International Headlines 4/18/2010
TOP STORIES as of 0800 HKT -- 19 April, 2010
> TEST FLIGHTS SHOW SKIES MAY BE SAFE, BUT NO PROMISES
Test flights offered hope that Europe's skies may be safe for
air travel, but officials made no promises that disruptions due
to volcanic ash are about to go away.
> LONG BUS TRIPS FOR EURO SOCCER STARS
Europe's top soccer teams will play their Champions League
semifinals this week after opting to undertake grueling bus
journeys to avoid the flight restrictions enforced due to the
volcanic ash from Iceland which has paralyzed air travel in the
region.
> F1 TEAMS STRANDED IN TRAVEL CHAOS
World champion Jenson Button won a rain-hit Chinese Grand Prix
on Sunday, but the burning question is how Formula One's 12
teams will get their sizeable loads of personnel and equipment
back to Europe for the next race amid the region's ongoing
travel chaos.
> U.S. MILITARY UPDATING IRAN PLANS
The Pentagon and U.S. Central Command are updating military
plans to strike Iran's nuclear sites, preparing up-to-date
options for the president in the event he decides to take such
action, an Obama administration official told CNN Sunday.
> POLAND BIDS FAREWELL TO PRESIDENT
The ashen-faced twin brother of the late Polish President Lech
Kaczynski arrives at St. Mary's Basilica in Krakow to lead
mourners at the funeral of his brother.
> AHMADINEJAD: IRAN TOO 'MIGHTY' TO ATTACK
Iran is so powerful today that no country would dare attack it,
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday during an annual army
parade.
> POPE'S ANNIVERSARY MARKED BY SCANDAL
For the fifth anniversary of Benedict XVI's papacy on Monday,
the Vatican is expected to do everything it normally does to
celebrate such milestones: the pope will lunch with dozens of
Catholic cardinals from around the world and deliver remarks
from his window above St. Peter's Square, while Vatican
employees will receive an anniversary bonus in their paychecks.
> SECOND DEADLY ATTACK IN DAYS IN PAKISTAN
A suicide bomber killed three people on Sunday at a police
station in Kohat -- the same northwest Pakistani town where
attackers targeted a camp for displaced people and killed at
least 41 a day earlier.
BUSINESS
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> FEARS VOLCANO CHAOS WILL PUSH INTO MID-WEEK
The cascade of cancellations continued Sunday as an Icelandic
volcano poured out dust clouds four miles high, snarling
international travel and stranding tens of thousands of
passengers at airports across the world.
> AMERICAN OWNERS TO SELL LIVERPOOL
George Gillett Jr and Tom Hicks, the American billionaire owners
of English Premier League side Liverpool, have announced their
intention to sell the club in a statement on the team's official
Web site.
> BRIC LEADERS: IMF HAS 'LEGITIMACY DEFICITS'
The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China called for the
hastening of reform that would give these emerging economies
more power in the International Monetary Fund and the World
Bank.
> TEST FLIGHTS SHOW SKIES MAY BE SAFE, BUT NO PROMISES
Test flights offered hope that Europe's skies may be safe for
air travel, but officials made no promises that disruptions due
to volcanic ash are about to go away.
> LONG BUS TRIPS FOR EURO SOCCER STARS
Europe's top soccer teams will play their Champions League
semifinals this week after opting to undertake grueling bus
journeys to avoid the flight restrictions enforced due to the
volcanic ash from Iceland which has paralyzed air travel in the
region.
> F1 TEAMS STRANDED IN TRAVEL CHAOS
World champion Jenson Button won a rain-hit Chinese Grand Prix
on Sunday, but the burning question is how Formula One's 12
teams will get their sizeable loads of personnel and equipment
back to Europe for the next race amid the region's ongoing
travel chaos.
> U.S. MILITARY UPDATING IRAN PLANS
The Pentagon and U.S. Central Command are updating military
plans to strike Iran's nuclear sites, preparing up-to-date
options for the president in the event he decides to take such
action, an Obama administration official told CNN Sunday.
> POLAND BIDS FAREWELL TO PRESIDENT
The ashen-faced twin brother of the late Polish President Lech
Kaczynski arrives at St. Mary's Basilica in Krakow to lead
mourners at the funeral of his brother.
> AHMADINEJAD: IRAN TOO 'MIGHTY' TO ATTACK
Iran is so powerful today that no country would dare attack it,
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday during an annual army
parade.
> POPE'S ANNIVERSARY MARKED BY SCANDAL
For the fifth anniversary of Benedict XVI's papacy on Monday,
the Vatican is expected to do everything it normally does to
celebrate such milestones: the pope will lunch with dozens of
Catholic cardinals from around the world and deliver remarks
from his window above St. Peter's Square, while Vatican
employees will receive an anniversary bonus in their paychecks.
> SECOND DEADLY ATTACK IN DAYS IN PAKISTAN
A suicide bomber killed three people on Sunday at a police
station in Kohat -- the same northwest Pakistani town where
attackers targeted a camp for displaced people and killed at
least 41 a day earlier.
BUSINESS
~~~~~~~~~~~
> FEARS VOLCANO CHAOS WILL PUSH INTO MID-WEEK
The cascade of cancellations continued Sunday as an Icelandic
volcano poured out dust clouds four miles high, snarling
international travel and stranding tens of thousands of
passengers at airports across the world.
> AMERICAN OWNERS TO SELL LIVERPOOL
George Gillett Jr and Tom Hicks, the American billionaire owners
of English Premier League side Liverpool, have announced their
intention to sell the club in a statement on the team's official
Web site.
> BRIC LEADERS: IMF HAS 'LEGITIMACY DEFICITS'
The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China called for the
hastening of reform that would give these emerging economies
more power in the International Monetary Fund and the World
Bank.
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