News Headlines - 08 October 2011

▽High-speed rail could link Gatwick and Heathrow airports in 15 minutes - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/8814795/High-speed-rail-could-link-Gatwick-and-Heathrow-airports-in-15-minutes.html
The £5bn plan – creating a hub known as Heathwick – would mean there is no need to build another airport to serve London or expand the current facilities at Heathrow.

▽Syrian Forces Kill 5 During Funeral of Kurdish Leader - Voice of America
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Syrian-Forces-Fire-on-Funeral-of-Kurdish-Opposition-Leader-131381988.html
Syrian Kurdish leaders are accusing government security forces of firing on mourners during the funeral of a prominent Kurdish party leader Saturday in the northern town of Qamishli.

▽Yemen's president again promises to step down - Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-yemen-saleh-20111009,0,2661767.story
President Ali Abdullah Saleh has broken similar promises in the past, but he appears to be losing control over a nation engulfed in protests and fighting.

▽Dalai Lama Criticizes 'Immoral' Chinese Censorship - Voice of America
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Dalai-Lama-Criticizes-Immoral-Chinese-Censorship-131388958.html
The Dalai Lama sharply criticized censorship in China as "immoral" during a video chat with Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.

▽Venus springs ozone layer surprise - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15203281
Until now, ozone layers have only been detected in the atmospheres of Earth and Mars.
The find could help astronomers refine their hunt for life on other planets.