been handed two roles in the film 'Nottingham'. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412750/cs/1/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:02:30 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412750/cs/1/ Australian pop singer Dannii Minogue, who is a judge on 'X-Factor', denied quitting the show over icy relations with fellow judge Cheryl Cole. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412747/cs/1/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:02:08 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412747/cs/1/ Hollywood actress Meg Ryan's ex-husband Dennis Quaid has angrily hit back at the actress after she accused him of cheating on her throughout their marriage. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412745/cs/1/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:01:58 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412745/cs/1/ Washington, Sept.30 : United States Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has criticized the shock-and-awe strategy of the 2003 Iraq invasion and said the Pentagon's narrow focus on conventional combat operations proved costly when U.S. ground troops had to switch gears to try to stabilize that country. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412891/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:00:37 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412891/cs/1/ Washington, Sept 30 : International laws through the UN Charter allow the US to launch unilateral actions inside Pakistan as Washington considered insurgency in Pakistan's tribal areas - FATA - as the greatest danger confronting the West, said US Defence Secretary Robert Gates. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412866/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:02:44 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412866/cs/1/ Kathmandu, Sept 30 (ANI): Nepali Congress (NC) acting president Sushil Koirala today said that the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) has always tilted in favour of the Maoists since the peace process began. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412859/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:02:20 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412859/cs/1/ Melbourne, Sept.30 : Cricket Australia will be asked to trial a new umpiring referral system this summer, which the International Cricket Council (ICC) feels will reduce tension between cricket-playing nations. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412820/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:02:01 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412820/cs/1/ Lahore, Sept 30 : International cricket matches should not be organized during late night hours in Pakistan under the prevailing security situation in the country, former Pakistan cricket captain Zaheer Abbas has said. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412817/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:01:55 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412817/cs/1/ Kabul, Sept 30 : Around 20,000 Pakistanis have fled their country and taken refuge in Afghanistan due to the ongoing fight between Pakistani security forces and the Taliban in Bajaur Agency, a statement released by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412768/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:00:39 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412768/cs/1/ Another car bomb exploded in northern Lebanon Monday, killing at least four soldiers and a civilian and wounding 25 others. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412727/cs/1/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:41:05 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412727/cs/1/ Less than two weeks after his election as Thailand's new prime minister, Somchai Wongsawat has been put under investigation. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412726/cs/1/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:38:33 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/412726/cs/1/ BRUSSELS, Sep 30 (IPS) - European Union officials are drawing up a new strategy for giving multinational companies greater access to minerals and wood located in poor countries.With Europe importing u... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228603/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:10:30 -0400 IPS http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228603/ WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush vowed on Tuesday to rescue the US economy as world leaders pressed for action after Congress blocked a 700 billion dollar bailout plan. As the financial ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228272/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:01:48 -0400 AFP http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228272/ Register for Your Views World markets face tense days waiting for the US Congress to try to pass a revised version of the US$700 billion Wall St bailout plan.More banks toppled in Europe and stockm... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228278/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:00:45 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228278/ WASHINGTON - American billionaire Charles Simonyi, a computer software executive who paid more than $20 million to fly to the International Space Station aboard a Russian-built Soyuz capsule in spring... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228024/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:57:02 -0400 MSNBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228024/ (AP) Anglo-Dutch food giant Unilever is recalling its Lipton-brand milk tea powder in Hong Kong and Macau after they were found to contain traces of a banned industrial chemical, the company said Tues... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229373/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:43:11 -0400 CBS News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229373/ NEW YORK: The New York Sun newspaper is shutting down after running out of money, ending a six-year run in which it provided an alternative conservative voice in the city's crowded media market. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228061/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:33:38 -0400 The Australian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228061/ NEW YORK (AP) _ The glittering, steel and glass domed rail hub had seemed for years to be the only thing that was going right at ground zero.Lately, not so much.The World Trade Center rail station &#8... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229017/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:45:13 -0400 Newsday http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229017/ Rescuers attend to Jose Panio Jr., 22, a miner who was trapped with 14 others following a landslide at a gold mining township of Itogon, Benguet province in northern Philippines a week ago, after he w... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228018/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:57:55 -0400 USA Today http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228018/ The United States' failure to pass a financial rescue package would be an "economic catastrophe'', Barack Obama's spokesman said today. The Illinois senator, and his Republican rival John McCain, bot... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229359/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:56:36 -0400 Belfast Telegraph http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229359/ FUNDAMENTAL changes in the "double-dealing culture" of Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency were forecast last night after its boss - a relative of ousted president Pervez Mushar... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228059/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:33:34 -0400 The Australian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228059/ Copenhagen - A Copenhagen court sentenced three Danish police officers to jail on Tuesday after they were accused of beating a teenager involved in a protest, a judicial source said. Two of the pol... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228042/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:47:04 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228042/ Today marks the start of the annual three-day Eid al Fitr holiday which follows the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in 9 Arab states across the Middle East. It is a time when the pious pray, doting paren... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228215/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:22:54 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228215/ Banker tries to rescue couple from assault Attackers turn on him at cab rank Good samaritan dies from head injury A MILLIONAIRE banker was beaten to death by a mob after stepping in to save a couple b... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229364/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:48:19 -0400 News.com.au http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229364/ The next president is expected to pinch pennies when it comes to military weapons spending. Here, an Air Force F-22 Raptor is seen on Aug. 7 at Langley Air Force Base near Hampton, Va. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228019/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:57:54 -0400 USA Today http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228019/ Dignitaries cut tape during the inauguration ceremony of Aircalin’s operation between Seoul and Noumea, New Caledonia, at Incheon International Airport, Tuesday. They are, from third from left, Char... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228495/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:23:15 -0400 The Korea Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228495/ : ASM) today announced that it has finalized the sale of its 72.86% interest in NanoPhotonics AG, a company engaged in defect measurement equipment for the semiconductor industry, to Ricmar Beteili... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228871/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:07:29 -0400 Morning Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228871/ WASHINGTON (AP) — Six Army brigades, a National Guard unit, and three military headquarters have been ordered to deploy to Iraq next summer in a move that would allow the U.S. to keep the numbe... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229377/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:28:18 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229377/ WASHINGTON: The stunning rejection by the US House of Representatives of the Bush administration's $US700 billion ($870billion) financial rescue package was the result of a catastrophic miscalculation... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228060/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:33:36 -0400 The Australian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228060/ Around 750 workers at Lehman Brothers are losing their jobs after the administrator of the European business failed to find a buyer for the fixed income division.A spokeswoman for PricewaterhouseCoope... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229351/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:09:03 -0400 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229351/ Unilever recalls four batches of Lipton Milk Tea sold in Hong Kong Unilever Hong Kong describes it as a precautionary measure Chinese milk products have been contaminated with melamine http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228026/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:56:06 -0400 CNN http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228026/ Former bubblegum pop star Britney Spears is eager to take another step towards a musical comeback with an international tour to support her upcoming album, she told a New York radio station on Monday.... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228287/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:56:04 -0400 CBC News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228287/ HARARE: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai met on Tuesday but failed to agree on a share-out of ministries in a power-sharing government, the opposition sai... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18227997/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:05:02 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18227997/ — Europe’s first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Jules Verne successfully completed its six-month ISS logistics mission September 29 with its controlled destructive re-entry over a complet... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229376/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:31:23 -0400 Science Daily http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229376/ Lille, France - A Dutchman died in the French port of Calais when a two-kilo (four-and-a-half-pound) bag of cocaine exploded in his stomach as he attempted to smuggle it into Britain, police said on T... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228040/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:47:07 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228040/ THE Amazon is being deforested more than three times as fast as last year, and the biggest culprit is Brazil's government. The country's Environment Ministry has drawn up a list of the 100 worst off... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229366/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:48:17 -0400 News.com.au http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229366/ As global markets again reeled from the fallout of the financial crisis, central banks pumped out more billions and European governments rescued another bank, President Bush declared the rejection of ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228063/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:33:47 -0400 The Australian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228063/ You Report BAGHDAD (AP) - The number of Iraqi security forces killed in September rose by nearly a third to 159 compared with the same period last year, Associated Press figures showed Tuesday. U.S. t... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229343/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:23:38 -0400 Washington Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229343/ The women's World Cup in 2011 in Germany will kick off in Berlin and the final will be played in Frankfurt.Nine venues for the 32 games were announced Tuesday by the German football federation officia... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228255/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:09:25 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228255/ US President George Bush eased pressure on financial markets Tuesday with assurances that a $700 billion bailout for the financial sector can be revived, but the crisis spread further through Europ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229355/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:01:00 -0400 One News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229355/ HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe's opposition says its leader met with President Robert Mugabe but failed to agree on sharing Cabinet posts to finalize a power-sharing agreement. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229395/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:05:24 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229395/ Some 28 women immigrants swept up in last May's ICE raids on a meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa have chosen to fight deportation. The decision has brought with it special hardships, but it is also... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229381/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:08:05 -0400 Pacific News Service http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229381/ 0 posts The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the World Heart Federation, with the support of the European Commission, came together at the British School of Brussels to launch the ch... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228249/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:12:43 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228249/ Digital Ally Inc. has gotten orders from international customers for more than 900 rearview-mirror cameras, the company said Monday. The Overland Park-based company (Nasdaq: DGLY) expects to ship the... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229354/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:03:03 -0400 The Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229354/ Honolulu International Airport temporarily will close next week. The Hawaii Department of Transportation announced Monday that the lot, at the corner of Aolele Street and Lagoon Drive, will close Oct... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228265/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:03:12 -0400 Pacific Business News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228265/ BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two men have died from their wounds in a bomb blast in north Lebanon, taking the death toll from the attack to seven, security sources said Tuesday. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229370/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:45:38 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229370/ LONDON (AFP) - US and European markets were higher Tuesday as investors hoped another vote on the US financial bailout package would see the plan passed and a start made on reining in the global turm... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229382/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:08:04 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229382/ LONDON (AP) -- A fire that tore through a famous 19th century British ship was likely caused by a vacuum cleaner used for renovation work bursting into flames, police said Tuesday. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229389/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:05:28 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229389/ HONG KONG (AP) -- Hong Kong authorities said Tuesday the amount of melamine found in two samples of chocolate made at British candy maker Cadbury's Beijing factory was legally acceptable for human con... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229394/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:05:23 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229394/ LeNoir said he yelled, then balled up his fists and dove headfirst into the water. He hit the shark in the back and the creature finally let go of the dog. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228021/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:57:00 -0400 MSNBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228021/ A JUDGE has slapped down criticism of prison overcrowding by South Australia's second most senior magistrate, in a potential blow to his bid to sue the state's first law officer for defamation. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228055/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:33:29 -0400 The Australian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228055/ MIAMI, FL--(Marketwire - September 30, 2008) - A new book or manual paints Christianity as being at war with the world and calls on all Christians to join the battle. Guillermo Maldonado, author of ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228238/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:13:29 -0400 Market Wire http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228238/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT LEWIS, Wash. -- The Army is sending about 10,000 Fort Lewis troops to Iraq in a period from this winter into the summer of 2009. A spokeswoman says they are the I (First)... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229356/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:58:53 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18229356/ THE boatpeople intercepted by the navy near Ashmore Reef early on Monday will be the first test of the Rudd Government's softened approach to processing asylum claims. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228056/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:33:31 -0400 The Australian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/18228056/