Our blog covers issues affecting Latin America and Latinos in the U.S., yet it’s about time that we focus on some of the news stories making headlines beyond the Americas. Our newest daily feature- World Watch- will examine some international articles of interest.* Japan: Nearly 50,000 people gathered in Hiroshima to mark the 64th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack and remembered the 260,000 killed from the blast.
* World: According to CNET News, a “pro-Georgian blogger” with several social network accounts was targeted in a denial of service attack that lead to massive delays in Twitter and Facebook.
* Palestine: Human Rights Watch criticized Palestinian militant groups including factions allied to Hamas for rocket attacks targeting Israel.
* U.S.: Rest in peace film director John Hughes; please say “hi” to Principal Vernon for us.
Image- AFP (“Smoke billows 20,000 feet above Hiroshima after the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city” in 1945.)
Online Sources- CNET News, Voice of America, CNN IMDB.com, Time
the celebration in Japan about atomic bomb attack is great , I remember when I was in this country one friend invited me to this event , it was great.
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