 A building has collapsed in Nigeria's main city of Lagos, killing 10 people and trapping scores of people. The block of flats collapsed on Tuesday evening and rescuers have so far pulled 30 people from the wreckage. Heavy lifting equipment has arrived at the site to help people using their bare hands to reach those inside. But a BBC correspondent at the scene says there are fears for the trapped in the rubble as they are no longer reachable by mobile phone. Overnight, distraught relative were in touch with those inside, but the calls had stopped by morning. Earlier, rescuers say they heard the trapped people crying out for help. ...
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 Turkey risks US anger over plan to attack Kurds |
The Turkish army may move into northern Iraq if violence by Turkish-Kurdish guerrillas continues, officials said yesterday. Such a move could put Turkey on a collision course with the United States, which has repeatedly warned against unilateral action in Iraq.But the Turkish government is facing increasing domestic pressure to act after 15 soldiers, police and guards were killed in fighting with the guerrillas in the past week."The government is really in a bind," said Seyfi Tashan, the director of the Foreign Policy Institute at Bilkent University in Ankara. "On the one hand they don't want things to break down with the United States. On the other hand, the public is crying for action."...
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| Bernanke Says Fed Must Be Mindful of Past Increases |
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said policy must be mindful of the future effects of past interest rate increases while remaining on guard against ``persistently higher inflation.'' ``We must take account of the possible future effects of previous policy actions -- that is, of policy effects still `in the pipeline,''' he said in the text of testimony to the Senate Banking Committee in Washington. ``The extent and timing of any additional firming that may be needed to address inflation risks will depend on the evolution of the outlook for both inflation and economic growth.'' After raising interest rates at every meeting of policy makers for two years, Bernanke now confronts an economy that's slowing, at the same time prices are climbing. Oil surged to a record last week and a government report released less than two hours before his statement showed consumer inflation, excluding fuel and food, rose more than economists forecast in June. ...
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| Alzheimer's Patients May Soon Get 1st Skin Patch to Treat Brain Degeneration |
Alzheimer's patients may soon get the first skin patch to treat the creeping brain degeneration, a novel way to deliver an older drug so that it's easier to take and might even work a little better. The patch, which infuses the drug Exelon through patients' skin, headlines a trio of innovative potential treatments unveiled Wednesday at an Alzheimer's meeting in Spain. Also under study are a prostate cancer drug that may help dementia, too, and an immune therapy to ward off the sticky gunk that is Alzheimer's brain-clogging hallmark. The Exelon patch is furthest in the pipeline, with maker Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. poised to seek U.S. sales approval by year's end. "It would be good to have an alternative" to oral medication, Dr. Bengt Winblad of Sweden's Karolinska Institute, who led the patch research, said in a telephone interview. "It's a useful approach, a new treatment strategy that would be very appreciated not only by the patients, but the caregivers." ...
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| First Australians leave E Timor |
Australia has begun withdrawing its troops from East Timor, as the security situation there continues to improve. A warship carrying 250 soldiers left on Wednesday, and four of Australia's eight Black Hawk helicopters are scheduled to follow soon. But a large contingent of peacekeepers is to remain in the country as it tries to recover from the recent unrest. The troops were deployed in May to quell fighting between rival factions of the military. While the Canberra government is planning to gradually scale back its military involvement, it has promised that security in East Timor will not be compromised. More than 2,000 Australian troops and police officers will remain in the capital, Dili, and many are expected to stay until elections are held next year. ...
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| The Big Question: Is the current crisis in the Middle East directly connected to Iraq? |
Undoubtedly. The Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett, lost her cool during an interview yesterday morning on BBC Radio 4'sToday programme and denied any connection between the latest Middle East flare-up and the Iraqi quagmire. However, Tony Blair was overheard on Monday telling President Bush, in what he thought was a private conversation, that it is "all part of the same thing". In fact, the Prime Minister has always linked Iraq to the broader Middle East conflict. He made it clear before the Iraq invasion in 2003 that a solution to the Israel/Palestine conflict holds the key to undermining support for the global Muslim jihad. Yesterday, he told the Commons: "Hizbollah is supported by Iran and Syria, by the former in weapons, weapons incidentally very similar if not identical to those used against British troops in Basra; by the latter in many different ways; and by both, financially."So what's the connection?...
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