Subject: Iraqi PM orders PKK offices to be shut, assets to be frozen

From: "Rosetta Chacon" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:28:05 -0600

http://xcuer.coastcut.cn/?536030516034ROME, Italy (AP) -- A man opened fire in a courtroom in northern Italy on Wednesday, seriously wounding his estranged wife and killing her brother before being shot to death by police, officials said.High demand has pushed upward the price of a pair of tickets for the final to as much as $3,000 in eBay auctions.Eurostar has advised its customers to avoid all travel on Thursday and it has cancelled some of its trains on Thursday and Friday.The man and his wife were attending a court hearing in Reggio Emilia as part of separation proceedings when he pulled out a gun and pointed it at his wife and her brother, then started shooting randomly, police said."He was shooting like crazy at everybody," officer Antonio Turi said.Only one in four trains will be running on Thursday, including suburban services linking Paris to its three international airports, she said.Railway workers will join bus, power, gas and some state employees for the action called after President Nicolas Sarkozy refused to back down over planned pension reforms, according to Monique Ricard, spokeswoman for the French railway SNCF.Putin has bluntly spelled out his disagreements with Washington, saying last week that he saw no "objective data" to prove Western claims that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons.The strike is expected to cripple France's national train network.A police officer and the woman's lawyer also were injured, but not seriously, police said.Russian officials could not immediately be reached to verify the report and the Iranian news agency provided no details on what Putin had proposed.Khamenei told Putin that Iran is serious about continuing uranium enrichment in turn but wants to avoid adventurism and cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the news agency said."We are certainly concerned about the impact for fans. So far we've been assured the disruptions should be manageable but it remains to be seen," Jessica Chambers, a spokeswoman for the England Rugby Supporters Club.Prompted by government attempts to cut pension privileges, the strikes will be for 24 hours but could be prolonged to Friday, Ricard said.The wife was taken to a hospital, where she was declared clinically dead, Italian media reported. Her brother died at the scene.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all government matters, said Iran will give Putin's proposal serious thought before giving a response, the news agency said.