In Brief

In Brief

* BLOW – The campaign for Iraq’s draft constitution suffered a blow when Sunni Arab groups urged voters in the October 15 referendum to reject the charter, which they warned would lead to the country’s break-up.

* ATTACKS – A police helicopter dropped “wanted” leaflets as Indonesian police hunted the two presumed masterminds of the Bali bombings, a day after raiding their suspected hideout. * ARRESTS – British anti-terrorist police arrested 10 people in raids carried out at three locations in England, including one in the London suburbs, London’s Metropolitan Police said.* VOTE – Polling stations opened before sunrise in Poland for the first round of a presidential election, which is widely expected to cement the former communist country’s decisive shift to the right.* MOBBED – US pop star Michael Jackson was mobbed by fans in London during his first British public appearance since being cleared of child molestation charges.* CRASHED – A European satellite that was to have helped understand global warming by scanning the thickness of polar ice sheets crashed into the Artic Ocean after its Russian launcher failed, officials said.- Nampa-AFP* ARRESTS – British anti-terrorist police arrested 10 people in raids carried out at three locations in England, including one in the London suburbs, London’s Metropolitan Police said.* VOTE – Polling stations opened before sunrise in Poland for the first round of a presidential election, which is widely expected to cement the former communist country’s decisive shift to the right.* MOBBED – US pop star Michael Jackson was mobbed by fans in London during his first British public appearance since being cleared of child molestation charges.* CRASHED – A European satellite that was to have helped understand global warming by scanning the thickness of polar ice sheets crashed into the Artic Ocean after its Russian launcher failed, officials said. – Nampa-AFP

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