SWEDEN: Nobels awarded
STOCKHOLM (Reuters): Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk and six academics, credited with breakthrough research on the origins of life, the universe and economic policy, accepted their Nobel prizes in Stockholm yesterday.
PHILIPPINES: Typhoon kills five
MANILA (Reuters): At least five people were feared dead and tens of thousands spent the night in makeshift shelters as Typhoon Utor ploughed through the central Philippines yesterday, cutting power and communication lines in the archipelago.
UNITED STATES: Iraq Study Group chairs defend report
WASHINGTON (Reuters): The chairmen of the Iraq Study Group yester-day defended their report as a "responsible way" out of the war, while President George W. Bush prepares to unveil his new strategy later this month.
SAUDI ARABIA: Gulf Arabs want nukes
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters): Gulf Arab countries want to acquire nuclear energy capability and have ordered a study on a possible joint atomic programme, a statement issued at the close of a two-day Gulf Cooperation Council summit said yesterday.
IRAQ: Prison chief held after Saddam's nephew bolts
BAGHDAD (Reuters): An Iraqi prison chief and his deputy were under arrest yesterday after Saddam Hussein's nephew, accused of funding the Sunni insurgency, escaped jail a day earlier, sparking a huge manhunt by police.
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