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Bush Deranged: Castro

Kelly Hayes - | Story: 6897
  • Cuban President Fidel Castro has made his first public remarks since the new U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called Cuba an "outpost of tyranny." In remarks shown on Cuban television, Castro called the U.S. president "deranged" and said Cuba doesn't need the United States or Europe, because it has learned to live without assistance. Full story
  • Insurgents struck back with a vengeance following a post-election lull, killing at least 28 people, including two Marines, in a burst of attacks, waylaying a minibus carrying new Iraqi army recruits, detonating car bombs and gunning down police and Iraqis working for the U.S. military, officials said Thursday. Incomplete election results from Baghdad and five others of Iraq’s 18 provinces showed the Shiite clerical-endorsed ticket running strong in races for seats in the National Assembly, according to the first official result. Full story
  • A train smashed into a tractor carrying wedding guests at a crossing in western India on Thursday, killing at least 52 people and injuring 10 others, a railway official said. The accident occurred near Kanhan, a small town in Maharashtra state 800 kilometres northeast of Mumbai, when a local train bound for the central Indian city of Nagpur collided with a tractor as it was crossing the tracks, said Jagdish Kumar, deputy general manager of South-Eastern Central Railway. Full story
  • Pope John Paul's medical condition is "evolving positively" and his breathing problems have receded, but the 84-year-old pontiff is still expected to stay in hospital for a week. Full story
  • Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania was killed accidentally early Thursday by gas from a heater, the country's interior minister said. Full story

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