Ambulance offers hope in war-torn Somalia

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/29/somalia.ambulance/index.html

updated 1:07 a.m.EDT, Wed September 30, 2009

Senior U.S official holds talks in Cuba

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/29/us.cuba.talks/index.html

updated 9:47 p.m. EDT, Tue September 29, 2009

Honduras' leaders push back after Brazilian Embassy snub

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/27/honduras.president/index.html

updated 10:20 a.m. EDT, Mon September 28, 2009

Iran tests missiles amid nuclear tension

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/27/iran.missile.test/index.html

updated 10:01 p.m. EDT, Sunday September 27, 2009

Iran tests some missiles and succeeded to fire the target, but the final stage is still remained. This action reminds me of North Korea's nuclear missile testing, which deepened tension between South and North Korea.

Cries and Hugs at Reunion of Families in North Korea

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/world/asia/27korea.html?_r=1&ref=world

September 26, 2009

It has been almost two years since North Korean and South Korea offered reunion for some families who separated by the war about fifty years ago. I have been in North Korea in my high school junior year for the school trip. At that time, I met a guide who was at the last reunion for guiding, and he described me about the scene of them. He said that he could not stop crying while he watched the scene of reunion. I felt really sad and thanked for the god that all of my family and cousins are in South Korea. Separation of people in North Korea and South Korea has been always the first reason that the North and South should be reunified. However, those people are now seniors, so we had little time to make them get together..

Child tobacco farmers 'exposed to toxic levels of nicotine'

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/25/child.tobacco.picking/index.html

updated 7:42 a.m. EDT, Fri September 25, 2009

In Malawi, about 78,000 children are working in tobacco harvesting. According to Plan International report, most of them have sickness relating to tobacco, working 12 hours a day and being paid only 17 cents. However, the prime minister in Malawi, Yunnus Mussa, has refused what Plan report and Spiller, who investigated Green Tobacco Sickness(GTS), have uncovered. Mussa claims that the government has been trying to stop children laboring. However, it is still serious that children are in poverty and working in poor conditions.

Parkistan arrests top Taliban commander

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/21/pakistan.taliban.commander/index.html

updated 11:09 a.m. EDT, Mon September21, 2009

Pakistan has arrested the key military Taliban commander, Abu Faraj. He was suspected of setting the plan of a suicide car bomb attack which happened September 18th.

The one thing I really liked from this World News blog is that now I know something sequently happen in the world.

General warns of Afghan Loss Without More U.S. Troops.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/world/asia/21afghan.html?_r=1&ref=world

September 20, 2009, 00:50

The top military commander in Afghanistan send an assessment of the war that he needs more troops for war or "will likely loose". Now it is skeptical whether President Obama would send more troops or not because Obama mentioned he was an opposition to the war. Now he said his top priority is to keep US safe and his administration has right strategy. Everything would be decided on Sunday.

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9/18

I was doing 'camouflage' project for CFC class.. Mine was covering head with mirrors, so it could reflect the world and people around you. It is like disguising yourself and reflecting other things.. Tomorrow, I am going to fragment those mirrors and cover my model's head again..

39 killed in Pakistan market car bombing

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/18/pakistan.car.bomb/index.html

updated 2:02 p.m, Fri September 18, 2009

A suicide car exploding killed at least 39 people in northwest Pakistan. Thirty six people included policeman were also wounded. Shia Muslim was target. The residents had been threaten by Taliban. It was horrible.

9/17

I have three classes continuously at 1:30 to 10:00 on Thursday. I was very exhausted.

my life 9/15

My digital camera doesn't work on my computer (Mac pro), so I have to go duderstadt library everyday to upload photos..

Afghanistan blast kills at least 16

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/17/afghan.blast/index.html

updated 8:19 a.m. Thu September 17, 2009

A car bomb was exploded and at least 16 people are killed and 55 people were wounded. Every time I saw news like this, I feel very lucky to be safe in here.

Hatoyama elected as Japan's prime minister

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/16/japan.new.pm/index.html

updated 8:39 p.m. Wed September 16, 2009

Finally, Hatoyama elected as Japan's prime minister. He promised to raise the minimum wage , provide $3,000 per child to each family and $1,000 per unemployed Japanese to look a job.

As I mentioned before, the issue is how he is going to make money for those pledges.

Japan prepares for new prime minister

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/15/japan.politics/index.html

updated 10:57 p.m. EDT, Tue September 15, 2009

As prime minister Taro Aso resigned because voters removed the power of his party, Hatoyama is likely to be nominated for the next prime minister. Hatoyama, unlike Taro Aso, gave the message of change like Obama. Japanese people hope to recover the economic difficulties. The important issue is how the next prime minister get money from because now Japan's national debt is as twice as before.

I thought it is good for Japan to remove the party because Aso's party governs Japan almost over fifty years and now they have worst recession ever. I was wondering how the other party would govern compare with Aso's party.

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