Tuesday, November 3, 2009

World Watch: 11/3

* Spain: “Seven suspected Islamic militants” were indicted in a Spanish court for aiding the perpetrators of 2004’s deadly Madrid train bombings.

* Afghanistan: After winning reelection by default President Hamid Karzai vowed to combat the rampant corruption that grew during his first term.

* Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe’s “blood diamonds” could lead to a halt in the legal exportation of the gems from the African country.

* North Korea: North Korea has weapons-grade plutonium according to the country’s state-run press.

Image –USA TODAY (“March 11, 2004's terrorist attack (in Spain) was the bloodiest in Western European history.”)
Online Sources- Guardian UK, CNN, BBC News, MSNBC

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