~ A Quick Update…

Dear Readers,

I apologize for the lack of posting the last few days as I have been feeling a little ‘under the weather’. Not sure exactly what’s up, but I’ve been quite tired, much more so than usual. I’ll start posting again as soon as I’m feeling up to it.

In the meantime, take care & stay safe everyone!

– Michelle

World and US News Links – October 12 and 13, 2006

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October 12 & 13, 2006
WORLD NEWS:

TOP STORIES:

KOREAN NUCLEAR THREAT:

• “U.S.: TEST POINTS TO N. KOREA NUKE BLAST” – by Robert Burns, Military Writer, The Associated Press (AP) – Yahoo! News – Yahoo! Inc. – Sunnyvale, California, US – 13 October 2006
• “N KOREAN TEST WON’T HURT INDIA’S N-PLANS: FINNISH PM” – by Rajeev Deshpande, Times News Network – The Times of India – Times Internrt Limited – Gurgaon, Haryana, India – 13 October 2006
• “CHINA’S ACTIONS ON NORTH KOREA PROVING A PIVOTAL TEST FOR U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS” – The Associated Press (AP) – The International Herald Tribune (IHT) – The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 12 October 2006
• ‘”U.N. ENVOYS MOVE CLOSER TO DEAL ON N. KOREA SANCTIONS” – by Evelyn Leopold – Reuters Canada – Reuters Group plc – London, England, UK – 12 October 2006
• “RUSSIA, CHINA OPPOSE N. KOREA SANCTIONS” – by Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press (AP) – Yahoo! News – Yahoo! Inc. – Sunnyvale, California, US – 12 October 2006
• “KOREA RAISES NUCLEAR STAKES OVER SANCTIONS” – by Deborah Cameron – The Age – Fairfax Digital – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia – 13 October 2006
• “GOVT TO BAN ALL IMPORTS, SHIPS FROM N. KOREA” – The Daily Yomiuri – The Yomiuri Shimbun – Tokyo, Japan – 12 October 2006

World and US News Links – October 11, 2006

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October 11, 2006
WORLD NEWS:

TOP STORIES:

POISONING OF IRAQI POLICEMEN:

• “INSURGENTS SUSPECTED IN MASS POISONING OF IRAQ POLICE” – The Associated Press (AP) – The Australian – News Limited – Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 11 October 2006

NORTH KOREA’S NUKE TEST:

• “BUSH WARNS NORTH KOREA” – Xinhua News Agency – Telugu Portal – TeluguPortal.net – Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India – 11 October 2006
• “U.N. PLANS SANCTIONS ON N. KOREA” – by Yoshikazu Shirakawa, Correspondent – The Daily Yomiuri – The Yomiuri Shimbun – Tokyo, Japan – 11 October 2006
• “BUSH REJECTS IDEA OF TALKS WITH N. KOREA” – Associated Paper (AP) – Yahoo! News – Yahoo! Inc. – Sunnyvale, California, US – 11 October 2006
• “BUSH BLAMES NORTH KOREAN ‘INTRANSIGENCE’” – by Susan Jones, Senior Editor – CNS News – Cybercast News Service – Alexandria, Virginia, US – 11 October 2006

~ World and U.S. News Links – October 10, 2006

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October 10, 2006
WORLD NEWS:

TOP STORIES:

NORTH KOREA’S NUKE TEST:

• “ASIAN NATIONS TALK OF STRONG RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREA” – Associated Press (AP) – The International Herald Tribune (IHT) – The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 10 October 2006
• “WILL CHINA AND RUSSIA COME AROUND ON N KOREA?” – by Susan Jones, Senior Editor – CNS News – Cybercast News Service – Alexandria, Virginia, US – 10 October 2006
• “CHINA BALKS AT INTERFERING WITH NORTH KOREAN TRADE” – by Tim Johnson, McClatchy Newspapers – The San Jose Mercury News – Media News Group (MNG) – San Jose, California, US – 10 October 2006
• “NORTH KOREA SAYS TEST ENSURES ‘PEACE AND SECURITY’” – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – RFE/RL Inc. – Prague, Czech Republic – 10 October 2006
• “NORTH KOREA: WHY SHOULDN’T PYONGYANG JOIN NUCLEAR CLUB? [Interview with Shannon Kile from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in Sweden]” – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – RFE/RL Inc. – Prague, Czech Republic – 10 October 2006
• “U.N. WEIGHS SANCTIONS AGAINST N. KOREA – U.N. Security Council Weighs Sanctions to Punish North Korea After Country Stages Nuclear Test” – by Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press (AP) – ABC News – American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. – 10 October 2006

     

~SPECIAL REPORT: Yankees’ Pitcher Cory Lidle Killed in Plane Crash

UPDATE – 7:30 p.m. US/Central – October 11, 2006

Prayers of comfort and strength are being said for the family, friends and colleagues of Cory Lidle, especially for his wife, Melanie, and his 6-year-old son Christopher. Lidle, a pitcher for the New York Yankees Major League Baseball Team was killed today, along with his flight instructor when the small plane he was flying crashed into a Manhattan Apartment Building shortly after 3 p.m. US/Eastern time.

Prayers are also being said for the family and friends of Lidle’s flight instructor who was also killed in the crash. Prayers of healing and comfort are being said for 10 people, including 6 firemen who were taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries received. (There were some new reports of 4 people killed, but only 2 have been confirmed at this time.)

“Small Aircraft Crashes Into New York City High Rise, Killing Yankees Pitcher Cory Lidle” – FOX News – News America Group – New York, New York, US – 11 October 2006

NEW YORK — A small plane carrying New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle crashed into a 50-story luxury building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side Wednesday, killing Lidle and an instructor, igniting a raging fire and initially trapping people on the floors above the point of impact.
     
New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner confirmed to FOX News that Lidle, 34, had died in the crash, leaving behind a wife and 6-year-old son.
     
“This is a terrible and shocking tragedy that has stunned the entire Yankees organization. I offer my deepest condolences and prayers to his wife Melanie, and son Christopher, on their enormous loss,” Steinbrenner said in a statement issued through his publicity officer.
     

SPECIAL REPORT: Airplane Crashes into a Manhattan Apartment Building UPDATE: Yankee Pitcher Cory Lidle May Be Among The 2 Known Deceased, plane registered to Lidle

UPDATE – 4:45 p.m. US/Central

PILOT OF CRASHED PLANE MAY BE YANKEE’S PITCHER CORY LIDLE; FAA: PLANE REGISTERED TO LIDLE; PASSPORT REPORTEDLY FOUND IN STREET

“Yanks’ Lidle Believed Among 2 Dead in Plane Crash – FAA: Plane Registered to Pitcher, Passport Found in Street” – Ch. 2 WCBS-TV (CBS) – CBS Corporation – New York, New York, US – 11 October 2006 – 5:32 p.m. US/Eastern

QUOTE:

(CBS/AP) NEW YORK A small plane with New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle aboard crashed into a 50-story condominium tower Wednesday on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, killing at least two people and raining flaming debris on sidewalks, authorities said. There was no immediate confirmation Lidle was among the dead.

A law enforcement official in Washington, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Lidle was on the plane. And Federal Aviation Administration records showed the single-engine plane was registered to the athlete, who just days ago — after the Yankees’ humiliating elimination from the playoffs — told reporters that he was getting his pilot’s license.

The official said he did not know whether Lidle was at the controls; at least one other person was aboard the four-seat aircraft.

World and US News Links – October 9, 2006

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October 9, 2006
WORLD NEWS:

TOP STORIES:

NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR TEST CRISIS:
[Also see the coverage here at Liberty Rocks Blog; “SPECIAL REPORT: The World’s Reaction to North Korea’s Nuclear Test – UPDATED“]

• “U.N. COUNCIL CONDEMNS N. KOREA’S NUCLEAR TEST” – by Michelle Nichols – Reuters India – Reuters Group plc – London, England, UK – 9 October 2006
• “RUSSIA URGES RESTRAINT IN RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREA” – by Bill Gasperini – VOA News – Voice of America – Washington, D.C., US – 9 October 2006
• “SEISMIC WAVES CONFIRM N. KOREA EXPLOSION‘ – Agence France-Presse (AFP) – Discovery News – Discovery Communications, Inc. – Silver Spring, Maryland, US – 9 October 2006
• “SCIENTIFIC WORLD GATHERS DATA ON ‘NUCLEAR TEST’” – Agence France-Presse (AFP) – NewScientistTech – Reed Business Information Ltd. – London, England, UK – 9 October 2006

     

~ SPECIAL REPORT: The World’s Response to N. Korea’s Nuclear Test – UPDATED

UPDATE: 3:00 p.m. U.S. Central Time –

According to Russia’s Defense Minister, North Korea’s Nuclear Test was of greater magnitude than first reported. They are estimating that the test was the equivalent of 5,000 tons to 15,000 tons of TNT. As a comparison, the AP article stated that the bomb dropped by the U.S. on Hiroshima during WWII was the equivalent of 15,000 tons of TNT.