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World Edition Headlines [ Auto updated [3] minutes ago ] History of Lead International TV News Headlines Bush warns of economic challengesBBC Lead Headline | Sat Oct 04, 2008 00:40 ESTPresident Bush says the US economy still faces "serious challenges" after signing a $700bn financial rescue plan. Obama, McCain Clash Over Job LossesCBS News | Fri Oct 03, 2008 23:40 ESTDemocrat Cites Sept. Jobs Report As Sign Of Failed GOP Policies, McCain Counters By Saying Obama's Plans Won't Help Atheists Cry Foul Over Prayer DayFOXNews Lead Headline | Fri Oct 03, 2008 23:20 ESTAgnostics, atheists sue President Bush over National Day of Prayer, citing a 'hostile environment for nonbelievers' Pentagon rules out death penalty for U.S. Embassy bombing suspectCBC Lead Headline (World) | Fri Oct 03, 2008 22:50 ESTA Pentagon official approved murder and terrorism charges Friday against a Guantanamo captive suspected in the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombing in Tanzania but ruled out the death penalty in his war crimes trial. more U.S. arms sale to Taiwan certain to rile ChinaCBC Lead Headline (World) | Fri Oct 03, 2008 22:50 ESTThe U.S. government has announced plans to sell billions of dollars worth of weapons to Taiwan, a move certain to anger China, which considers Taiwan part of its territory. more Wall Street's brutal weekCNN Lead Headline | Fri Oct 03, 2008 22:00 ESTStocks slumped Friday, as a brutal week ended with President Bush signing the historic $700 billion bailout plan after weeks of contentious debate. Credit markets remained frozen, despite the vote, with two measures of bank jitters rising to record highs. Investors also looked to Wells Fargo's planned purchase of Wachovia and a dismal job market report. Investigators remove wreckage of Fossett's plane ahead of stormCBC Lead Headline (World) | Fri Oct 03, 2008 21:50 ESTSearch teams returned for a second day Friday to the crash site of American adventurer Steve Fossett's plane in an eastern California mountain range. more Bailout Heads to TreasuryFOXNews Lead Headline | Fri Oct 03, 2008 21:30 ESTHouse passes, Bush signs $700B bill allowing Treasury to buy up bad debt crippling financial system Huge Ratings for Biden vs. PalinFOXNews Lead Headline | Fri Oct 03, 2008 20:50 ESTMore people watched the nominees face off Thursday than in any past VP debate U.S. to sell $6.4 billion in weapons to TaiwanCNN (World) Lead Headline | Fri Oct 03, 2008 20:50 ESTIn a move bound to anger China, the United States intends to sell $6.4 billion in arms to Taiwan, the State Department said Friday. The package includes Patriot anti-missile missiles, Apache attack helicopters, Harpoon missiles and Javelin anti-tank missiles. Govt. Uses Contractors to Probe ContractorsABC News (US)/International | Fri Oct 03, 2008 20:20 ESTArcheologists protest against Domingo concert at Mayan ruinsCBC Lead Headline (World) | Fri Oct 03, 2008 20:20 ESTPlacido Domingo's concert at the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza on Saturday night has been billed as "the world's greatest tenor at one of the seven wonders of the modern world," but some Mexicans are questioning whether the show should go on at all. more Tale Triggers Arrest in 1967 KillingFOXNews Lead Headline | Fri Oct 03, 2008 20:00 ESTChance meeting between police officer and father looking for answers leads to arrest in daughter's murder - 41 years later U.S. VP debate most-watched in historyCBC Lead Headline (World) | Fri Oct 03, 2008 19:20 ESTThe nationally televised U.S. vice-presidential debate Thursday night has become the most-watched in history, Nielsen Media Research reported Friday. more Mortgage forgiven for woman who shot selfCNN Lead Headline | Fri Oct 03, 2008 18:40 ESTFannie Mae said today it will set aside the loan of a woman who shot herself as sheriff's deputies tried to evict her from her foreclosed home. Addie Polk of Akron, Ohio, became a symbol of the nation's home mortgage crisis when she was hospitalized after shooting herself at least twice in the upper body Wednesday afternoon. U.N. Helping to Spread Islamic Law?FOXNews Lead Headline | Fri Oct 03, 2008 17:20 ESTCritics fight resolution they say is being used to spread Sharia law and intimidate anyone who criticizes Islam Seven killed in S Ossetia car bombABC Australia - World Lead | Fri Oct 03, 2008 16:50 ESTSeven killed in S Ossetia car bomb By Moscow correspondent Scott Bevan Bush Signs $700B BailoutFOXNews Lead Headline | Fri Oct 03, 2008 16:40 ESTURGENT: President Bush signs $700 billion bailout bill after House approves, 263-171, clearing way for Treasury Department to buy up bad debt crippling financial system• Rescue Day Ends Red as Dow Falls 157• NOTEBOOK: Bailout Vote Owner's Manual Palin: Don't Surrender MichiganFOXNews Lead Headline | Fri Oct 03, 2008 16:40 ESTPalin tells FOX News she'd 'be happy' to campaign in Michigan, gives 'gotcha' questions second stab Brussels Calls for Longer Maternity LeaveDeutsche Welle | Fri Oct 03, 2008 16:10 ESTThe European Commission has proposed extending paid maternity leave in the EU and giving better job security to women on such leave. |
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