NATO has pledged an additional 5,000 troops to be sent to Afghanistan. U.S. President Barack Obama announced yesterday that the U.S. would be sending 30,000 additional troops. 42,000 NATO personnel are currently in Afghanistan, CNN. Map of forces in Afghanistan, BBC News. The Taliban has vowed to fight the surge, BBC News. Live blog of [...]
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November 11, 2009
Germany and France Unite for Armistice Day
People around the world are honoring veterans and celebrating peace. Today is the 91st anniversary of the end of World War I. The leaders of Germany and France participated for the first time in a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris where German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicholas Sarkozy laid at [...]
October 26, 2009
Reid Promises Public Option in Healthcare Bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said that the U.S. healthcare reform bill will include a public option. The option of a government-run health insurance plan seemed to be dead in the water months ago, but is gaining more momentum, Wall Street Journal.
The death toll from yesterday’s suicide bombing in Baghdad has risen to 160, [...]
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 4, 2009
Socialist Party Wins in Greece
In today’s elections in Greece, the center-right party of current Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis was defeated by the Socialist party. George Papandreou will be the new Prime Minister, CNN.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il today. The two men attended a North Korean production of the Chinese opera “A Dream of [...]
September 26, 2009
Yemen President Urges Ceasefire in War Against Shia Rebels
At least 50 people have been killed in the Philippines after flooding from Tropical Storm Ketsana. 21 people remain missing, but the rain has slowed down and the worst is believed to be over, for now, CNN.
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh says government forces may be fighting Shia rebels for years to come, but urged [...]
September 24, 2009
UN Makes Gains on Decreasing Nukes
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution calling for nuclear disarmament. While not mentioned specifically in the resolution, President Obama, who chaired the session, said the resolution was, in part, in response to the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea, BBC News. Women’s rights discussed behind the scenes at the UN, CNN.
The FBI is [...]
September 6, 2009
Karzai Leading in Afghan Election So Far
The independent election commission in charge of last month’s elections in Afghanistan has annulled votes from 447 polling stations because of fraud. Current President Hamid Karzai is leading with about 3/4 of votes counted but he does not yet have the 50% majority he needs to avoid a run-off election, Al Jazeera.
Canada’s Globe and Mail [...]
