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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:02 AM PDT

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Today's World News: Al-Qaida linked group claims Baghdad attacks Japanese hope Obama will visit A-bomb cities soon Asian stocks track Wall Street lower; oil near $79 DEA agents among 14 Americans dead in Afghanistan Iran hints it could ship some uranium abroad Bartering: Have Hotel, Need Haircut Prince Philip in Indian name gaffe: report Amnesty: Israel withholds water from Palestinians Venezuela accuses Colombia of spying in slay probe Gadhafi says sorry for UK policewoman's death Group: 2 Tibetans executed in China over riots Bank of Canada says must let banks go bankrupt PM to apologise to abused 'Forgotten Australians' Large trucks used in Iraq bombings that killed 155 Karadzic boycotts own trial Gaza's Perilous Coast Endangers Wildlife and People Displaced Pakistanis Get First Vaccinations Ever Al-Qaida linked group claims Baghdad attacks Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:55 pm PDT AP - Al-Qaida's umbrella group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings in Baghdad that killed at least 155 people this week. Full Story Top Japanese hope Obama will visit A-bomb cities soon Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:21 pm PDT AP - Hopes are growing in Japan that Barack Obama will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima or Nagasaki, the only two cities ever devastated by atomic bombs. Full Story Top Asian stocks track Wall Street lower; oil near $79 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:13 pm PDT AP - Asian stocks retreated Tuesday, following losses on Wall Street amid rising concerns the markets have gotten ahead of economic realities. Full Story Top DEA agents among 14 Americans dead in Afghanistan Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:33 pm PDT AP - A U.S. military helicopter crashed Monday while returning from the scene of a firefight with suspected Taliban drug traffickers in western Afghanistan, killing 10 Americans including three DEA agents in a not-so-noticed war within a war. Full Story Top Iran hints it could ship some uranium abroad Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:34 pm PDT AP - Iran hinted Monday it could agree to ship some low-enriched uranium abroad for processing as reactor fuel as the world awaited its reply on a U.N.-drafted nuclear plan aimed at easing tensions with the West. Full Story Top Bartering: Have Hotel, Need Haircut Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:50 am PDT Time.com - First Amex and Visa, Now Here's Bartercard Full Story Top Prince Philip in Indian name gaffe: report Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:42 pm PDT AFP - Prince Philip has reportedly made one of his notorious gaffes by joking with a British-Indian business leader about his name, a newspaper said Tuesday. Full Story Top Amnesty: Israel withholds water from Palestinians Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:01 pm PDT AP - Amnesty International is accusing Israel of pumping disproportionate amounts of drinking water from an aquifer it controls in the West Bank, depriving local Palestinians of their fair share. Full Story Top Venezuela accuses Colombia of spying in slay probe Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:22 pm PDT AP - President Hugo Chavez's government accused Colombia on Monday of using its state security agency to spy on Venezuela while purportedly helping investigate the killings of eight Colombians. Full Story Top Gadhafi says sorry for UK policewoman's death Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:10 pm PDT AP - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has said he is sorry about the death of a British policewoman shot outside Tripoli's embassy in London 25 years ago, but does not know the identity of her killer. Full Story Top Group: 2 Tibetans executed in China over riots Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:51 pm PDT AP - Two people have been put to death for their roles in deadly protests last year in the Chinese-controlled region of Tibet, the first known executions for the violence, an overseas monitoring group said Tuesday. Full Story Top Bank of Canada says must let banks go bankrupt Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:20 pm PDT Reuters - The international financial system must be changed so that banks can go belly up without bringing the whole economy down, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said on Monday. Full Story Top PM to apologise to abused 'Forgotten Australians' Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:50 pm PDT AFP - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will make a formal apology to hundreds of thousands of child-abuse victims known as the "Forgotten Australians" next month, officials said on Tuesday. Full Story Top Large trucks used in Iraq bombings that killed 155 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:47 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD -- Iraqi authorities said Monday that suicide bombers had used two large trucks -- a water tanker and a refrigerated food truck -- in attacks Sunday that killed at least 155 people and wounded nearly 600, the deadliest bombings since 2007. Full Story Top Karadzic boycotts own trial Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:00 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - With Bosnian mothers from Srebrenica shouting from the steps outside, the opening day of Radovan Karadzic's much anticipated war crimes trial lasted just 25 minutes. The Bosnian Serb leader accused of genocide and war crimes did not appear, as he earlier warned, saying he needed more time to prepare. He was apprehended 15 months ago, on a Belgrade bus in July 2008, posing as a bearded new age healer named Dragan Dabic. Full Story Top Gaza's Perilous Coast Endangers Wildlife and People Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:30 am PDT Time.com - Israel's limits on fishing off the Palestinian enclave have raised troubling concerns about ecology, pollution and nutrition Full Story Top Displaced Pakistanis Get First Vaccinations Ever Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:56 pm PDT OneWorld.net - DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 26 (IRIN) - Thousands of displaced children from South Waziristan have received measles vaccinations for the first time. Full Story Top

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