Yemen: Rocket attack targets British embassy car (AP)

---

• Yemen: Rocket attack targets British embassy car (AP)
• SKorea: NKorea's nuclear threat 'dangerous' (AP)
• 25 NATO fuel tankers attacked in Pakistan (AP)
• Death toll from Asian floods tops 100 (AP)
• Official: Taiwan to budget for 2012 F-16 upgrade (AP)
• How Terrorism in Europe Could Derail U.S.-Pakistan Ties (Time.com)
• British embassy car targeted in Yemen blast (AFP)
• (AP)
• 20 kidnapped in Acapulco had no criminal records (AP)
• Security Council embarks on Sudan peace mission (AP)
• 5 Afghan children among 9 killed Kandahar blasts (AP)
• Bombardier to win C$1 billion Montreal subway car order (Reuters)
• Rio: no 'final decisions' over iron ore merger (AFP)
• Faisal Shahzad, French terror arrests, and drone strikes: evidence of a working strategy? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Return to Baghdad: A Fish Feast on the Tigris (Time.com)
• Mexico says still investigating reported Falcon Lake pirate attack (The Christian Science Monitor)

Yemen: Rocket attack targets British embassy car (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:55 AM PDT AP - A rocket attack on Wednesday damaged a British diplomatic car in the capital San'a, wounding three bystanders and an embassy staffer, a Yemeni and British officials said.

SKorea: NKorea's nuclear threat 'dangerous' (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:54 AM PDT AP - The threat posed by North Korea's nuclear program has reached an "extremely dangerous level," an adviser to South Korea's president said in comments published Wednesday.

25 NATO fuel tankers attacked in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 01:02 AM PDT AP - Gunmen torched more than two dozen tankers carrying fuel to NATO troops and killed a driver Wednesday, the sixth attack on convoys taking supplies to Afghanistan since Pakistan closed a key border crossing almost a week ago.

Death toll from Asian floods tops 100 (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:46 AM PDT AP - Helicopters dropped food to isolated villages and security forces helped search for survivors as the number of people killed by floods and landslides across Asia climbed Wednesday to more than 100.

Official: Taiwan to budget for 2012 F-16 upgrade (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 11:51 PM PDT AP - Taiwan is allocating money for possible U.S. help to ugrade its fleet of F-16 fighter jets, a military spokesman said Wednesday, two days after a senior Taiwanese official warned that China's threat against the island is growing.

How Terrorism in Europe Could Derail U.S.-Pakistan Ties (Time.com) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:30 AM PDT Time.com - A successful terrorist attack in Europe would compel the U.S. and its allies to sharply escalate operations inside Pakistan, putting that country on a collision course with NATO

British embassy car targeted in Yemen blast (AFP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:52 AM PDT AFP - Three people were wounded on Wednesday by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) which targeted a British diplomatic vehicle in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, police said.

(AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 11:49 PM PDT AP - Yemen official says mortar round targets British diplomatic motorcade, wounding 3 bystanders.

20 kidnapped in Acapulco had no criminal records (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 06:03 PM PDT AP - Twenty men kidnapped last week in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco had no criminal records and may have been targeted by mistake, Mexican investigators said Tuesday.

Security Council embarks on Sudan peace mission (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 06:50 PM PDT AP - A U.N. Security Council delegation has arrived in the Ugandan capital, headed to Sudan this week to prevent any obstruction of a January referendum that is expected to split Africa's largest nation in two but could reignite a civil war.

5 Afghan children among 9 killed Kandahar blasts (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 01:06 AM PDT AP - President Hamid Karzai condemned the "enemies of Afghanistan" on Wednesday after a series of roadside bombs in southern Kandahar city killed nine people, including five children, as insurgents fight back against intensified NATO-led operations.

Bombardier to win C$1 billion Montreal subway car order (Reuters) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:31 PM PDT Reuters - Quebec will award Bombardier Inc a contract worth more than C$1 billion ($980 million) to build nearly 500 subway cars for Montreal, short-circuiting a bidding process that has dragged on for five years.

Rio: no 'final decisions' over iron ore merger (AFP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:04 PM PDT AFP - Mining giant Rio Tinto Wednesday denied making any "final decisions" on its controversial iron ore merger with BHP Billiton, as the massive deal appeared on the brink of collapse.

Faisal Shahzad, French terror arrests, and drone strikes: evidence of a working strategy? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:01 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In New York today, a smirking Faisal Shahzad was sentenced to life in prison for trying to bomb Times Square, while across the Atlantic in France, a counterterrorism operation resulted in the arrests of 12 men.

Return to Baghdad: A Fish Feast on the Tigris (Time.com) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:25 PM PDT Time.com - TIME's former bureau chief recalls the first time he shared fish by the Tigris with an American soldier, just before it was too dangerous to venture out

Mexico says still investigating reported Falcon Lake pirate attack (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:31 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Mexican authorities say they are still combing Falcon Lake for an American tourist who was allegedly ambushed by Mexican pirates last week while jet skiing with his wife.

You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo! News: World News To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610