Global Political News Update – British dismantle IRA dissidents’ bomb in beer keg

British dismantle IRA dissidents’ bomb in beer keg

Northern Ireland police seized a dissident IRA bomb packed into a beer keg Saturday and were inspecting a potential car bomb parked outside Belfast International Airport, the latest efforts to undermine peace in the British territory.

Brazil set to elect new president
Brazilians will vote on Sunday to choose a new president to succeed Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

BA in first profit for two years
British Airways reports a profit of £158m, its first in two years, as the company prepares to merge with Iberia of Spain.

Bomb found on cargo plane in UK ‘was viable’
The bomb found on a cargo plane in Britain was viable and could have exploded mid-flight, Theresa May, the Home Secretary said.

10/30/2010 – Death toll in suicide attack in Iraq raises to 26

Hussein Jaafar, the director of the hospital in Balad Ruz, said Saturday that five more people have died from injuries sustained in the blast.

Chicago Jews learn of bomb plot at their synagogue
At one of the Chicago synagogues targeted by the explosive devices, worshippers learned that they had been put on the terror hit list as they arrived for Sabbath services on Saturday.

Jon Stewart hosts ‘rally for those who dislike rallies’
In a dig at America’s partisan politics, the satirist drew tens of thousands to Washington’s National Mall.

Silvio Berlusconi accused of having ‘uncontrollable sickness’ for women
Italian PM accused of suffering from an “uncontrollable sickness” in his relations with women.