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Boy, 7, goes on animal killing spree in Australian zoo

CBC Lead Headline (World) | Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:10 EST
The director of an Australian zoo said on Friday he is "horrified" after a seven-year old boy broke into the zoo, fed an assortment of animals to a crocodile and clubbed various lizards to death with a rock. more

U.S. House to vote on financial bailout package

CBC Lead Headline (World) | Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:00 EST
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote Friday on a $700 billion US financial bailout package after previously rejecting a similar bill on Monday. more

Palin defies expectations; Biden wins

CNN Lead Headline | Fri Oct 03, 2008 09:50 EST
Sarah Palin stared criticism straight in the face Thursday, telling opponent Joe Biden and moderator Gwen Ifill that she would answer questions and address issues on her own terms during the vice presidential debate.

Taliban leader rejects call for peace talks with Afghan government

CBC Lead Headline (World) | Fri Oct 03, 2008 09:40 EST
A senior Taliban officer is spurning calls for negotiation from Afghanistan's government, calling President Hamid Karzai a U.S. "puppet" amid rumblings that peace talks could be in the offing. more

Vietnam bans 18 food products containing melamine

CBC Lead Headline (World) | Fri Oct 03, 2008 09:40 EST
Vietnam's health ministry has discovered the toxin at the heart of China's tainted milk scandal in 18 products and has ordered importers to recall and destroy them. more

U.S. copyright board opts to leave music royalty rates unchanged

CBC Lead Headline (World) | Fri Oct 03, 2008 09:00 EST
The U.S. federal Copyright Royalty Board on Thursday left the royalty that songwriters receive on sales of CDs and digital downloads at 9.1 cents per song for the next five years. more

Stocks slide ahead of crucial bailout vote

CNN (World) Lead Headline | Fri Oct 03, 2008 08:50 EST
Asian and Pacific stock markets followed Wall Street lower Friday as nervous investors sought safer investments ahead of U.S. House of Representatives vote of a $700 billion bank bailout plan intended to bolster the ailing financial system.

House set for fresh bail-out vote

BBC Lead Headline | Fri Oct 03, 2008 08:40 EST
The US House of Representatives is due to vote on a $700bn (Ł380bn) plan aimed at rescuing the US financial sector.

Great pumpkin pilfered from front lawn

CBC Lead Headline (World) | Fri Oct 03, 2008 08:20 EST
Good grief! A massive pumpkin grown from Canadian seeds has gone missing from the front yard of a home in Flint, Mich. more

Sri Lanka bombs rebel political chief's office

CBC Lead Headline (World) | Fri Oct 03, 2008 07:30 EST
Sri Lankan air force jets bombed the offices of the Tamil Tiger political chief Friday as the military pressed forward with its resurgent offensive against the separatist guerrillas, the military said. more

Iraq presidential council agrees to election law

CBC Lead Headline (World) | Fri Oct 03, 2008 07:30 EST
A spokesman says Iraq's presidential council has agreed on a law that paves the way for U.S.-backed provincial elections to be held by the end of January. more

Vietnam destroys products found to contain tainted milk

CBC Lead Headline (World) | Fri Oct 03, 2008 07:20 EST
Vietnam's health ministry has discovered the toxin at the heart of China's tainted milk scandal in 18 products and has ordered importers to recall and destroy them. more

Jury to begin deliberations at O.J. Simpson trial

CBC Lead Headline (World) | Fri Oct 03, 2008 07:00 EST
A Las Vegas jury is expected to begin deliberations on Friday at O.J. Simpson's robbery and kidnapping trial. more

McCain Moving Out of Motown

FOXNews Lead Headline | Fri Oct 03, 2008 06:20 EST
McCain appears to concede battleground Michigan to Obama, pulling staff and ads out of the economically distressed state

Recession fears send Asian markets plummeting

CBC Lead Headline (World) | Fri Oct 03, 2008 06:10 EST
Virtually all Asian markets were in the red on Friday amid doubts that a $700 billion US financial bailout package would prevent a recession. more

House to vote on financial bailout package

CBC Lead Headline (World) | Fri Oct 03, 2008 06:01 EST
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote Friday on a $700 billion US financial bailout package after previously rejecting a similar bill on Monday. more

Official: It's War in Pakistan

FOXNews Lead Headline | Fri Oct 03, 2008 05:30 EST
Pakistan's fight against Islamic extremists will continue until the country is 'terrorism-free,' a senior official says

Two Europeans Indicted for US Cyber Attacks

Deutsche Welle | Fri Oct 03, 2008 05:30 EST
Two Europeans have been indicted for allegedly launching Internet attacks to shut down two retail Web sites in the US.

Pakistan: War to Go On Until 'Terror Free'

ABC News (US)/International | Fri Oct 03, 2008 05:10 EST

Europe Urged to Protect Innocent Guantanamo Detainees

Deutsche Welle | Fri Oct 03, 2008 04:51 EST
The Council of Europe has urged European governments to protect Guantanamo Bay detainees who have been cleared of terrorist links but who risk persecution when they return home.


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