Archive for September 8th, 2009

NKorea marks 61st anniversary amid nuke standoff (AP)

Written by on Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 in 317305.

In this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, wearing glasses, visits the Kim Chaek Taehung Fishery Enterprise in North Korea's North Hamgyong province. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)AP – North Korea marked the communist country’s 61st anniversary Wednesday with patriotic songs and odes to leader Kim Jong Il and his “army first” policy.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Serena sets up Clijsters clash at US Open (AFP)

Written by on Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 in Latest News.

AFP – Defending champion Serena Williams will play comeback queen Kim Clijsters for a place in the US Open final after both scored straight sets wins in their quarter-finals.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Malaysia charges 12 Muslims for anti-Hindu protest (AP)

Written by on Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 in Latest News.

AP – A Malaysian court charged 12 Muslims with criminal offenses Wednesday for parading a severed cow head to protest the construction of a Hindu temple in a case that stoked religious tensions in this multiethnic country.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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