Wednesday, June 20, 2007

20 CURRENT EVENTS

1.36 KILLED IN SOUTHER IRAQ.





officialAn official in the office of iraq's national security adviser confirmed the operatoin, which were also lauched in the tharthar area near fallujah and in diyala province. Iraqui security force were in the lead, backed by u.s force, the official said on condition of anonymity for security reasons he refused to estimate the number of troops involved or how long the operation would last.











2.SPACE STATION COMPUTERS TO GET LAST TEST.











Houston a revived set of cruel computer aboard the international space station still need to unmdergo one maro test before they are given a clean bill of heath. that test set to be done monday will determine if the two russian computers are ready to control the station's orientation.




the result wiil help determine if space shuttle atlantis, which has been at the space station since june10, need to spend another day at the outpost.









3.MAN DIES AFTER FALL FROM LADDER IN NORTH LAUDERDALE.









North lauderdale the broward sherff's office is investiging the death of a 51 year old man who fell off a ledder monday morning the man, whose name was not available, was fatally injured about 4am at farme's market at 5150n. state road authorities said.







4.UK HOUSE USED AS BOMB FACTORY.







London a scottish house had been used as amakeshift bomb factory to carry out the terror attacks in london thursday july 5,2007 meanwhile, a subway derailed in the capital during rush-hours, raising jitters in the wake of the foiled terror plots.







5.LANDSLIDE IN MEXICO BURIES PASSENGER BUS.







At least 40 passengers were thought to be on the bus and 500 soldiers and rescue workers have been laboring since wednesday afternoon july 4,2007 in an effort to find survivors, said german garcia. operations directo for the state civlil protection department.





6.MAN IN COURT OVER FAILED CAR BOMBING.





London impassive and staring straight ahead, an iraqui doctor was led into court by plainclothes security officers the saturday, the first suspect to appear on charge of plotting to bomb london's enterinment district and scotland's busiest airport. policestepped up securitt across the british capital, where prime minister gordon brown laid flower's outside one of the train station hit two years ago in suicide bombings that killed 52 commuters in the first militant islamic strike on the united kingdom.





7. MIAMI DADE STUDENT CONNECT TO FIGHT APATHY A NATIONAL EFFORT TO COMBAT POLITICAL APATHY IN YOUTH HAS REACHED SOUTH FLORIDA.





Bryan quadros reads the wall street journal every morning, watches the new on the bbc. and says richard nixon is his favorite u.s president but, he says only because of his foreigh policy during his second term. still, the 19 year old economics major at miami dade college doesn't settle for being well informed he wants his fellow students along for the ride.





8.FOUND AMID SQUALOR, MOM DIES, SON IS HELD.





A son has been charge after his 83 year old mother was found living in squalor inside a trailer in the homestead area she has since dies.inside trailer home police found an ederly woman covered in red ants, smeared in faces in a urine soaked bed. taken to hospital after being found by police, lillian v. smith 83ied two days later her son caretaker, sherrill smith,49, has been charge with elderly abuse but could face additional charge as authorities investigate her death.



9.DEAD CHILD FOUND IN TRASH.



Detective said a child's body probable no more than five year old, was found in a trash can at a broward home on saturday 7,2007 morning. broward sherff's detectives along with child protection workers are investigating its death and police are calling it suspicious. detectives and a BSO mobile crime lab truck were at the house located at 316 nw 46th ct. in oakland park.



10.AI GORE SLAMS GLOBAL WARNIMING DOUBTERS AT LIVE EARTH.



Washington (AFP) former us vice president AI GORE took a swipe at global warming bouter suturday as he opened the washington leg of the worldwide live earth concert that he helped organized washington was a last minutes addition to the global event months after organizers failed to find a space on the us capital's national mall a sprowlin green space featuring monuments including the congress building.

11. DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR 23 KOREAN HOSTAGES.

Kabul,afghanistann a purported taliban spokesman said sunday that the hard line militian had extended by 20 hours the deadline for the afghan govermment to trade capture militants for 23 south korean hostages.

12.SEN. FEINGOLD PROPOSES CENSURING BUSH.

Washington-liberal democratic sen. russ feingold said sunday he wants congress to censure presidnt bush for his management of the iraq war and his assault againts the constitution. but feingold own party leader in the senate showed little interest in the idea an attempt in 2006 by feingold to censure bush over the warrantless spying program attracted only three consponsors.

13.GENARAL SEEKS TROOP CUT IN NORTHER IRAQ.

Baghdad in a move that could portend a strategy change, the commander of u.s force in northern iraq said sunday he has proposed reducing his troops level and shifting next year to mssions focused less on direct combat.

14.ONE DEAD IN TRIPLE SHOOTING IN CORAL SPRINGS.

A normally quiet coral springs neighborhood. was rocked by gunfire sunday that left one man dead two others seriously injure. coral springs police said the shooting occured at a home in the 25-hundred block of northwest 121 drive the said they received a call around 7am sunday from a man who daid he had been shot in the shoulder when officers arrived they found 47year old man with gunshot wound in his chest on the lawn in front of the house a second man 24 year old with a bullet woundin his right shoulder. the third man was dead police say 23 year old hade been shot in the face.

15.26 PILGRIMS KILLED IN FRANCE BUS CRASH.

Grenoble france a bus carrying polish cotholic piligrims from a holy site in the french ALPS plunged off steep mountain road crashed into a river bank burst into flame sunday killed 26 people, authorities said.

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