Taliban Attack on Afghan Election Headquarters

Smoke coming from election headquarters after
attack by Taliban

Rosenberg, Matthew. "Taliban Attack Election Panel Headquarters Before Afghan Voting."The New York Times. The New York Times, 29 Mar. 2014. Web. 29 Mar. 2014.

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On Saturday Taliban fighters opened fire on election panel headquarters, which is a week before voting for the new president of Afghanistan will happen.The Taliban had vowed prior to this that they would attack sometime before the election had started. Thankfully there had been no reports of casualties but not one hundred percent sure if there were or not. The Talibans goal is to derail his election so that they can show that they still have power, this is their third attack in Kabul this week and these attacks are adding lots of tension to the city. Noor Ahmad Noor the election commissions spokesman said that the attack started with two rocket propelled grenades hitting the compound. He then said that the compound “is in total lockdown and we have moved our staff to bankers and safe houses,” he added. “None of the insurgents have managed to breach our security and enter.” This period of elections will be very dangerous for Afghanistan and they will have to take many security measures so that they will have a secure election for next week.

After Sixty Years, Remains of Chinese Soldiers From Korean War Returned Home From South Korea

          Chines soldiers with flags over boxes containing the
 remains of the 437 Chinese dead soldiers

Sang-hun, Choe. "After Six Decades, Chinese Soldiers Killed in South Korea Head Home."The New York Times. The New York Times, 28 Mar. 2014. Web. 29 Mar. 2014.

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After 60 years South Korea has returned the remains of 437 Chinese soldiers who fought in the Korean War back to China, showing a sign warming feelings between the two nations. That it took 60 years to return the remains showed that there was a ton of uneasiness and conflict between the two countries. A breakthrough came last June when South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye spent some time in China. As part of her effort to become comfortable and familiar with South Korea she offered to send the remains back to China where they belong. China being North Korea’s biggest and major ally, it looks like South Korea has made closer connections with South Korea than North Korea. The remains sent to China on Friday arrived just ahead of China’s annual “tomb sweeping day,” the day families would visit their loved ones who fought in the war. With these signs of gratitude from South Korea you can understand the lesson of with time old wounds can be healed with forgiveness.

Ebola One of the World's Most Deadliest Viruses Hits Guinea

Ignace Deen Hospital in Conakry

"Ebola Spread to Guinea Capital Raises Fears." The New York Times. The New York Times, 29 Mar. 2014. Web. 29 Mar. 2014.

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Ebola one of the most world’s most deadliest viruses has spread from a remote forested area in southern Guinea to Guinea’s seaside capital Conakry. Ebola causes severe bleeding and almost always is a certain death, and this could possibly spread far beyond the borders this tiny West African nation’s borders. Ebola has already killed 70 people and others who have been exposed are being isolated in hospitals in Conakry. With Guinea being one of the poorest countries in the world and having a population of two million this could turn into a serious disaster and tragedy. Some people who have shown symptoms of Ebola fear to even enter hospitals as hundreds of people with Ebola are going there to be treated, meaning that the virus is circulating throughout the hospital with so many germs spreading. The people of Guinea are in panic and believe that “Only God can save us now.” Doctors are doing as much as they can to help these people and at the same time making sure that the disease does not spread too far to where it could possibly be a world threatening epidemic.

Twitter Banned In Turkey With Support Of Nation's Own President

Jones, Bryony, Laura Smith-Spark, Ivan Watson, and Gul Tuysuz. "Turkey's Twitter Ban Condemned -- Even by Nation's Own President." CNN. Cable News Network, 01 Jan. 1970. Web. 23 Mar. 2014.

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The Turkish Government banned Twitter in the country of Turkey and has caused an outrage with the people of Turkey. Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan supports the ban of Twitter because Erdogan believes that social media is the cause for anti-government rhetoric. Turkish Twitter users finding a way across the ban immediately voiced themselves against the Turkish Government and President saying “He is afraid. Afraid of democracy, afraid of freedom, afraid of people.”

Turkish analyst Fadi Hakura says that Twitter has been targeted because it’s a way to block the public’s access to information amid the government’s corruption scandal and in the run-up to key local elections at the end of March. The Prime Minister’s top priority is to win these elections so that his authority remains in Turkish politics, but with him supporting the ban on Twitter you can only expect disapproval from voters for Erdogan. Keep a close eye on this because as seen before, when a government censors the people’s voice you can only expect protest from the people.

Speculations Arising For The Disappearance Of Flight 370

Watkins, Tom, Mick Krever, Wen-Chun Fan, Thom Patterson, and Catherine E. Shoichet. "Searching for the Plane Truth -- amid Speculation." CNN. Cable News Network, 01 Jan. 1970. Web. 19 Mar. 2014.

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It  has been 12 days since Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 has gone missing and there have been many speculations to what had happened to the plane. Many speculations have been proposed and here are just a few of the ones that could have possibly happened. One was that it was a “Pilot Hero” attempt, meaning that the plane was going down and the pilot steered the plane to the nearest airport and the plane didn’t make it. The next speculation was that the pilot took the plane down as a suicide attempt, believing that one of the pilots had a meltdown during the flight. Another speculation is “Commandeering,” Commandeering is not to be confused with hijacking as Commandeering is to be when the plane is hijacked but motives are not clear or made yet. The last speculation was that the plane was actually hijacked because of evidence that the transponder data was terminated before the disappearance of the plane . There are many speculations to what had has happened to the plane and almost everyone is eager to find out what has exactly happened to Flight 370.

Russia Takes Ukrainian Military Base By Force

David. "Russian Force Takes Over Ukrainian Base Next to Airport in Crimea." The New York Times. The New York Times, 22 Mar. 2014. Web. 22 Mar. 2014.

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On Saturday Russian forces pushed through the gates of a Ukrainian military base with armored vehicles, firing weapons into the air and demanding that Ukrainian soldiers surrender immediately. By that evening Russia was in full control as negotiations over the terms of withdrawal were still going on. The Kremelin has invited Ukrainian soldiers to join the Russian army with maintaining the same rank and higher pay, but many have declined. Russia has made ultimatums that if Ukraine does not relinquish control of the base to Russia, Russia will attack with force. Tension and anticipation was built throughout the afternoon for an agreement to made with Russia and Ukraine. The agreement made was the founding of the O.S.C.E. Special Monitoring Mission for six months, they will observe security situations and reports incidents that take place. It will be interesting to see in these few months whether the O.S.C.E will help maintain security in Ukraine.

India Heavily Expands It's Search For Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Harris, Gardiner. "India Expands Its Efforts in Search for Missing Jet." The New York Times. The New York Times, 14 Mar. 2014. Web. 14 Mar. 2014.

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Indian military forces searched hundreds of islands in the Andaman Sea for any signs of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 as efforts to finding the aircraft as turned to westward from aircraft’s origin Kuala Lumpur. India has now intensified it’s search by sending six ships, a handful of airplanes, and about one thousand people from India’s navy, coast guard and air force. Only 37 of the 572 islands in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are inhabited and the rest are covered by tropical jungles, which expands the search by having to search over five hundred islands. The coast guard has sent two Dornier aircrafts to fly over these islands slowly to observe carefully so that they don’t miss any possible of evidence of the plane. As Captain D.K. Sharma said, “This is like looking for a needle in that vast expanse of sea.” Even with many countries sending ships, aircrafts, and people this will still be a long process and take a lot coordination to find Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.