2008 Woodie Awards
News Summary
International
Issue date: 3/4/08 Section: News
COLUMBIA
Rebel leader killed
Colombia's defense ministry has confirmed that their security forces have killed a senior commander of one of the country's largest guerrilla groups. Raul Reyes was one of the top commanders in the Revolution Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
Pakistan
Suspects arrested for Bhutto assassination
Pakistani police have charged the militant leader Baitullah Mehsud of planning the assassination of former prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. Four other suspects were arrested along with Mehsud.
Britain
Prince Harry's military service leaked
Prince Harry has been deployed in Afghanistan for over 10 weeks but a top-secret arrangement with British media has kept it out of the news. The argreement, brokered by Bob Satchwell, the executive director of the Society of Editors in Britain, was made null on Thursday when Matt Drudge of The Drudge Report posted the news. Harry has since been sent home.
China
China and US connect
China and the United State agreed on Saturday to open a military hotline between their respective defense departments. As part of the agreement China promised to release documents concerning US servicemen still missing from the Korean War.
Zimbabwe
Mugabe kick-starts campaign for re-election
Eighty four year-old Robert Mugabe began his campaign by vowing to defeat "sellouts, political prostitutes, political charlatans and two-headed political creatures."
Italy
An end to groping...
Italy's highest court ruled that men may no longer touch their genitals in public. There is a custom among Italian men of grabbing the crotch to ward off bad luck. Judges suggested that men wait and do it at home.
Germany
Deadly winter storm slams Austria, Germany
A powerful storm swept across central Europe over the weekend, killing six in Austria and Germany. The storm brought gale-force winds that gusted up to 138 mph in the Alps and swelled seas and rivers in the northern lowlands.
All information collected from The New York Times and Der Spiegel.
Rebel leader killed
Colombia's defense ministry has confirmed that their security forces have killed a senior commander of one of the country's largest guerrilla groups. Raul Reyes was one of the top commanders in the Revolution Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
Pakistan
Suspects arrested for Bhutto assassination
Pakistani police have charged the militant leader Baitullah Mehsud of planning the assassination of former prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. Four other suspects were arrested along with Mehsud.
Britain
Prince Harry's military service leaked
Prince Harry has been deployed in Afghanistan for over 10 weeks but a top-secret arrangement with British media has kept it out of the news. The argreement, brokered by Bob Satchwell, the executive director of the Society of Editors in Britain, was made null on Thursday when Matt Drudge of The Drudge Report posted the news. Harry has since been sent home.
China
China and US connect
China and the United State agreed on Saturday to open a military hotline between their respective defense departments. As part of the agreement China promised to release documents concerning US servicemen still missing from the Korean War.
Zimbabwe
Mugabe kick-starts campaign for re-election
Eighty four year-old Robert Mugabe began his campaign by vowing to defeat "sellouts, political prostitutes, political charlatans and two-headed political creatures."
Italy
An end to groping...
Italy's highest court ruled that men may no longer touch their genitals in public. There is a custom among Italian men of grabbing the crotch to ward off bad luck. Judges suggested that men wait and do it at home.
Germany
Deadly winter storm slams Austria, Germany
A powerful storm swept across central Europe over the weekend, killing six in Austria and Germany. The storm brought gale-force winds that gusted up to 138 mph in the Alps and swelled seas and rivers in the northern lowlands.
All information collected from The New York Times and Der Spiegel.
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