Subject: Co-defendants get deal to testify against O.J. Simpson

From: "Becky Silver" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:31:17 +0800

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Widespread strikes are expected to cripple France's transport network just as rugby fans make their way to Paris for this weekend's World Cup final.TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unspecified proposal about Iran's nuclear program at a private meeting with the country's supreme leader during a brief trip to Tehran, Iran's state news agency said Wednesday."We will ponder your words and proposal," IRNA quoted Khamenei as saying.The wife was taken to a hospital, where she was declared clinically dead, Italian media reported. Her brother died at the scene.Eurostar has advised its customers to avoid all travel on Thursday and it has cancelled some of its trains on Thursday and Friday."He was shooting like crazy at everybody," officer Antonio Turi said.A police officer and the woman's lawyer also were injured, but not seriously, police said.Vladimir Putin's visit was the first by a Kremlin leader to Iran since 1943.The ANSA news agency identified the man as Klirim Fejzo, his wife as Vyosa Demcolli and her brother as Arjan Demcolli, all Albanians.Russian officials could not immediately be reached to verify the report and the Iranian news agency provided no details on what Putin had proposed.Unidentified relatives of the gunman's victims console one another outside the courtroom.Officials close to hard-liners within Iran's ruling Islamic establishment said they believed the proposal by Putin was a type of "time out" on U.N. sanctions against Iran, if Tehran suspends uranium enrichment. The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the issue.The man and his wife were attending a court hearing in Reggio Emilia as part of separation proceedings when he pulled out a gun and pointed it at his wife and her brother, then started shooting randomly, police said.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all government matters, said Iran will give Putin's proposal serious thought before giving a response, the news agency said.About 80,000 rugby fans are expected to attend Saturday's World Cup final between England and South Africa.High demand has pushed upward the price of a pair of tickets for the final to as much as $3,000 in eBay auctions.