Wednesday, March 24, 2010

World Watch: Moving forwards and backwards

* Russia: On the one hand Russian officials claimed that they and the U.S. are close to signing a deal reducing the number of nuclear weapons in both countries.

* Israel: On the other hand relations between Israel and the U.S. don’t appear like they will improve soon.

* China: No verdict has been declared in the case against four Rio Tinto mining company execs accused of bribery and selling company secrets.

* Ireland: The Irish bishop in the middle of a sex abuse scandal that has rocked the Vatican resigned from his post.

Image – CBC (“U.S. President Barack Obama, left, speaks with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Singapore in November.”)
Online Sources- ABC News, Washington Post, BBC News, MSNBC

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