World Highlights
MIL/Agencies, Jan 31, 2005. Special Correspondent
International Reporter cites the following Monday highlights on world current affairs for its readers to have a bird's view on Palestine, Israel, U.K., U.S., Canada, India, Iraq among others:
Counting begins after historic Iraq vote
BAGHDAD - Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has urged Iraqis to unite after a national election hailed worldwide which he said had defeated those seeking power through violence.
British plane crash in Iraq claims 10 lives: Report
A British C-130 military transport plane crashed north of Baghdad, scattering wreckage over a large area, officials said. At least 10 troops were killed, Britain's Press Association agency said.
Le Figaro declares Bush 'big winner' in Iraqi vote
PARIS - US President George W. Bush is "the big winner" of the Iraqi elections, which have raised the possibility of him withdrawing his troops, French newspapers said Monday. The conservative daily Le Figaro said Bush had a victory by seeing the elections carried out at all, despite violence gripping Iraq, and that now several questions should be posed, among them: "And if, with this occasion, the Americans discover the beginning of an exit strategy?"
Settlers plan human chain around Israeli parliament to protest ...
JERUSALEM - Israeli settlers and their supporters were planning to form a human chain around the parliament as part of mass protests against the government's planned pullout from the Gaza Strip.
The Jackson Trial
Pop superstar Michael Jackson's trial for alleged child abuse begins today, and the eyes of the world are on Santa Maria, California, where the case is taking place.
Stem cells help repair diseased nervous systems
Scientists have finally coaxed human embryonic stem cells to become spinal motor neurons, critical nervous system pathways that relay messages from the brain to the rest of the body.
Blair's 'instability' is really Gates' 'aggression'
Doodles originally thought to be the work of Prime Minister Tony Blair have been reattributed to Microsoft founder Bill Gates. The doodles, retrieved from the Davos world economic forum last week, sent certain parts of the UK media wild with excitement as they quoted graphologists prepared to give psychological assessments of the doodler based on the sheet of paper.
Scientists Identify Brain Regions That Decide Where We Look
Scientists have found the brain regions that decide where we look, and where to direct our eyes when we're faced with a difficult choice, such as looking someone straight in the eye or looking away.
Bush: Voters support shift to democracy
WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush hailed Iraq's election yesterday as a "resounding success" and a signal that Iraqis had rejected the extremist ideologies and terrorism that have often threatened to unravel both US policy and Iraq.
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