May 9, 2001 (idea)

For now on, I'm be keeping the top headlines from around the world here. If there are any sources I'm not using that you recommend, please /msg me. Do you know an english language paper in South America or Eastern Europe that updates daily? Let me know please.

Without further ado, here is today's top news from around the world:

The BBC's Top Headlines:

• Parties clash on economy
  Labour promises increased prosperity and the Tories question the government's record on tax on the first full day of the UK election.
• Israeli teenagers 'stoned to death'
  Israeli PM Ariel Sharon condemns the "horrifying" murder of two Israeli 14-year-olds found in a cave near Bethlehem.
• Porn virus hits computers
  Computer users are warned about an e-mail virus which is taking thousands of people to pornographic websites.
• Japan considers female succession
  Japan's governing party is to consider changes to the law to allow abdication and female succession to the imperial throne.
• Afghan children die in heat wave
  Ten Afghan children have died in the last few days at a refugee camp in Pakistan because of heat stroke and dehydration.
• US steps up missile charm offensive
  American officials continue a diplomatic drive to win support for the controversial missile defence plan with visits to France and South Korea.
• Zanzibar refugees to return 'soon'
  The UN refugee agency says that it has plans to safely repatriate 680 refugees who fled political persecution on Zanzibar in January.
• HK defends Falun Gong expulsions
  The Hong Kong authorities rebuff accusations they are deliberately stopping members of the Falun Gong movement from entering the territory.
• Arab states agree free trade zone
  Four Arab countries - Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia and Morocco - sign a declaration pledging themselves to establish an free trade zone.

The New York Times' Top Headlines

• House Threatens to Hold Back U.N. Dues for Loss of Seat
  Administration and congressional officials vowed to retaliate if the United States' place on the United Nations Human Rights Commission is not restored.
• Military Analysis: U.S. Weighing Future of Arms Pacts
  A debate is brewing at senior levels of the Bush administration over whether the United States should stop negotiating arms treaties.
• China Says It Won't Let U.S. Spy Plane Fly Home
  China rejected an American proposal to repair and fly out of China a Navy spy plane that landed there after colliding with a Chinese jet on April 1.

China Daily (Chinese Government -- www.chinadaily.com.cn) Top Headlines

• Corporate chiefs call for smoother Sino-US ties
  Top corporate chiefs called on Wednesday for a calming of tensions between Washington and Beijing, as a meeting between Bill Clinton and Chinese President Jiang Zemin evoked memories of happier relations.
• Why China not allowing EP-3 to fly out
  China sought US understanding Wednesday for its refusal to allow US Navy spy plane to fly home, saying public sentiment would be outraged if the aircraft flew again over Chinese territory.
• Bush supports trade with China
  US President George W. Bush changed his tone toward China Tuesday in a speech to electronic industry executives, many of whom are eager to expand their business ties with the world's potential largest country.
• US expert sees new US testing
  A Republican arms expert predicted on Tuesday that the Bush administration would resume nuclear weapons testing and would not make the kind of deep cuts in nuclear weapons that some are advocating.

Panapress (African www.panapress.com) Top Headlines

• Guinea-Bissau begins demobilising war veterans
  Guinea-Bissau has launched a programme to demobilise and reintegrate about 500 war veterans and other volunteers into civil society.
• WHO Plan To Break Malaria Cycle
  The World Health Organisation (WHO) has developed a plan to break the malaria cycle in the Sudan which has a high incidence of the malaise.
• Nigeria says UN sanctions on Liberia is in order
  Nigeria, after backing sub-regional efforts to avert UN sanctions against Liberia, says it would implement the measures as a member of the world body.