Friday, August 10, 2007
U.S. copter forced down in Baghdad
NEWS
3 plead innocent in London's 7/7 bombing
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Three men accused of conspiring with suicide bombers who killed 52
commuters
on the London transport system in 2005 pleaded not guilty during a
court
hearing Friday. On July 7, 2005, 52 commuters and four bombers and died
in the
attacks when bombs carried in knapsacks exploded on three subway trains
and a
double-decker bus.
U.S. copter forced down in Baghdad
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A car bomb struck a market in a Kurdish area in the northern city of
Kirkuk on Friday, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens,
police said. South of Baghdad, the U.S. military said a helicopter was
forced down, leaving two soldiers injured.
Drill reaches silent mine void, but air quality 'very, very good'
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The frenetic effort to drill into the presumed location of six workers
trapped in a collapsed mine yielded no audible evidence of survivors
early Friday. But rescuers cautioned their work isn't done and that air
quality in the mine
could sustain life.
MONEY
Asian stocks plunge on global credit fears
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Asian stocks plunged Friday as fallout spread from global market turmoil
set off by concerns about credit weakness in the U.S. The Bank of Japan
joined its U.S. and European counterparts in pouring cash into money
markets to calm growing jitters.
