Chinese rockslide buries 19
A
landslide in China’s southwest Yunnan Province has trapped 19 people, 18 of
whom are students, local officials report. The incident happened at around 8am
(00:00 GMT) and struck the village of Zhenhe. Authorities have evacuated the
local populace and deployed rescue teams in the area.
UN to discuss Palestinian status
after US presidential elections
The UN
is likely to hold an international debate on whether to upgrade Palestinian
status in the UN from an "observer entity'' to a ''sovereign country'',
the president of the 193-member UN General Assembly said. The change would mean
membership of the International Criminal Court, which would come with the
chance to file a raft of complaints against Israel for its continued occupation.
At the same time the US insists that any new status can only be created through
direct negotiations between the two sides. However, there have been no direct
Palestinian talks with Israel on peace since 2010, when the former refused to
resume talks unless Israel halts settlement construction in the West Bank.
First US presidential debate
kicks off in Denver
The
first presidential debate between the incumbent President Barack Obama and Mitt
Romney has started at the University of Denver. The debate will focus on
domestic policy, America's sputtering economic recovery and rising US debt. The
second presidential debate on October 16 will be at Hofstra University in
Hempstead, N.Y. and will include questions from the audience in a town-hall
setting. In total four debates between the Presidential hopefuls will be held.
Thousands of police protest in
Argentina over pay error
Thousands
of police officers have protested across the country after having their
salaries slashed by 30 to 60 percent. The government said the cut was due to an
administrative error. In Buenos Aires
and other cities police officers took to the streets, chanting "Nobody
touches our pay!". Government chief
of staff, Juan Manuel Abal Medina, made assurances that most officers would
receive their missing pay immediately. The government promised to investigate
the incident and find those responsible for the error. Police officers vowed to continue
demonstrating until the government gives a written response to a list of 20
complaints.
Susan Rice condemns attack on UN
peacekeepers in Sudan, calling for justice
US
envoy to the UN, Susan Rice, has condemned the latest attack on UN peacekeepers
in Darfur, Sudan, which left four diplomats dead and eight wounded. Rice has
called on ''the government of Sudan to bring the killers to justice'', using
twitter to voice her concerns. Fears have been growing about the security
situation in Darfur, a region familiar to bloody conflict. The ambush on a United Nations-African Union
peacekeeping patrol in El-Geneina took place Tuesday evening.
US orders Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah and
Taliban pay $6 billion in compensation for 9/11
A US
District Court in New York has formally ordered Al-Qaeda, the Lebanese militant
group Hezbollah and Afghanistan's Taliban to pay $6 billion compensation to the
victims of the world trade center attacks in 2001. Iran was also listed by the
by the US court, despite firmly denying that it had any connection to
9/11. The total compensation for
economic, personal and punitive damages stands at $6,048,513,805
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