News Today, October 08, 2009 (2)

Pregnant women affected by floods brought about by typhoon Ketsana wait for pre-natal check up during a medical mission organised by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in the town of Cainta, Rizal province on October 8, 2009. The Philippines warned October 7, 2009 there was a high probability of epidemics among the 340,000 people crowded into poorly equipped makeshift evacuation centres following recent deadly floods.Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen greets government officials at Chatomok conference hall in Phnom Penh on October 8, 2009. Cambodia's UN-backed Khmer Rouge war crimes court has summoned six top government and legislative officials as witnesses against leaders of the late 1970s regime, said documents released on October 7. Cambodian premier Hun Sen on October 8, reacted against a UN-backed court's summons.Filipino midwives mobilized by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) help an evacuee deliver her sixth child in a makeshift delivery room beside an evacuation centre for flooding victims in Cainta Rizal, east of Manila, October 8, 2009.Russia's Marat Safin, left, and Fernando Gonzalez of Chile walk past each other during their China Open Tennis Tournament in Beijing, China, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. Safin defeated Gonzalez 6-3, 6-4.Former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian arrives at the Taiwan High Court in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. Chen, sentenced to life in prison in September on corruption charges, has appealed the conviction. A detention trial hearing on Thursday will decide whether Chen will be allowed to be freed on bail to work on his appeal.Russia's Nadia Petrova returns a ball during her match against USA's Serena Williams at the third round of the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing, China, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. Petrova won the match 6-4, 3-3,7-6.Thilo Sarrazin waits for a sentence at the German Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe in this October 19, 2006 file picture. The central banker's attack on Turks and Arabs living in Germany has attracted a flood of popular support and sparked warnings that racial tolerance is on the wane, exposing a deep rift in the country over integration. The comments by Sarrazin, a board member of the Bundesbank and former Berlin finance senator, have been criticised by his employer, won praise from neo-Nazis, and inspired thousands of Germans to take a public stand on the issue. Picture taken October 19, 2006.Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller leaves her apartment after she had won the 2009 Nobel literature prize in Berlin, October 8, 2009. Mueller, who charted the brutality and oppressiveness of Nicolae Ceausescu's dictatorship, was lost for words when she learnt she had won the 2009 Nobel literature prize. Mueller is known for works such as "The Land of Green Plums" which she dedicated to Romanian friends killed under Ceausescu's Communist rule and "The Appointment" in which a Romanian woman sews notes saying "Marry Me" into suits of men bound for Italy.Austria's national soccer team player Marc Janko wipes his face during a training session in Seefeld October 8, 2009.USA's Serena Williams returns a ball to Russia's Nadia Petrova during their match at the third round of the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing, China, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. Petrova won the match 6-4, 3-3,7-6.Indian Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan attends an event introducing him as brand ambassador for the Provogue clothing line in Mumbai on October 8, 2009Austria's national soccer team player Erwin Hoffer runs during a training session in Seefeld October 8, 2009.Leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron waves prior delivering a speech on October 8, 2009 on the final day of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, north-west England. With polls putting the centre-right party on course to win a general election due by June, British Conservative leader David Cameron will warn of tough choices as Britain emerges from recession -- but argue that his party can bring the country through.France's Senate former president Christian Poncelet arrives for a session of questions to the government on October 8, 2009 at the French Senate in Paris.Pregnant women wait for their turn to undergo pre-natal check-up at Cainta Town Hall at Cainta township, Rizal province east of Manila, Philippines Thursday Oct. 8, 2009. Hundreds of pregnant women, displaced by the worst flooding in metropolitan Manila and neighboring provinces in more than 40 years, queue up for free medical care under the United Nations Population Fund. Tropical storm Ketsana and typhoon Parma which ravaged the country's main island of Luzon killed more than 300 people and extensive damage to homes and agriculture.credit photo: Reuters, AP, Gettyimages