Saturday, 22 October
13:00
UK calls for wild bird import ban [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
The UK calls for an EU ban on wild bird imports after bird flu is found in a parrot in British quarantine.
Football: FA Cup draw [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
Draw and details for the FA Cup first round.
Wilma's Gales, Floods Hit Cancun, Mexico (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
AP - Hurricane Wilma sent ocean waves surging over the narrow strip of land that holds Cancun's resort hotels Saturday, flooding streets several yards deep as some 30,000 tourists huddled in hotels and shelters taking on water.
U.S. Reports Killing 20 Iraq Insurgents (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
AP - U.S. soldiers and warplanes killed 20 insurgents and destroyed five "safe houses" Saturday during an operation against militants who shelter foreign fighters for al-Qaida in Iraq near the Syrian border, the military said.
Bush Treads Lightly With Guest Worker Plan (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
AP - Caught between business supporters who need foreign workers and conservatives clamoring for a clampdown on illegal immigration, President Bush tried on Saturday to give his temporary guest worker plan a nudge by promising strong enforcement.
In Pakistan and Gulf, Misery and Resolve (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
AP - They can smell the bodies. They haven't found them yet, but they're digging, heaving one rock at a time from a home that's now a grave.
Demolition of Mass. Dam Begins (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
AP - Crews on Saturday began dismantling a decrepit wooden dam that nearly collapsed and swamped this town of 50,000 earlier this week.
U.S.: Zarqawi's Terror Network Growing (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
AP - U.S. intelligence officials say Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has expanded his terrorism campaign in Iraq to extremists in two dozen terror groups scattered across almost 40 countries, creating a network that rivals Osama bin Laden's.
Wilma 'clobbering' Mexico's Yucatan (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
Reuters - Massive Hurricane
Wilma clobbered Mexico's Caribbean beach resorts on Saturday,
threatening heavy damage and loss of life as it meandered
slowly into the Yucatan peninsula.
Bush pushes for guest worker program (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush said
on Saturday that his proposed guest worker program was an
essential component of a plan to stem the flow of illegal
immigration into the United States.
Afghan body burning charges damage US - Rumsfeld (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
Reuters - Accusations that U.S. soldiers burned
the corpses of two Afghan guerrillas to taunt the Taliban have
damaged the American military, whether or not they are true,
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said on Saturday.
12:00
Two dead in light aircraft crash [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
Two men are killed as their plane crashes in a street near Biggin Hill airport, narrowly missing homes.
Sunni area 'rejects Iraq charter' [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
Partial results of the vote on a new Iraqi constitution suggest at least one Sunni province has rejected it.
Tottenham hold Man Utd [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
Jermaine Jenas' stunning free-kick keeps Spurs second in the table after Mikael Silvestre's earlier goal.
Man severs hand on oil platform [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
A man is airlifted to hospital after severing his hand in an incident on a North Sea oil platform.
Wilma's 115 Mph Winds Rip Mexico's Yucatan (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
AP - Hurricane Wilma sent ocean waves surging over the narrow strip of land that holds Cancun's resort hotels Saturday, flooding streets several yards deep as some 30,000 tourists huddled in hotels and shelters taking on water.
U.S. Reports Killing 20 Iraq Insurgents (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
AP - U.S. soldiers and warplanes killed 20 insurgents and destroyed five "safe houses" Saturday during an operation against militants who shelter foreign fighters for al-Qaida in Iraq near the Syrian border, the military said.
Prosecutors Want to Use Spector's Comment (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
AP - Prosecutors in the Phil Spector murder case asked a judge to allow statements the music producer made to police shortly after an actress was shot to death at his home in 2003 to be used at his trial.
Woods Misses the Cut at Funai Classic (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
AP - Tiger Woods made it to the weekend, but not for long. Needing two birdies to assure that he would make the cut in the Funai Classic at Disney, Woods returned Saturday morning and promptly bogeyed the 17th hole. He finished with a par for a 1-over 73 — matching his worst score ever at a tournament he has won twice — and was at 3-under 141.
Wilma 'clobbering' Mexico's Yucatan (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
Reuters - Massive Hurricane
Wilma clobbered Mexico's Caribbean beach resorts on Saturday,
threatening heavy damage and loss of life as it meandered
slowly into the Yucatan peninsula.
U.S. says kills 20 insurgents in western Iraq (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
Reuters - U.S. forces in Iraq killed 20
insurgents on Saturday near the Syrian border while conducting
raids on houses believed to be hideouts for al Qaeda foreign
fighters, the U.S. military said.
Nine police and four Taliban killed in Afghan south (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
Reuters - Nine Afghan police and
four Taliban guerrillas have been killed in a clash in a
restive southern province, a government official said on
Saturday.
No sign of serious Iraq vote violations (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
Reuters - The Independent Electoral Commission of
Iraq said on Saturday it had found no instances of serious
fraud in an October 15 constitutional referendum and was still
verifying some results only because of statistical issues.
11:00
Cameron wins Heseltine's backing [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
Former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine backs David Cameron in the Tory leadership race.
Nervous wait over Wilma Britons [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
Families of British tourists caught in Hurricane Wilma's path in Mexico face an anxious wait for news.
Two dead in light aircraft crash [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
Two men are killed as their plane crashes in a street near Biggin Hill, narrowly missing homes.
Fire crew enters Aardman store [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
Investigators visit the warehouse in Bristol where a fire destroyed hundreds of props from the Wallace and Gromit films.
Woman in court over store murder [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
A woman is remanded in custody charged with the murder of a widow of 75 in Poundstetcher in Cardiff city centre.
10:00
Sunni area 'rejects' Iraq charter [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
Partial results of the vote on a new Iraqi constitution suggest at least one Sunni province has rejected it.
Respond to new era - Cameron [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
Former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine backs David Cameron in the Tory leader race.
Eritrea rejects UN flight request [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
Eritrea dismisses a UN plea to open its airspace to peacekeeping flights amid growing threat of war with Ethiopia.
Wilma's 120 Mph Winds Rip Mexico's Yucatan (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
AP - Ocean waves surged over the narrow strip of land holding Cancun's resort hotels Saturday as Hurricane Wilma crawled over Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, keeping some 30,000 tourists huddled in hotels and shelters amid shrieking winds and shattering glass.
Group Says Pakistan Hoards Quake Aid (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
AP - A U.S.-based human rights group on Saturday accused Pakistani officials of storing tents and other relief supplies instead of immediately distributing them to earthquake survivors. The government denied the accusation.
DeLay's Lawyers Press Judge to Step Aside (AP) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
AP - Proceedings in the political-money case against Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, are on hold after the congressman's lawyer asked the presiding judge to step aside because he made campaign donations to Democrats and their liberal allies.
No sign of serious Iraq vote violations (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
Reuters - The Independent Electoral Commission of
Iraq said on Saturday it had found no instances of serious
fraud in an October 15 constitutional referendum and was still
verifying some results only because of statistical issues.
Wilma 'clobbering' Mexico's Yucatan (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
Reuters - Massive Hurricane
Wilma clobbered Mexico's Caribbean beach resorts on Saturday,
threatening heavy damage and loss of life as it meandered
slowly into the Yucatan peninsula.
U.S. says kills 20 insurgents in western Iraq (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
Reuters - U.S. forces in Iraq killed 20
insurgents on Saturday near the Syrian border while conducting
raids on houses believed to be hideouts for al Qaeda foreign
fighters, the U.S. military said.
Bush pushes for guest worker program (Reuters) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush said
on Saturday that his proposed guest worker program was an
essential component of a plan to stem the flow of illegal
immigration into the United States.
Bush pushes for guest worker program [Reuters: US Domestic News]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Saturday that his proposed guest worker program was an essential component of a plan to stem the flow of illegal immigration into the United States.
New Orleans home market uncertain [Reuters: US Domestic News]
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The real estate market in storm-ravaged New Orleans comes to a dead-end in a vast hall in the battered Convention Center, where 60,000 volumes that detail a century of mortgages are piled thigh deep.
Woods misses cut at Funai Classic [Reuters: US 191c Domestic News]
TORONTO (Reuters) - Tiger Woods failed on Saturday to make the cut in a U.S. PGA Tour event for just the fourth time as a professional but the second time this season.
Possible cover-up a focus in CIA leak case: lawyers [Reuters: US Domestic News]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prosecutors investigating the outing of a covert CIA operative opened a Web site on Friday to post possible indictments next week and were said by lawyers in the case to be focusing on whether top White House aides tried to conceal their actions from investigators.
09:00
Three held in anti-terror raids [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
Three men are detained on suspicion of terrorism after raids on properties in Kent and London.
RAF Chinooks head to quake zone [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
An RAF Chinook helicopter leaves the UK for Pakistan to help in earthquake relief efforts.
Sunni area rejects Iraq charter [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
Partial results of the vote on a new constitution suggest at least one Sunni province has rejected it.
Respond to new era - Cameron [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
Tory leader hopeful David Cameron says the party needs to stop feeling the voters got it wrong at the last elections.
Burley no longer at Hearts [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
George Burley is no longer the manager of SPL leaders Hearts.
Football: Blackburn claim win [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
Paul Dickov and Craig Bellamy score a goal each as Birmingham's poor start to the season continues.
Two held over gay barman's murder [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
Police investigating the death of a man on Clapham Common in south London question two men arrested on Friday.