* Poland: Approximately 100,000 people filled Warsaw's Pilsudski Square in remembrance of President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others killed in a plane crash one week ago.
* Sudan: International electoral observers severely criticized the lack of “standards” in Sudan’s first multi-party elections since 1986.
* U.S.: It’s never too early to speculate on who will be selected to succeed John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court.
* Pakistan: At least 41 people died after a pair of suicide bombers detonated explosives near a Pakistani food distribution area.
Image – MSNBC (“People wait for the start of a commemoration service for late Polish President Lech Kaczynski and the other plane crash victims at the Pilsudski square in Warsaw on Saturday.”)
Online Sources- MSNBC, ABC Online, Reuters, BBC News
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Weekend World Watch: Pożegnanie
Labels:
elections,
John Paul Stevens,
Lech Kaczynski,
Pakistan,
Poland,
Sudan,
Supreme Court,
violence,
voter fraud,
World Watch
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