FP roundup 10/1

Decision '08
Both Barack Obama and John McCain are urging the bailout bill's passage.
CBS has published the third part of Sarah Palin's interview with anchor Katie Couric.
Fred Thompson: Palin is qualified.

Americas
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg reportedly intends to seek a third term.
Canada's prime minister has been accused of delivering a plagiarized speech in 2003.
Geraldine Baum explains what really goes on behind the scenes at the U.N. General Assembly.

Asia
North and South Korea are to hold military talks Thursday.
An alleged U.S. drone attack killed six people in North Waziristan, Pakistan.
Sales of Japanese automobiles are plunging as U.S. consumers feel the bite of the credit crunch.

Middle East and Africa
The number of Iraqi civilians killed in September is less than half that of a year ago.
Saad Hariri, the leading Sunni Lebanese politician, says Syria presents a "clear and direct threat" to his country.
Saudi women's plain black cloaks are getting blinged out.

Europe and the Caucasus
The credit crunch is threatening Moscow's real estate boom.
Spain arrested 121 people for Internet child pornography.
EU troops have begun patrolling the buffer zone surrounding South Ossetia.