World Event #91

In Madrid, Spain a court convicted 11 Islamic militants for bring members of a terrorist group. They were apprehended for conspiring to attack Barcelona's metro. The judge declared that the plot was not advanced enough to constitute crime of conspiracy.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/12/14/spain.terror.trial/index.html

World Event #90

World Event #89 Saturday Dec. 12

World Event #88

World Event #87

In the Philippines, a government convoy got ambushed by gunmen in the same province where 57 people were massacred. The convey was coming back from a raid compound of the former provincial government. 75 people were kidnapped from the southern Philippines. http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/10/philippines.kidnapping/index.html

World Event #86

In Baghdad, Iraq a bomb was set off in a trash can on a busy street. 7 people were injured and two killed. In tow other minibus bombings, the blasts were more extreme and killed 5 five people. This is all happening after the back to back suicide bombings.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/12/09/iraq.explosion/index.html

World Event #85

Today in Venezuela, 21 activists students ended an 18 day hunger strike over the government's political prisoners. The students think that Venezuela's government persecutes people for political beliefs. When international delegations arrived the strike ended.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/12/08/venezuela.hunger.strike/index.html