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Saturday, October 10, 2009

U.N. plane crashes in Haiti, 11 killed


A U.N. surveillance plane belonging to the Uruguayan contingent of the U.N. peacekeeping force crashed in Haiti east of the capital on Friday, killing all 11 people on board, U.N. officials said. The plane went down near the town of Fonds-Verrettes, close to the border with the Dominican Republic, chief U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas said. Another U.N. spokeswoman, Vannina Maestracci, said a U.N. rescue team had confirmed there were no survivors among the 11 crew and military personnel who had been on the plane. The dead were Uruguayans and Jordanians, Maestracci said.

Gold falls from record, slips below $1,050


Gold fell below $1,050 an ounce on Friday as the dollar edged up, snapping a rally that took prices of the precious metal to all-time highs for three consecutive days. Gold price once reached at $1,060 per ounce during trading in New York. However, profit-taking caused downfall in the Asian trading. Gold price reduced to $1,048 per ounce with a decrease of 7 dollars and 50 cents. Experts say market may continue upward trend due to dollar’s volatile value.

Obama: I do not deserve Nobel prize


Barack Obama, the US president, has said he is "surprised and deeply humbled" after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009, less than a year after taking office. Speaking in Washington, Obama said he did "not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who have been honoured by this prize". The Nobel Committee in Oslo, the Norwegian capital, said that the award recognised Obama's attempts to foster international peace and create a world without nuclear weapons. Obama will give his $1.4m reward for winning the Nobel Peace Prize to charity, the AFP news agency reported a US official as saying. No decision has yet been taken on exactly which organisations will benefit, the official said.