Week of November 8, 2007
President Bush seeks to reassure skeptical Europeans and critics that he
remains committed to using diplomacy in dealing with Iran.
Pakistan - Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto - under house arrest to protest
against President Pervez Musharraf. She vows to move ahead with a protest
against his emergency rule.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashviili declares a 15-day state of emergency
after riot police battle thousands of protesters demanding new elections.
Millions of Chinese-made toys have been pulled in the U.S. and Australia after
scientists found they contain a chemical that converts into a powerful “date rape”
drug when ingested.
Commercial -
GOP presidential candidate Tom Taneredeo has a new TV
commercial which shows a terrorist bombing a shopping mall, implying the U.S.
has a loose border.
In Rome - Italian police attempting to quell a brawl between rival soccer fans -
shoot and kill a supporter of a Roman team - starting riots in four cities.
Fears of the economy - The Dow falls 223 points to 13.042.74.
Merck decides to pay $4.85 billion to settle tens of thousands of claims from
patients who took painkiller Vioxx. The money should cover as many as 26,5000
of the more than 30,000 cases filed against the company.
Passing - Actress
Laraine Day
(87)
-
once married to baseball great Leo
Durocher.
Passing - Norman Mailer - wrote nearly 50
books and won two Pulitzer Prizes. He was
84.
Music news -
Thousands of Hannah Montana fans are
suing her fan club. They say membership
in the “club” should have enabled them to
obtain concert tickets in priority. “The Best
of Both Worlds Tour” - is the hottest
concert going these days and it’s sold out
everywhere.
