This is a rush transcript from “Your World With Neil Cavuto,” December 3, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Now to another classy guy joining us, Donald Trump on the phone. Donald, what do you make of these kind …
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Iran Makes Arrests Over Torn Ayatollah Photo
TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian authorities have arrested several people accused of destroying photos of the Islamic Republic’s revered founder and the current supreme leader at student demonstrations, state media reported Monday. Tehran’s prosecutor promised to show “no mercy” to those responsible, but the news reports carrying his remarks gave no …
Read More »U.S. Agents Hold Suspected Iran-Bound Helicopter
DALLAS – Federal agents are investigating whether a helicopter they have held for 14 months at an airport in Texas was earmarked for shipment to Iran. The agents suspect an Italian company has already shipped two helicopters in contravention of a U.S. trade embargo with Iran, and that the third …
Read More »Protesters Urge Action on Climate Change at Summit
COPENHAGEN – Police in Demark say more than 25,000 marched in protest of the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen, demanding more aid from the United States and a stronger commitment from President Obama to combat global warming. “Pay the climate debt, America,” Dustin, a protester from Taiwan, said. “We think …
Read More »Bridge Over River Thames Sells for $1.6 Million
LONDON – A toll bridge built in 1769 across the River Thames has sold for more than $1.66 million at auction. The Swinford bridge brings in about 320,000 in toll payments from about 4 million vehicle crossings a year. Due to a quirk in British law, toll revenue collected from …
Read More »Auschwitz Blueprints Given to Israeli Prime Minister
BERLIN – Architectural plans for the Auschwitz death camp that were discovered in Berlin last year were handed over to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday for display at Israel’s Holocaust memorial. The 29 sketches of the death camp built in Nazi-occupied Poland date as far back as 1941. …
Read More »Explosion Sets NATO Fuel Trucks Afire at Pakistani Border Crossing
CHAMAN, Pakistan – An explosion ripped through a line of trucks ferrying fuel to NATO troops in Afghanistan, setting several oil tankers ablaze Sunday at a backed-up Pakistani border crossing, police said. The blast appeared to be the second terrorist attack Sunday in Pakistan and the second in a week …
Read More »H1N1 Flu Cases Among U.S. Troops in Iraq Climbs to 67
The Iraqi health ministry says the number of American troops in Iraq diagnosed with swine flu has climbed to 67. The figures were released Wednesday by the health ministry during an update on preparations being taken by Iraq to control the spread of the potentially deadly virus. The deputy health …
Read More »Oil Jumps Above $70 on Demand Optimism
SINGAPORE – Oil prices leapt above $70 a barrel Monday in Asia on investor expectations a recovering global economy will boost crude demand. Benchmark crude for September delivery was up $1.12 to $70.57 a barrel by late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On …
Read More »WHO: Fast-Track Flu Vaccines Don't Reduce Safety
Procedures to fast-track approvals of new vaccines to combat H1N1 influenza do not reduce safety, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. The WHO said vaccines had to be available quickly and in large quantities to have the greatest impact. “The public needs to be reassured that regulatory procedures in …
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