Yahoo! News: Top Stories
                  -----------------------------------
                  as of Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:39:07 GMT

    U.S.: 70 Insurgents Killed in Airstrikes (AP)

AP - U.S. warplanes and helicopters bombed two villages near the restive
 city of Ramadi, killing an estimated 70 militants, the military said
 Monday, though witnesses said at least 39 of the dead were civilians.

    Tropical Storm Wilma Forms in Caribbean (AP)

AP - Tropical Storm Wilma formed Monday in the northwestern Caribbean,
 tying the record for the most storms in an Atlantic season and
 following a path that some forecasters believe could menace the Gulf
 Coast next week as a hurricane.

    Israel Suspends Contacts With Palestinians (AP)

AP - Israel suspended contacts with the Palestinian Authority on Monday
 and slapped tough travel restrictions on the West Bank after
 Palestinian gunmen killed three young Israelis and wounded five in two
 drive-by shootings near Jewish settlements.

    Five Killed in Wis. Bus Crash (AP)

AP - A beloved high school band director was among five people killed
 when a busload of students and chaperones returning from a marching
 band competition crashed into an overturned tractor-trailer.

    Romania culls fowl as Europe braces for bird flu (Reuters)

Reuters - Romanian authorities slaughtered poultry and sent in doctors
 on Sunday after the deadly strain of bird flu was confirmed in the
 Danube delta, and officials elsewhere in Europe prepared for a possible
 pandemic.

    Citigroup's 3Q Earnings Rise 35 Percent (AP)

AP - Citigroup Inc., the nation's largest financial institution, said
 Monday its third-quarter earnings rose 35 percent, including a hefty
 $2.12 billion gain from the sale of its life-insurance and annuities
 business.

    Samsung, Apple Investment Talks Collapse (AP)

AP - Samsung Electronics Co.'s talks with Apple Computer Inc. on a
 possible joint investment to produce NAND flash memory chips have
 broken down, Samsung said Monday.

    Topless Benigni Rants Against Iraq War (AP)

AP - Roberto Benigni delivered four minutes of slapstick comedy antics
 during a live appearance on state television to promote his latest
 comic film, set against the backdrop of the Iraq war.

    Pitching Carries White Sox to World Series (AP)

AP - Not since Shoeless Joe Jackson have the Chicago White Sox caused
 this much of a commotion. World Series, here they come -- for the first
 time since 1959.

    U.S. strikes militants as Iraq counts vote (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. fighter jets and attack helicopters killed about 70
 militants around the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, the military said on
 Monday after a landmark vote that appears to have ratified a new
 constitution.

    Tropical Storm Wilma may enter Gulf of Mexico (Reuters)

Reuters - Four of seven major weather models predict Tropical Storm
 Wilma, which formed in the Caribbean Sea earlier Monday, would slam
 into the Yucatan Peninsula in either Mexico or Belize later this week.

    No nation properly prepared for bird flu: US (Reuters)

Reuters - No country is properly prepared for a bird flu pandemic, the
 U.S. health secretary said in Indonesia on Monday, adding that efforts
 were being stepped up to boost a network of surveillance to detect the
 virus.

    Rice enlists support for Syria, Iran showdowns (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mobilized support
 among major powers for diplomatic showdowns over the next few weeks
 with Syria and Iran on a trip that ended on Sunday.

    Pakistan quake relief resumes, more deaths feared (Reuters)

Reuters - Vital helicopter flights carrying food, blankets and tents to
 untold numbers of survivors of the earthquake in northern Pakistan
 resumed on Monday as lashing rains which compounded their misery ended.

    No Embryos Lost to New Stem Cells (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - Scientists say they have created viable embryonic
 stem cell lines without destroying any embryos -- a development that
 could clear ethical barriers that have sharply restricted federal
 funding for the controversial research.

    Where Others Mined Wealth, Congo Villagers Scrape Living (Los
     Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - In the shadow of a rusting gold-mining factory here,
 hundreds of sweaty young men slog knee-deep in chocolate pools of
 sludge. Some heave mud-filled buckets up the slopes of vast open pits,
 while others strike gray boulders with steel mallets. They pick. Stop.
 Look for anything that shines. Then pick again.

    Driving Out the Defects (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif.-- It wasn't quite
 11 a.m., but the thermometer at Stovepipe Wells already read 117
 degrees.

    Bush Is in No Hurry on Katrina Recovery (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON -- Almost two months after Hurricane
 Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast and a month after promising in a
 nationally televised speech to help rebuild the region "quickly,"
 President Bush has settled on a cautious, piecemeal approach that even
 many members of his own party fear will stall reconstruction and sow
 economic disarray.

    Approval of Iraq Charter Seems Likely (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - BAGHDAD -- Iraq's controversial draft constitution
 appeared headed toward approval in a nationwide referendum, according
 to official comments and unofficial early figures, as ballot counting
 continued Sunday.

* Aged 1 of 20 ( 16th at 07:49 +/- 6h )
=-=-=-= RSS2Txt v1.5a
Channel = http://news.yahoo.com/i/716
--- Platinum Xpress/Wildcat! v1.4c