Brazil's first female

Brazil has elected a female as President for the first time in its history.  Dilma Rousseff is thought to be the best chance for the country to continue its Economic and social policies that have been successful under President Lula da Silva

32 wounded in bombing

A suicide bomber in Istanbul killed 32 yesterday in a crowded area of the city.  Reports say 15 or the victims were police officers and the other 17 were civilians. Officials are unsure who is behind the bombing but are calling it a terrorist attack

The three hikers who are being accused of espionage said that they accidently crossed the border into Iraq.  They are blaming a guard who was protecting the border for giving them flase directions and not informing them that they were  about to cross into Iraq

Kennedy Counselor Dies

Theodore Sorensen died sunday at the age of 82. He was a writer and counselor to the Kennedy administration.  He was Kennedys lead speech writer as well. He wrote the speech that kennedy gave during the Bay of Pigs as well as wrote the letter that was sent to Russia.

Bomb plot shows hole in intelligence

the woman who dropped the bomb off in yemen that was to be mailed to chicago presented a fake id when she dropped the bomb off at the airport. The bomb traveled on 4 planes before it was discovered. Two of the planes were passenger planes. Intelligence needs to step up when it comes to security identification and fake id's

Candidates are making finals arguements

With the election growing near, the election for congress is heating up as representatives are making their finals pleas to voters for why they (republicans or democrats) should take control of congress.

young voters feel abandoned

the young voting population is feeling like Obama has abandoned them and are showing less and less support than they did in 2008 when they helped lead the charge of getting Obama elected. Obama had 66% of the 18-26 year old votes, which was a record for the presidential election

Immigrant Laws debated

Arizona  governer is battling the courts over the new immigration law. She is saying that law is constituional while the Justice Department loawyers are saying unconstitutional and would interfer with federal law enforcement.

Russia angers Japan

The Russian president went to the Kuril Islands to visit the land, which was taken by Russia from Japan in world war II.  The islands are promising land for gas and oil and japan was angered by the visit of the President because they were hoping to get the lands back.

Al-Queda soldier sentenced

A former child soldier for Al-Queda has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for "war crimes." Omar Khadr is now 24 years old and will be released around retirement age.

Democrats see hope in alaskan election

The Democratic party is excited about their odds in the upcoming senate race because there are three people running for the position and two of the are republicans. the democrats are hoping that the two republicans will take votes away from each other

Miner to run marathon

One of the Chilean miners that was trapped in the mine for 69 days is going to be competeing int he New York Marathon.  The marathon committee is hoping that his appearance will bring inspriation to the spectators and others runners

Unions fear rollback

Organizaed Labor Unions are afraid that if a Republican gets elected in the upcoming senate race, that their spending will be decreased significantly as part of a rollback plan.

nations stop flights from Yemen

Germany, France, and Britain have all decided to stop all flights going to their countries from Yemen due to the recent bomb scares. 

death toll rises

The death toll of the Iraqi church attack that happened yesterday has risen to 58, which is much higher than the first report stated, and there are 75 wounded. The Iraqi government is defending the attack saying that it was necessary and killed a lot of terrorists.

Proton Collisions to end Wednesday

The Proton accelerator that is underground and runs underneath the border of Switzerland and France has been running for seven months as scientist are trying to discover "new particles and forces of nature."  Nothing has been found so far and the end of the experiment is scheduled to end on Wednesday. The track that the protons collide on costs about $10 billion and runs for 18 miles.

NY Times-federal reserve ready to act

One interesting article i found in the NY Times was about how the federal reserve is prepared to get the ball rolling on the recovery efforts for our economy, but economists don't think it will make a difference when it comes to jobs and economy growth. This has people worried that no matter what is done, the debt is too big and we will be in this economy for a long time.

Iraq foreign minister sentenced to death

Tariq Aziz, the former foreign minister for Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to death by the Iraqi court.  Also, he was number 43 on the pentagons top 55 most wanted list.

Toyota more recalls

Toyota is recalling another 1.5 million cars from the Lexus and Avalon models because of problems that include break and fuel pump problems.  When i first saw this article on the NY Times website i thought it was just advertising an old article because of the problems that they had last year, which they clearly have no corrected.  The recalled cars are mostly coming from North America, but also include places like Japan and Australia.  

Britain Unveils Military Budget Cuts

This article was about how Britain is making some major cuts in their military budget including cutting down the amoiunt of troops they deploy in times of war, and delaying its nuclear defenses research.  I found this story very interesting because i had never heard anything about it before and i was kind of surprised by some of the things they decided to cut on.  I was immediately drawn in by the title of the article "Britain Unveils Military Budget Cuts" because it made me want to read about what exactly they were cutting and why.

First New York Times review

I liked the story on the Afghanistan and C.I.A. connection because it was shocking to hear our tax money is paying for that.