UK & USA Today Editoweb 3 october 2009

PM Agrees To Televised Leaders' Debates

Gordon Brown has agreed in principle to take part in a series of televised leaders' debates in the run-up to the next General Election.

Irish vote paves way for EU reform

Ireland has paved the way for EU reform after more than two-thirds of voters overwhelmingly backed the Lisbon Treaty.

Five-year-old witnesses shooting

A five-year-old child witnessed a gangland-style execution when the driver of the car he was travelling in was shot dead at traffic lights.

Brown ready for televised debates

Gordon Brown has finally signalled that he is ready to take part in a series of television debates with the other main party leaders.

Airman killed in Afghanistan named

A British serviceman who was killed while patrolling close to the perimeter of the UK's main base in southern Afghanistan has been named as Senior Aircraftsman Marcin Wojtak.

Kidnapped newborn found safe in Alabama

A newborn boy abducted by a knife-wielding woman posing as an immigration agent was safe in the care of a foster family Saturday and awaiting a family reunion as authorities charged a woman with his kidnapping.

Letterman is target of the kind of jokes he tells

Late-night hosts didn't waste a moment poking fun at the troubles of one of their own, after a CBS newsman was charged with trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million in a plot that forced the late-night comic to acknowledge having sex with some of the women who have worked for him.

Everyday act leads to violence on NYC street

New Yorkers bump into each other countless times on crowded sidewalks, and sometimes there's an "excuse me," sometimes a terse "watch where you're going," and then disappearance again into the sea of faces.

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