More information is available on Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychologist who opened fire at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas yesterday killing 13 people and injuring 30. Although he was initially reported to have been killed, it is now known that Hasan was shot several times by a civilian police officer and is unconscious [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Honduras’
October 16, 2009
Zimbabwe Prime Minister to End Dealings With Mugabe
Ri Gun, a North Korean diplomat, will be allowed to visit the United States later this month where he will discuss the country’s nuclear program, BBC News.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe has announced that he and his party will boycott cabinet meetings and not work with President Robert Mugabe’s party. Mugabe is a very [...]
October 14, 2009
Dow Jones Sees 53 Percent Gain This Year
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 10015.86 today, reaching 10,000 for the first time since October of 2008. The boost was thanks to a better-than-expected profit from bank JP Morgan Chase. That marks a 53 percent gain in only seven months, Wall Street Journal.
Confusion has erupted over whether an agreement has been reached in [...]
October 5, 2009
Honduras Lifts Emergency Decree Curtailing Civil Liberties
Honduras has restored civil liberties that were suspended by an emergency decree in September. The decree also shut down two radio stations that supported ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Zelaya is currently holed up in the Brazilian Embassy in Honduras. He was threatened with arrest in a military coup in June. Zelaya’s opponents, led by de [...]
October 3, 2009
UN Agency Says Iran has Knowledge Required to Make Nuke
A new confidential report by the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency says that Iran has the information necessary to make a nuclear device. However, the agency has also cautioned that it has no proof Iran has started the complicated physical process of making a weapon, New York Times. Leaked excerpts of the report, Institute for [...]
September 27, 2009
Honduras Sets Deadline in Brazilian Embassy Standoff
Honduras has set a deadline of 10 days for Brazil to decide whether it wants to force ousted Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya out of its embassy in Honduras, CNN.
Just days after admitting to the world that it had a built a secret site for uranium enrichment, Iran test-fired short range missiles on Sunday. The [...]
September 21, 2009
Honduras Imposes Curfew After Zelaya Returns
Honduras has imposed a curfew from 4pm to 7am local time as ousted President Manuel Zelaya makes his return to the country. Zelaya is currently inside the Brazilian embassy. Interim leader Roberto Micheletti has called for Brazil to hand over Zelaya and says Brazil will be held responsible for any violence, BBC News.
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