May 29, 2007

News Roundup: Zoellick To Get World Bank Nod; Chavez Threatens Second Station

World Bank. President Bush plans to nominate former U.S. trade representative Robert Zoellick as the new head of the World Bank, less than a week after former president Paul Wolfowitz resigned his post.

World. One day after thousands of Venezuelans protested when Hugo Chavez shut down a popular opposition-run TV station, the Venezuelan president is threatening to close a second station for allegedly inciting attempts on his life.

Sudan. Sudanese officials protested the new sanctions imposed by the United States today, calling the measures "unfair and untimely." China agreed with Sudan, but the EU said it was open to measures that would force the country to accept a larger U.N. peacekeeping presence.

Iraq. Five British citizens were abducted during a morning raid on a ministry building in Baghdad. Originally, reports claimed that three Germans had been kidnapped, but diplomatic sources said this afternoon that citizens of other nationalities were not involved.

Nation. Animal-lovers glued to the saga of the two whales trapped in a California river saw some progress today, as the mother and calf got closer to finding their way back to the Pacific Ocean.

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