Pulitzer winner Terkel dies at 96
Friday, October 31st, 2008
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Studs Terkel, famous for oral history, dies peacefully at the age of 96.
Archive for October, 2008
Oil crew kidnapped off Cameroon
Friday, October 31st, 2008
Armed gunmen in speedboats kidnap and threaten to kill 10 crew members from an oil vessel off Cameroon.
Croatia set to get EU thumbs-up
Friday, October 31st, 2008
Croatia is on track to join the EU, despite recent high-profile killings, a key EU report, seen by the BBC, will say.
‘US strikes’ on Pakistan villages
Friday, October 31st, 2008
More than 20 people are killed in two suspected US missile attacks in northwest Pakistan, security officials say.
Recession fears grip US consumers
Friday, October 31st, 2008
Consumer spending in the US fell in September by the biggest amount in four years, the Commerce Department says.