أحلامنا المشتركة -> BBC News -> BBC NEWS_27 October, 2006
عدد مرات القراءة 915	2006-10-28
WORLD  * UN initiates arms trade agreement * The United Nations is to draw up an international arms treaty regulating the trade in conventional weapons. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/americas/6088200.stm  * Nato confirms Afghan raid deaths * Nato admits that at least 12 Afghan civilians died in an air strike which local people say hit a nomad camp. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/6089862.stm  * Mexico anger over US border fence * Mexico condemns US plans for a new fence on their joint border which is aimed at curbing illegal immigration. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/americas/6090060.stm ................................ AFRICA  * DR Congo leader's ally released * An ally of DR Congo's leader is freed after being held hostage in a radio station, after rival faction fighting erupted ahead of Sunday's poll. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/africa/6088010.stm  * Somalia's Islamists take key town * Fighters loyal to Somalia's Islamic courts take control of Sakow from the interim government without bloodshed. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/africa/6087850.stm  * Kenya convicts Somalis of piracy * Ten Somalis are found guilty of piracy and hijacking by a court in the Kenyan port of Mombasa. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/africa/6088668.stm ................................ MIDDLE EAST  * Iran denies Argentina bomb charge * Iran rejects Argentine charges of involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre as "a Zionist plot". Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/6089788.stm  * Deadly attacks on police in Iraq * At least 28 people die in fighting between Iraqi police and gunmen in Baquba, north of Baghdad, officials say. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/6088080.stm  * Two Palestinians killed in Gaza * Israeli forces have shot and killed two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources say. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/6088138.stm ................................ SCIENCE/NATURE  * Nasa to decide Hubble's fate * Nasa is to debate whether to send the space shuttle on a mission to save the Hubble Space Telescope. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/sci/tech/6088076.stm  * 'Nerd' outlines space ambitions * A billionaire software engineer is the next space tourist heading for the International Space Station. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/sci/tech/6088460.stm  * Ocean array acts as climate alert * Measurements from a series of monitors spanning the Atlantic offers an early warning of "sudden climate change", scientists say. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/sci/tech/6081458.stm ................................ TECHNOLOGY  * Microsoft profits beat estimates * Microsoft, the world's largest computer software company, sees quarterly earnings top analysts' forecasts. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/business/6089752.stm  * World of Warcraft game 'delayed' * The long-awaited expansion of role-playing game World of Warcraft is delayed until January 2007. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/technology/6086680.stm  * Oracle attack hits Red Hat shares * Shares in computer software firm Red Hat have slumped by 24% after giant rival Oracle pledged to undercut its prices. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/business/6088896.stm ................................ HEALTH  * Winter flu jabs evidence queried * There is not enough evidence to support the policy of immunising people against seasonal flu, an  expert warns. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/health/6087270.stm  * PFI schemes 'to cost NHS £53bn' * The NHS will pay private companies £53bn for private finance initiative hospitals worth only £8bn, the Tories say. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/health/6089122.stm  * Hewitt asks for alcohol tax rise * Tax on alcohol should rise to reduce binge drinking among teenagers, Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt says. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/health/6089784.stm ................................ EDUCATION  * Faith schools 'climbdown' denied * The government denies a U-turn after ditching plans to force faith schools to take pupils not from their religion. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/education/6090044.stm  * MPs question Brown schools pledge * MPs question Gordon Brown's pledge to raise state school funding to the levels enjoyed by the independent sector. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/education/6084956.stm  * Science degree numbers 'masked' * The real number of traditional science graduates is masked in official figures, says the Royal Society. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/education/6087028.stm ................................ ON THIS DAY    * 1978: Gunman runs amok in West Midlands * Four people are killed and four others seriously wounded after a gunman goes on a shooting spree in the Midlands. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/27/newsid_2478000/2478217.stm  * 1982: RUC officers killed by IRA bomb * Three RUC officers investigating reports of a robbery in Lurgan die after a bomb explodes beneath their armoured police car. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/27/newsid_2478000/2478257.stm  * 1968: Police clash with anti-war protesters * An estimated 6¸000 marchers demonstrating against the Vietnam War face up to police outside the US Embassy in London. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/27/newsid_2478000/2478197.stm