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Friday, November 4, 2011
World Watch: Barely breathing
* Greece: Prime Minister George Papandreou barely won a confidence vote though he may have to soon step down due to the county’s economic crisis.
* Afghanistan: U.S Army Major General Peter Fuller was fired from his role in a military training program after he allegedly made “inappropriate” comments against the Afghani government.
* U.S.: Federal authorities are investigating a Texas family law judge who was secretly videotaped abusing his then-teenage daughter in 2004.
* Liberia: Opposition candidate Winston Tubman said that he would not participate in next week’s presidential runoff.
Image Source – Via Flickr user Πρωθυπουργός της Ελλάδας (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Online Sources- USA TODAY, Bloomberg, MSNBC, BBC News
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