- A new poll shows a dead heat in the Israeli election
Unfortunately there has been a series of explosions and bombings across the globe in the past 24 hours:
- A suicide bomber attacks a ministry building in Kabul
- 10 anti-government protesters were killed by a Grenade attack in Bangkok
- 17 Spanish students were wounded by an alleged ETA car bomb.
- At least 67 people died in attacks in the northeastern Indian state of Assam
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
The Return of the Update
- Syria becomes more confrontational in the face of US raids
- An earthquake in Pakistan kills 170 people.
- South Africa's ANC is slowly breaking apart.
- The Ukrainian parliament passes legislation that will secure loans from the IMF.
- Ethnic strife in India is intensifying a month before national elections.
- Rebels are closing to taking the Congolese city of Goma, the center for UN forces.
- An earthquake in Pakistan kills 170 people.
- South Africa's ANC is slowly breaking apart.
- The Ukrainian parliament passes legislation that will secure loans from the IMF.
- Ethnic strife in India is intensifying a month before national elections.
- Rebels are closing to taking the Congolese city of Goma, the center for UN forces.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Weekend Update
- Newly elected Kadima leader Tzipi Livni will call for a snap election later today.
- In the midst of the global financial crisis, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the IMF managing director, was cleared of wrongdoing in a sex scandal by an outside panel.
- Yesterday, almost 500,000 members of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party protested against the upcoming visit of members of China's government.
- Before the financial crisis, there was the food crisis (the topic of an article in our first issue). Now, the new global crisis is exacerbating the old one.
- In the midst of the global financial crisis, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the IMF managing director, was cleared of wrongdoing in a sex scandal by an outside panel.
- Yesterday, almost 500,000 members of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party protested against the upcoming visit of members of China's government.
- Before the financial crisis, there was the food crisis (the topic of an article in our first issue). Now, the new global crisis is exacerbating the old one.
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