09 July 2007 21:00
Alcoa extends Alcan offer while Q2 profit slips (Reuters)
Reuters - Alcoa Inc , the world's largest
aluminum company, on Monday extended its outstanding offer to
acquire Alcan Inc. , even as it reported a slip in
second-quarter profit.
09 July 2007 20:30
Afghan girls traded, sold to settle debt (AP)
AP - Unable to scrounge together the $165 he needed to repay a loan to buy sheep, Nazir Ahmad made good on his debt by selling his 16-year-old daughter to marry the lender's son.
Israel's Olmert invites Syria's Assad for direct talks (AFP)
AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in a television interview on Monday invited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for direct talks "wherever he wants."
