- Ivan Jovovic and Bogdan Bukomiric, both 16 years old, from Gorazdevac near Pec die after two attackers fired from AK-47 on group of children from Gorazdevac who were bathing in river Bistrica . Four children got injured in the attack, two of which are in critical condition. UNMIK and KFOR claimed that they transferred one of them, Marko Bogicevic , to Belgrade , but he is actually in German military hospital at Prizren , against his parents' wishes. An Italian KFOR patrol refused to borrow fuel to car which was transporting wounded children to hospital in Pec , when it ran out of fuel, and took no action when car was stoned by local Albanians . After finally arriving to Pec , doctors there refused to treat the children. KFOR claims that it researches the location of the incident with 300 men.
- Discovery of a Saudi Arabia Airplane plot. Intelligence agencies producing alerts and relaying them to Washington, D.C. , and London of a specific threat to airlines flying around Riyadh international airport. The plan to shoot down a British Airways plane was discovered after a member of the plot drove his car through a checkpoint in Riyadh. In response to the threat BA cancels all flights to Saudi Arabia until further notice. The United States issues a travel alert for Saudi Arabia citing the threat of Terrorism including potential attacks against Civil Aviation . [http://www.guardian.co.uk/saudi/story/0,11599,1018243,00.html [http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=areZazlnvDaA&refer=uk]
- Iraq's northern oil fields resumes exports. {Link without Title}
- Arnold Schwarzenegger names Warren Buffett as his economic adviser on Wednesday. Mr Buffett will help the actor build a team to lead the state out of its fiscal crisis. {Link without Title}
- Disgraced Irish former Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey sells his historic home and estate, ''Kinsealy'', in north Dublin to a property developer for 35 million euro. The former taoiseach, whose financial dealings and Tax-evasion is the subject of a judicial inquiry and which have largely destroyed his reputation, bought the palatial mansion for £120,000 in the 1960s . Haughey, who is suffering from terminal Prostate Cancer , will not be allowed to remain in the house as a sitting tenant for the rest of his life, a demand of his which scuppered past attempts to sell.
- , the United Church Of Canada votes overwhelmingly to ask the federal government to allow Same-sex Marriage .
- A National Geographic team releases the discovery of a new species of large Dinosaur , '' Rajasaurus Narmadensis '', native to the Indian subcontinent. The research effort was made by a joint Indo-American group, including members from the University Of Michigan , University Of Chicago , and the Punjab University of Northern India. {Link without Title}
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