A short look at what is happening in the world this morning.
Typhoon Damrey kills 16 in China
HANOI - Typhoon Damrey moved into Vietnam yesterday after killing 16 people in China, tearing into vital networks of sea dykes on a long stretch of coastline after more than 330,000 people had been evacuated.
The 16 died on the Chinese island of Hainan as the typhoon moved across early on Monday, most of them when buildings collapsed or trees were felled by powerful winds. - (Reuters)
Polish party picks PM candidate
WARSAW - Poland's conservatives yesterday picked their little known economic guru as candidate for prime minister rather than veteran party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who orchestrated their Sunday election victory.
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, an advocate of cautious economic reform and a former chief of parliament's treasury committee, will now be tasked with building a coalition cabinet. - (Reuters)
Asylum-seekers missing off Cyprus
NICOSIA - One person died and 33 were missing yesterday after a fishing boat carrying asylum-seekers sank off northern Cyprus.
The boat was believed to be carrying 39 when it went down some 3.5km (2.2 miles) off the northern Cypriot coast, an official said.
- (Reuters)
Concorde head faces crash inquiry
PARIS - The former head of the Concorde programme has been placed under investigation for involuntary manslaughter over the crash of the supersonic jet in 2000 that killed 113 people, prosecutors said yesterday.
Henri Perrier was involved in the first Concorde flight in 1969 and was head of testing prior to becoming director of the Concorde programme.
- (Reuters)
Man held over London bombings
LONDON - British anti-terrorist police arrested a man in London yesterday as part of their investigation into attempted bomb attacks on the capital's transport network on July 21st, police said.
The 36-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and alleged immigration offences, Scotland Yard said. Police have arrested four suspects over the botched attacks, which killed no one but caused widespread panic. - (Reuters)
Satellites to spy on panda sex
BEIJING - Chinese scientists will use satellite technology to peep on the sexual antics of China's highly endangered giant pandas, Xinhua news agency said. The $660,000 joint project between two Chinese and US-based zoological institutes would use global positioning to keep an eye on giant pandas' mating behaviour in a nature reserve in Shaanxi province.- (Reuters)