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Terry injury concern for England (AFP via Yahoo! News) England were left sweating over captain John Terry's availability for the World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan on Saturday after the Chelsea centreback missed training on Tuesday with a sore back. us.rd.yahoo.com
Japan's 'Cyberdyne' robot suit ready for hospital (AFP via Yahoo! News) A Japanese professor announced Tuesday he was introducing robot suits for paralysed people, helping them to walk again by detecting their next move and lifting their muscles. us.rd.yahoo.com
Taiwan's Exports Fall for First Time in 19 Months (Update2) (Bloomberg) Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Taiwan's exports declined for the first time since February 2007 because of falling shipments to the island's biggest market, mainland China. us.rd.yahoo.com
Gold Advances in London on Rising Demand for Haven Investment (Bloomberg) Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Gold advanced for a second day in London, buoyed by demand for the metal as a haven as equities continued to slide. Platinum also rose. us.rd.yahoo.com
Taylor Wimpey Drops to Record as Prospects for Debt Deal Fade (Bloomberg) Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Taylor Wimpey Plc , battling to survive the biggest homebuilding slump in 25 years, plunged as much as 41 percent in London trading as the credit crisis weakens the company's prospects for renegotiating debt. us.rd.yahoo.com
Oil Rises for First Time in Five Days on Rate Cut Speculation (Bloomberg) Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose for the first time in five days as an interest-rate cut in Australia triggered speculation that other central banks will ease policy to shore up economic growth. us.rd.yahoo.com
Albrechtsen sidelined for a month (BBC News) Derby County defender Martin Albrechtsen will be out of action for at least a month after undergoing a hernia operation. us.rd.yahoo.com
Judge: Calif. must pay for prison health care (Boston Globe) A federal judge has scolded California officials for failing to provide the billions of dollars a court-appointed receiver says is needed to upgrade the state's prison health care system. us.rd.yahoo.com
American, 2 others win Nobel for work in subatomic physics (Houston Chronicle) American Yoichiro Nambu of the University of Chicago, who was born in Japan, won half of the prize for the discovery of a mechanism called spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics. us.rd.yahoo.com
Scots lose injured trio for Norway game (ESPN Soccernet.com) Scotland have lost Kenny Miller, Kris Commons and Kevin Thomson for their World Cup qualifier against Norway. us.rd.yahoo.com
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