Iran Afghanistan and Pakistan

Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, are meeting monthly to discuss the terrorism . They are still undecided of the cooperation with the United States to eliminate terrorism.

Bra saves womans life

A 57 year old woman from Detroit witnessed a group of men breaking into her neighbors house, as soon as the men spotted her they turned and one of them fired a shot at her, a police spokesmen Phillip cook had said. The bullet struck the underwire on the womans bra and it saved her from a more serious injury. "It did slow the bullet down." Phillip Cook commented. She was still injured but they're not life threatening. The woman was then treated at a nearby hospital while the men who had shot her drove away... :/ no bueno.

Local: Girl gets bit by monkey at Riverfront Park

On Saturday, a mans monkey bit a young girl at the Riverfront Park in Salem. The monkey only left two puncture wounds under the girls left eye. She has been given antibiotics for the wound. The man and his monkey left before the police could come and they still don't know where they are or who the man is.

Big earthquake coming soon

Witter spoke last week about the latest in earthquake and tsunami studies -- it's Earthquake and Tsunami Awareness Month -- as part of state and local efforts to educate the public on preparing for a megaquake of magnitude 9 or more. Scientists are now in wide agreement that there's a 10 to 14 percent chance a powerful earthquake and tsunami will strike the Oregon coast in the next 50 years.

Texas Declares Sovereignty

The governer of Texas has declares sovereignty from the United States. This was done in response to the president's stimulus package. Texas will be completely independent from the United States if the government refuses to act on this. This declaration raises some questions as to what kind of action the United States will take against Texas.

Russia a No Show?

Russia threatened to not go to the meeting of senior military people from NATO. Since we all know that Russia is the world's leading consumer of heroin, could this be a coincidence?

According to Rueters, "Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned NATO already that the exercises could hinder efforts to unfreeze the alliance's relations with Moscow, suspended after the Georgia war."

It's being held in Georgia, a now-sovereign territory that had a war with Russia.

It's not very mature to not go somewhere just because someone you don't like is there.

Court finds The Pirate Bay guilty

A Swedish court has found the key people behind the BitTorrent tracking site guilty of ‘assisting in making copyright content available’. The verdict comes with a hefty fine and jail time. However, the people behind the site already said that they will appeal.

The fine is about $3.6 million in damages, while Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi, Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Carl Lundström were also sentenced to one year in jail.

ahh so angry...ok If these big music companys dont like there content being downloaded off the internet then dont put it out there for people to download.. There is no reason to fine people or put them in jail for trying to get free music!! its so dam expencive anyways...like itunes..they rased there prices to like $1.29 a song or something its reduculous! sites like limewire, piret bay, floppy, torent reactor, etc arnt going to go away any time soon!

Music should be free for people to enjoy.

Japan Pledges 1 Billion Dollars to Aid Pakistan

Prime Minister Taro Aso made the announcement on April 17, 2009 that Japan would pledge up to a billion dollars of aid after talks with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari. The two met ahead of international meetings in Tokyo on Friday that will include the United States, China, and the European Union, as well as other donors.

In return it is expected to give assurances it is committed to economic reform and to fighing a rising Islamist insurgency.

Japan meanwhile is hoping hosting the conference will help increase its international clout. The world's second biggest economy has long punched beneath its weight because its post-war pacifist constitution makes it reluctant to send troop abroad.

Ovechkin May Be In A Slump

Sports- Alex Ovehkin is goal less in the series with the New york Rangers. The Rangers are now up 2-0 in the series. Will Ovechkin along side the Capitols be able to come back and win the series. The tough is finaly getting going for him we will find out tonight if he steps up after being asked to leave the rangers prectice earlier this morning he said no comment about it and is just ready to play

Entertainment: Nickleback; No signs of stopping now

After the realease of there new album, The Dark Horse, and taking no time for a vacation, they are back in the studio recording a new album! Tour dates are on there website and their myspace, but in late august, they will be at the Clark County Amphitheatre. Nickleback took no time for a break between "All the right reasons," the album released sometime around 2006, and The Dark Horse. This is one band that will not stop untill there is no where else to go!!

National; 21 Dead Horses!

In Wellington, Florida, 21 horses have died, and no one knows why. The horses belonged to the Venezuelan Polo playing team. Necropsies are being done on all the horses at this very moment in time to figure out what killed them.
A Spokesman for the Polo club said he saw 5 horses that were dizzy and as he ran to towards them another couple of horses also become disoriented and collapsed. Everyone is in shock, due to the sheer number of dead horses.
Vets say they aren't sure what killed the horses, bad water, bad food, a disgruntled opponent with a syringe filled with poison, they dont know.

10th anniversary of the columbine shootings

CRIMES

Its been 10 yrs since the columbine shootings.
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 of their classmates and a teacher and injured 23 others and turned the guns on themselves.
Columbine was named the top news story of 1999 with nearly 70% of americans saying they followed it very closely.
Their victims varied in popularity, race, religion, and age.

national news, Columbine shooting 10 years ago

today marks the tenth anniversary of the school shooting. those who attended shed tears and mourned the lost. flags fly at half staff to remember.

International; Chavez and Obama Shake Hands

President Obama and President Chavez shook hands at the Summit of the Americas meeting in Trinidad and Tobago. After the Venezuelan president described Obama as "ignorant" on March 23rd, he states that "I want to be your friend."
The changing policy towards Cuba has has contributed to the "thawing effect." What difference a few weeks can make!

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Video games are fun. I love video games, yeah.

National: CIA Waterboarding

According to a 2005 Justice Department legal memo, the CIA used waterboarding on a 9/11 mastermind 183 times. The CIA used the controlled method of simulated drowning on Khalid Shaikh Mohammed multiple times, and the people involved now wonder if the legal limit had been crossed. Barack Obama banned the use of waterboarding after former president Bush said that it was not torture. Not only waterboarding, but about 100 different harsh interogation methods were used on Mohammed.

Tech: Police and Parents monoitoring cell phones

As pedophiles and sexual predator rates increase police and parents are worried. Together they are working together by using special software that monitors kids cell phones. One such police officer using this software has made 44 aressts. This software works by documenting texts and then police can use them in court.

woman shot in head, and makes a cup of tea

On April 18th in Birmingham Alabama not only was a woman shot in the head but afterwards she made a cup of tea and gave a police officer quite a scare. Her husband had been issued a restraining order due to domestic violence and one day snapped , shooting his wife square in the forhead and having it exit out the back of her skull she was only confused about what happened and is expected to make a full recovery.

The Switch from Cars to Motorcycles

On average motorcycles get from a range of 30-120 MPG, much better than any car in the market today. That right there should be insentive enough to switch and in these new problems we face. Even 30 MPG sounds better than a 20 MPG car. Though you do need to buy extra safety equipment and participate in safety coarses, there is nothing like riding a motorized vehicle in the open air. No need to worry about A/C. With the speed your going and the leather equipment, you will not only be comfortable in all temperatures, but also look good while riding. Even the amount of space needed to park the motorcycle is half of a compact car! Overall you have to do more work than buying a car, but in the long run you'll be an eco friendly driver.

Sports: 76ers Upset the Magic

Yesterday, the Philadelphia 76ers stunned the Orlando Magic at home in the first game of their series in Orlando. The Sixers came back from an 18 point deficit to win the game, with the final score being 100-98. Igoudala made a 22-foot jumper with 2.2 seconds left to win the game for the Sixers. The Sixers and the Magic will play game 2 of the series on Wednesday. Another game we have to look forward to is Houston at Portland on tomorrow night.

National; Drunk Driving Instructor

A Massachusetts driving instructor lost his license after instructing a lesson drunk. He was convicted on April 16th. He went into a convenience store during the lesson and the clerk smelled alcohol on his breath. The clerk then noticed the car he was driving was owned by an Auto-School. He was not driving the car but he was in control of the passanger-side brakes and in charge of instructing an unlicensed driver. The instructor claimed he was not drinking and was not put in jail. He will, however, be on probation for 18 months and have he license revoked for an entire year.

National; Drunk Driving Instructor

Mike Tyson...The Movie

Boxer Mike Tyson is wanting a movie about his career. The movie would be called "Tyson". Tyson thinks this will give him the respect and dignity that people should see he deserves.

Entertainment

FREE RIDER 2
This is a pretty good time killer if anyone's intrested you just ride what ever vehicle you pick down the track and attempt to make it to the end. Perfect for not paying attention to teachers and such. Well here is the link enjoy. http://www.freerider2game.com/
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Mexico Train Crash

On April 18, 2009 on Saturday
There was a train crash, Two commuter trains have collided on the outskirts of Mexico City, injuring at least 70 people.
What had happend was that apparently one of the trains ran into another on the recently inaugurated railway line. About 170 people were rescued from carriages of the two trains.

Doctor decapitated in Egypt

In southern Egypt, a doctor was decapitated at his home by his brother-in-law. The brother-in-law confessed to killing him to steal $90,000, which he thought the doctor had in his house. He ended up only finding $90.

China sentences 2 to death for fires in Tibet riot

A chinese court handed down 2 death sentences to Tibetans accused of starting deadly fires
Chinese officials claimed that the violence in Tibetan capital killed 22 people.
The violence led up to the most sustained uprising against chinese rules in decades.
Media says that 76 people have been sentenced and 950 detained.

Mongolia-Recent Events

"MONGOLIA TO IMPORT MANPOWER "
"The government made a decision to grant an employment permission to 140 foreigners to work in Mongolia in construction and installation projects in Durgun and Taishir hydro power plants, 1,050--in auto road construction project enroute Choir-Sainshand-Zamiinuud, 176--in auto road construction project enroute Erdenet-Bulgan-Unit, 3,900--in oil prospect project in Tamsag basin, 350--in oil prospect, extraction and transportation project in Zuunbayan, and 200--in railroad construction project enroute Eruu station to Bayangol iron deposit. "
(http://www.montsame.mn/index.php?option=com_news&task=news_detail&tab=200904&ne=432)_

I do not understand how a country with unemployed people can import foregin workers when the Mongolian people might be in need.

America's stand-point on drugs.

In America, we have some severe drug laws, though we let some drugs be medically regulated. Marijuana is given out for something as minor as migraines. Therefore certain narcottics are easier to get ahold of than others, but they are all out there, and we should look around carefully. Our own media condones drug abuse more then condemning it. How does it all start? Emotional masochism. When people feel bad on a psychological level, they turn to the first thing that makes them feel better, or less pained by the situation in which they attempt to escape. some of it comes from feeling the need to excel, and then failing; some times it may be from the death of someone extremely close; or sometimes it may be from just having a bad enough day that you feel so wound up that you need to relax. no matter what the reason our society chooses to turn to drugs, one truth remains; if the time comes down to it, they will return to the substance that let to them having a slightly "easier" time dealing with struggles in the past. We have a part in our brain called the limbic system, and through that, our emotions are regulated. When you taste a new kind of ice cream, the limbic system gives you a feeling that makes you eventually want it again. Think of it as one basketball, one hoop. Now, on drugs, those pleasure receptors start flooding with neurotransmitters called dopamine. If you want to immagine your brain on that amount, just think of thirty basketballs going through that one hoop simultaneously. Eventually, you run out of balls, right? Well, your brain stops making dopamine, because it figures that it's going to be put there for you. Thus, you return to the drug, finding that you can feel some form of artificial pleasure from it, and addiction is born!

Egypts thoughts on the N.Korea missile launch

When it comes to North Korea, Egypt has nothing to complain about. They have been a regular client for buying missiles from North Korea, along with; Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Libya, and Yemen. They don't seem to care what they do, just as long as they get more and better missiles and that North Korea doesn't get attacked.

DPR of Korea (North Korea)

At 11:20 a.m. the satellite Kwangmyongsong-2, a shining product of self-reliance, soared into space by carrier rocket Unha-2. It was smoothly and accurately put into its orbit 9 minutes and 2 seconds after being completely separated from the carrier rocket.
This is simply an experimental communications satellite. We have every right as a country to use the space provided above us. The scientists and technicians who have contributed to the satellite launch were thanked and had their picture taken with Kim Jong Il. This was a great day for North Korea!

Spain and the North Korean Launch

Spain is condemning the launch of a rocket by N. Korea. It will seriously weaken the stability and security of the region they said. They should cease all the work they are doing and stop any future rocket launches. Spain is in contact with the European Union and NATO to see what they will do now that North Korea has launched this rocket.

Russia warns North Korean Partner

North Korean tension tightens in north east asia with the satellite issue. As Korea is preparing the launch Russia, partners with Norea Korea, pleade with Korea to not launch satellite. Russia's deputy foreign minister Alexei Borodavkin says "N. Korean partners should resist the temptation to launch the satellite because of the risk of other countries raging out."

French Thoughts on NK Rocket Luanch

France has banned North Korea's Rocket Luanch. President Nicolas Sarkozy has said "the international community must now decide on sanctions against Pyongyang." meaning there just gonna play avoid the issue till the last moment. A game injoyed by all government officials and most highschool students. I quess we'll see what happens but the last time I remeber a dictatorship being allowed to do as it pleased the holocuast happened.

Pre-emptive Strike Talk in Japan

After the satalite launch in North Korea, Japan is once again talking about attacking first. I think they have the right idea, the world should put North Korea in its place before it gets big enough to do something drastic. The scariest part is that us on the west coast are going to be there first target, Hawaii is practically a sitting duck. This is just like what happened with Pearl Harbor, we just let them do whatever they want and then "BANG" we get blindsided, and slapped into next week. We need to beat them to the punch or Americans will be hurt.

North Korea's missle launch, success or failure?

Japan is the likely target of this short-range missile. Rodong is almost identical to Iran's Shahab-3 and Pakistan's Ghauri II (Hatf V), the strongest evidence of the countries' collaboration and of North Korean sale of technology and missile equipment to others. All three countries continue to refine the design. Estimated range of 620 to 930 miles (1,000 to 1,500 kilometers) and maximum payload of 2,200 pounds (1,000 kilograms). They are single-stage, liquid-fuel missiles on mobile launchers. Most have fairly poor accuracy, though some may have been fitted with warhead separation and more modern guidance systems.