--- Jean Ziegler , a Human Rights investigator and senior United Nations official, has accuses the United States and occupying forces of "using hunger and deprivation of water as a weapon of war against the civilian population" in Iraq . (BBC)
--- The Iraq i people Go To The Polls to vote on whether to approve the proposed constitution, amidst heavy security. (AP)
Crown Princess Mary Of Denmark gives birth to her first child, a 3.5 kg boy, at 0157 local time (2357 UTC Friday). The prince, likely to be named Christian , is second in line of succession to Europe's oldest crown. (Reuters)
The Brazil ian government extends a state of emergency to cover the whole of Amazonas , the country's largest state, following a severe drought which has seen many rivers and lakes dry up. (BBC)
