Sunday October 07, 2007

Events

• War in Afghanistan: Sixteen militants fighting under wanted Uzbek warlord Tahir Yuldash are killed in eastern Afghanistan. (AP via Google)
• The United Auto Workers sets a Wednesday deadline to reach a new four-year contract with Chrysler. (NYT)
• A sheriff's deputy shoots dead six young people in Crandon, Wisconsin, United States. It was initially believed that he was killed by a police sniper after a manhunt, but is now believed to have committed suicide by multiple gunshots. (Reuters)
• Costa Ricans approve CAFTA in a referendum with 52% of the votes. (AP via Google News)
• Pro-Taliban militants capture 28 Pakistan soldiers in the North Waziristan tribal region.
• 2007 Pacific typhoon season:
• Typhoon Krosa moves towards China's southern Zhejiang and northern Fujian provinces. (AP via CNN)
• Record-setting temperatures cause the 2007 Chicago Marathon to shut down after only three and a half hours and after the race has a men's open division photo finish, a death, and sprint finishes in the women's open and men's wheelchair divisions. (Chicago Tribune)
• Vandals punch a 10-cm (4ampquot) tear in the Claude Monet painting ''Le Pont d'Argenteuil'' at the Orsay Museum during Paris's annual Nuit Blanche all-night cultural festival. (AP via Yahoo! News
• Randy Orton is awarded the vacant WWE Championship which he loses in 10 minutes to Triple H, who defeats Umaga in the second title defense of the night, but loses in the 3rd to Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing match.
• 2007 Pacific typhoon season:: Typhoon Krosa moves towards China's southern Zhejiang and northern Fujian provinces. (AP via CNN)The death toll from Severe Tropical Storm Lekima (Hanna) rises to 55. (AP via CNN)
• The death toll from Severe Tropical Storm Lekima (Hanna) rises to 55. (AP via CNN)
• A Syrian military plane crashes near Damascus, killing all three on board. (AP via Google News)
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Famous Deaths

• George E Sangmeister

  American politician (Born 1931).

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Soulja Boy Tell'em - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
2. Kanye West - Stronger
3. Timbaland - The Way I Are
4. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
5. J. Holiday - Bed

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Sugababes - About You Now
2. Ida Corr vs Fedde Le Grand - Let Me Think About It
3. Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse - Valerie
4. Shayne Ward - No U Hang Up / If That's Ok With You
5. 50 Cent featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland - Ayo Technology

Top #5 R&B songs

1. J. Holiday - Bed
2. Keyshia Cole Featuring Missy Elliott & Lil Kim - Let It Go
3. Soulja Boy Tell'em - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
4. Plies Featuring T-Pain - Shawty
5. Alicia Keys - No One

Top #5 Latin songs

1. Juanes - Me Enamora
2. Mana - Ojala Pudiera Borrarte
3. Aventura - Mi Corazoncito
4. Daddy Yankee - Ella Me Levanto
5. Enrique Iglesias - Dimelo

Serie A

• Catania - Livorno : 1 - 0
• Fiorentina - Juventus : 1 - 1
• Genoa - Cagliari : 2 - 0
• Lazio - Milan : 1 - 5
• Palermo - Reggina : 1 - 1

Jupiler League

• FC Brussels - Club Brugge : 1 - 3
• Roeselare - Anderlecht : 2 - 2
• Standard - Germinal : 3 - 1

Bundesliga 1

• Bayern Munich - Nurnberg : 3 - 0
• Ein Frankfurt - Leverkusen : 2 - 1

Bundesliga 2

• Augsburg - Hoffenheim : 2 - 2
• Kaiserslautern - Osnabruck : 3 - 0
• Koblenz - M'gladbach : 0 - 5
• Mainz - Erzgebirge Aue : 4 - 1
• St Pauli - Paderborn : 2 - 1

News articles

• For Schools, Lottery Payoffs Fall Short of Promises Most of the billions of dollars raised by state lotteries is used simply to sustain the games, an examination by The Times has found. [..]
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