Hal3000 News! Click to return to HAL3000 home. Click to return to the HAL3000 gopher. Monday, 24 October 12:00 Blasts shake Baghdad hotel area [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Three powerful explosions near Baghdad hotels used by foreign media kill at least 17, Iraqi police say. Blair's 'pivotal' school reforms [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Tony Blair outlines plans to give secondary schools across England more freedom from local authorities. Knife mob killed city riot victim [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] A man stabbed to death during riots in Birmingham was set upon by a gang of men, police say. Bernanke 'to replace Greenspan' [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] President Bush is expected to name Ben Bernanke as the replacement for US Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan . Fight for WWI soldier's pardon [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] The MoD is to consider new evidence that a WWI soldier should not have been shot for cowardice. Tennis: Henman takes on Murray [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Tim Henman will play Andy Murray in the first round of the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tournament on Wednesday. India prepares Kashmir hospitals [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] India says it has set up two camps to treat quake victims from the Pakistani side of Kashmir's de facto border. Wilma Batters Florida; One Death Reported (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] A damaged mobile home stands in the blowing winds and heavy rains of Hurricane Wilma Monday, Oct. 24, 2005 in Davie, Fla. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter) AP - Hurricane Wilma plowed into southwest Florida early Monday with howling 125 mph winds and dashed across the state to the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area, shattering windows, peeling away roofs and knocking out power to millions of people. At least one death in Florida was blamed on the storm. Journalists' Hotel in Baghdad Attacked (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] A huge explosion rattles the Palestine hotel, the building seen at riht, in Baghdad, Monday, Oct. 24, 2005. The Palestine Hotel, which houses many foreign journalists in Iraq, was hit by two rockets and one car bomb Monday, causing considerable damage to rooms and injuring at least one person, Iraqi police said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) AP - Three massive vehicle bombs exploded Monday near the Palestine Hotel, home to many foreign journalists, killing at least 20 people. Dramatic television video showed one of the bombers driving a cement truck through the concrete blast walls that guard the hotel, then blowing up his vehicle. Bush Picks Bernanke As New Fed Chairman (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] President Bush, right, and first lady Laura Bush walk to their limousine after arriving on Marine One helicopter at the Naval Observatory, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2005 in Washington. Bush was returning from a weekend spent at Camp David. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) AP - President Bush on Monday selected Ben Bernanke, chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, to replace Alan Greenspan as Fed chairman, according to an administration official. New bird flu cases in European Russia (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] An animal health worker performs tests on a slain wild duck near the Siberian village of Bolshiye Prudy, 62 miles north of Krasnoyarsk, August 24, 2005. Another region in European Russia confirmed on Monday an outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus H5N1 and Croatia said it would cull more poultry after finding two dead wild swans suspected of having an avian flu strain. (Ilya Naymushin/Reuters) Reuters - Another region in European Russia confirmed an outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus H5N1 and Croatia said it would cull more poultry after finding two dead wild swans suspected of having an avian flu strain. Europe Said to Be Prepared for Bird Flu (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] Geese waddle from their open enclosure into the stable at the farm of Urs Gygax in Schuepberg near Berne, Switzerland, Monday, Oct. 24, 2005. Swiss authorities ordered poultry holders on Friday, Oct. 21, 2005 to keep poultry indoors as a precaution against the spread of bird flu. Also ducks and other poultry animals at zoos are to be taken to indoor enclosures. (AP Photo/Keystone, Lukas Lehmann) AP - Europe is well-positioned to contain bird flu and prevent a feared human pandemic but should not be complacent, health officials said Monday as new waterfowl deaths were reported in Croatia. Jets Aim to Reverse Road Woes Vs. Falcons (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] AP - As they prepare to play the Atlanta Falcons on "Monday Night Football," the New York Jets are trying to revive their reputation as the consummate road warriors. Lately, they've been road weaklings. This probably isn't a good place to turn things around. Twelve dead in Baghdad blasts (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] Baghdad's Palestine hotel looms over a protective concrete barrier in this December 25, 2003 file photo. Eleven people were killed when three car bombs exploded close to the fortified hotel compound used by foreign journalists in Baghdad on October 24, 2005, police said. (Akram Saleh/Files/Reuters) Reuters - Three suicide bombers staged a coordinated attack on a Baghdad hotel complex used by foreign journalists on Monday, killing at least 15 people and ending a lull in violence in front of the world's media. Wilma hammers Florida mainland (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] A Key West resident walks in the flooded North Roosevelt coast boulevard after Hurricane Wilma hits Florida's southern west coast October 24, 2005. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Reuters - Hurricane Wilma crashed into Florida on Monday, swamping the popular tourist island Key West and hammering the densely populated Miami-Fort Lauderdale area after killing 17 people in a rampage through the Caribbean. Bernanke set to chair Fed: sources (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] File photo shows Dr. Ben Bernanke after being sworn in as the new Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors at the White House, June 21, 2005. President Bush was expected to announce on Monday that he has picked Bernanke to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, a knowledgeable source said. (Larry Downing/Reuters) Reuters - President George W. Bush was poised to announce on Monday that he has picked top economic adviser Ben Bernanke to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, knowledgeable sources said. CORRECTED: Bush says won't release papers Miers (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers (L) meets with Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill. Miers nominated by President George W. Bush to fill a vacancy on the US Supreme Court currently lacks the votes for her confirmation by the US Senate, despite an intense White House campaign to sell her candidacy, lawmakers from both parties acknowledged(AFP/Getty Images/Alex Wong) Reuters - Corrects sentence in fourth paragraph to read "...After a Cabinet meeting..." instead of "...At the start of a Cabinet meeting..." Israel kills top militant (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] Palestinians survey the bullet-shattered windshield of the car of Loai Assadi, Islamic Jihad movement commander in the West Bank town of Tulkarm, October 24, 2005. (Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters) Reuters - Israeli troops shot dead an Islamic Jihad commander in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the most senior Palestinian militant killed since the start of an eight-month-old ceasefire. Reports of 11 dead in hotel attacks [BreakingNews.ie - World] Two enormous bombs, one of them a cement-mixing truck packed with explosives, blew up outside Baghdad's Palestine Hotel - home to many foreign journalists in Iraq - wounding at least six people and causing considerable damage this afternoon. 11:00 Blasts shake Baghdad hotel area [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Three powerful explosions near Baghdad hotels used by foreign media kill 11 people, Iraqi police say. Knife mob killed city riot victim [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] A man stabbed to death during riots in Birmingham was murdered by a gang of men, police say. Mittal wins Ukraine steel auction [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Mittal Steel buys the Ukraine's biggest steel mill after an earlier sale was reversed amid allegations of corruption. Big cats prowled London's tower [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Two lion skulls from the Tower of London are dated to Medieval times, shedding light on the lost institution of the "Royal Menagerie". 10:00 Man jailed for murdering family [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] A man who murdered his fiancée with a cricket bat and then suffocated their baby daughter is jailed for life. Fate of Iraqi charter in balance [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] The fate of Iraq's constitution hangs on the result in a single Sunni province after two others reject it. Tennis: Henman takes on Murray [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Tim Henman will play Andy Murray in the first round of the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tournament on Tuesday. Rugby: Henson talks 'helpful' [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Gavin Henson says clear-the-air talks with the Welsh Rugby Union were "helpful". India prepares Kashmir hospital [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] India says it has set up two camps to treat quake victims from the Pakistani side of Kashmir's de facto border. Big cats prowled London's tower [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Two lion skulls unearthed at the Tower of London have been dated to Medieval times, shedding light on the lost institution of the "Royal Menagerie". Wilma Barrels Across South Florida (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] Key West resident Richard Yates walks down a flooded Truman Ave., one of the main streets heading south off the island, in Key West, Fla. after Hurricane Wilma came across the southwest part of the state Monday, Oct. 24, 2005. The storm surge has caused flooding in many Key West neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) AP - Hurricane Wilma plowed into southwest Florida early Monday with howling 125 mph winds and pounding waves, swamping Key West and knocking out power to millions of people as dashed across the state toward Miami and Fort Lauderdale. At least one death in Florida was blamed on the storm. Journalists' Hotel in Baghdad Attacked (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] Iraqi policemen look at remains of a vehicle in Kirkuk, Iraq, Sunday Oct. 23 2005, after a suicide attack. A suicide car bomber rammed into a U.S. military convoy at 9:15 a.m. in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, killing two civilians and wounding 13, said police Capt. Farhad Talabani.(AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed) AP - Two rockets and a car bomb hit the Palestine Hotel on Monday, injuring at least one person and causing considerable damage to the building that houses many foreign journalists, Iraqi police said. Cuba Rescues 250 Flood Victims From Wilma (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] A man walks through high waters in Guanimar, Cuba, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2005. Hurricane Wilma drenched western Cuba with heavy rains Sunday and flooded evacuated communities along the island's southern coast after clobbering Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and taking aim on storm-weary Florida. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) AP - Rescuers in inflatable rafts and amphibious vehicles pulled nearly 250 people from flooded homes Monday after huge waves churned by Hurricane Wilma flooded the capital's coastal highway and adjacent neighborhoods of old, crumbling buildings. Bush Confident Miers Will Be Confirmed (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] White House Counsel Harriet Miers reacts while speaking with Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N .Y., during a meeting to discuss her nomination to the Suprme Court Capitol Hill Monday, Oct. 17, 2005. Schumer is member of the Judiciary Committee, which will hold hearings and take the first vote on the nomination. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook) AP - The White House said Monday that President Bush is confident Harriet Miers will be confirmed to the Supreme Court, even though a Democrat on the Senate panel that will hold hearings on her nomination said she doesn't have the votes. Israel kills top West Bank militant (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] Palestinians survey the bullet-shattered windshield of the car of Loai Assadi, Islamic Jihad movement commander in the West Bank town of Tulkarm, October 24, 2005. (Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters) Reuters - Israeli troops on Monday shot dead a top Islamic Jihad commander in the occupied West Bank, the most senior Palestinian militant killed since the start of an eight-month-old ceasefire. Cendant to Split Into 4 Cos. Next Summer (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] AP - Cendant Corp., the $20 billion-a-year company that owns the Orbitz travel Web site and several hotel and real-estate brands, will split itself into four separate public companies, the conglomerate said Monday. Three blasts near Baghdad journalists' hotel (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] Iraqi rescue workers remove the charred remains of a body from the site of a car bombing in central Baghdad on October 23, 2005. (Ali Jasim/Reuters) Reuters - Three loud blasts on Monday rocked an area near two Baghdad hotels used by journalists and foreign contractors. Wilma hammers Florida mainland (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] A man walks on an empty street of Key West as Hurricane Wilma heads towards Florida's southwest coast, October 23, 2005. Residents in Key West made last minute preparations with the storm less than 24 hours away. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Reuters - Hurricane Wilma crashed ashore in southwest Florida and roared across the peninsula, pounding Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach on Monday after slamming Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and killing 17 people in the Caribbean. Bush believed ready to name Greenspan successor (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is seen in Tokyo, October 18, 2005. President Bush was believed poised on Monday to announce who he wants to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, according to sources familiar with the situation. (Toru Hanai/Reuters) Reuters - President George W. Bush was believed poised on Monday to announce who he wants to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, according to sources familiar with the situation. New bird flu cases in European Russia (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] An animal health worker performs tests on a slain wild duck near the Siberian village of Bolshiye Prudy, 62 miles north of Krasnoyarsk, August 24, 2005. Another region in European Russia confirmed on Monday an outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus H5N1 and Croatia said it would cull more poultry after finding two dead wild swans suspected of having an avian flu strain. (Ilya Naymushin/Reuters) Reuters - Another region in European Russia confirmed on Monday an outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus H5N1 and Croatia said it would cull more poultry after finding two dead wild swans suspected of having an avian flu strain. Hotel comes under attack in Baghdad [BreakingNews.ie - World] The Palestine Hotel, which houses many foreign journalists in Iraq, has come under attack, forcing The Associated Press journalists to take refuge in the corridor. Hurricane Wilma ploughs into Florida's south-west coast [BreakingNews.ie - World] Hurricane Wilma crashed ashore early today as a strong Category 3 storm, battering south-west Florida with 125 mph winds and pounding waves as it began a dash across the state. Audit of Iraq's constitutional referendum nearly complete [BreakingNews.ie - World] Nine days after Iraq's landmark constitutional referendum, the Election Commission today said its audit of the results was continuing in a key province that would determine the final outcome. Chinese coal mine explosion kills 15 [BreakingNews.ie - World] A blast at a coal mine in southern China killed 15 people, the official Xinhua News Agency said today. 09:00 Hurricane sweeps across Florida [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Hurricane Wilma strikes Florida with winds of up to 125mph (200km/h) then weakens to a Category Two storm. Blair's 'pivotal' school reforms [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Tony Blair outlines the shake-up of state education which he hopes will be a "pivotal" part of his last term in office. Fate of Iraqi charter in balance [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Two Iraqi provinces reject the constitution, meaning the charter's fate hangs on the result in a single Sunni area. Lunch-hour killer jailed for life [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] A drug addict is jailed for life for stabbing a man to death in a failed mugging. Party talks follow Kaczynski win [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Poland's Law and Justice party resumes coalition talks with rivals after its candidate secures presidency. Israel drops Hamas vote ban call [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Israel pulls back from opposing the participation of Hamas in upcoming Palestinian elections. India prepares Kashmir hospital [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Indian army doctors set up a camp to treat quake survivors from the Pakistani side of Kashmir's de facto border. Feeds Feed RSS Last update Next update BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition XML 13:00, Monday, 24 October 13:30, Monday, 24 October BreakingNews.ie - World XML 12:00, Monday, 24 October 13:00, Monday, 24 October Reuters: US Domestic News XML 12:00, Monday, 24 October 13:00, Monday, 24 October What's New at GNU XML 12:00, Monday, 24 October 13:00, Monday, 24 October Yahoo! News: Top Stories XML 12:00, Monday, 24 October 13:00, Monday, 24 October Hal3000 would like to thank Adam Sampson for his contribution to the open source movement and rawdog version 1.10 by Adam Sampson.