Morning Brief, Monday, February 4
Middle East DAVID SILVERMAN/Getty Images In the first suicide attack in Israel in more than a year, a suicide bomber killed a woman and injured 11 others. A second suicide bomber was killed by police. A controversial bill that allows former Iraqi Baathists back into the government became law yesterday, but confusion over its ...
Middle East
Middle East
In the first suicide attack in Israel in more than a year, a suicide bomber killed a woman and injured 11 others. A second suicide bomber was killed by police.
A controversial bill that allows former Iraqi Baathists back into the government became law yesterday, but confusion over its status still reigns.
Iran launched a rocket today capable of putting the country’s first research satellite into orbit. Analysts say the technology could also launch weapons.
Asia
A suicide bomber killed five people on a military bus in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
A secret British plan to convince Taliban fighters to switch sides and receive training for local militia groups has the government in Kabul upset.
The World Bank predicts slower economic growth in China in 2008.
Europe
Sarkozy and Carla Bruni got hitched over the weekend.
Pro-Western Serbian President Boris Tadic was narrowly re-elected over his nationalist challenger.
London rolls out Britain’s first low-emissions zone.
Elsewhere
Thousands flee Chad as rebels retreat from the capital.
In a shocker, the New York Giants upset the undefeated New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII last night.
Google offers to help Yahoo thwart Microsoft’s unsolicited $45 billion bid for the company.
Today’s Agenda
- Countdown to Super Tuesday in Decision ’08.
- Talks continue today in Kenya, though the violence hasn’t let up.
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