Archive for November 10th, 2009

Obama leads memorial service for 13 slain at Fort Hood

Written by on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 in Latest News.

The rows of faces looked on stoically, save for a head bowed here and there, as President Barack Obama led a memorial Tuesday for the 13 people killer in last week’s mass shooting. “For those families who have lost a loved one, no words can fill the void that has been left,” Obama told a crowd of 15,000. “But here is what you must also know: Your loved ones endure through the life of our nation. … Every evening that the sun sets on a tranquil town; every dawn that a flag is unfurled; every moment that an American enjoys life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. “That is their legacy.”

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Cambodia refuses to extradite Thailand’s Thaksin (AFP)

Written by on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 in 361285.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (left) is seen greeting former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra in Phnom Penh. Thaksin has arrived in Cambodia to start work as a government economic adviser, fuelling tensions between the two countries after a series of border clashes.(AFP/HO)AFP – Cambodia on Wednesday rejected Thailand’s request to extradite Thaksin Shinawatra, inflaming tensions over Phnom Penh’s appointment of the fugitive former Thai premier as an economic adviser.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

D.C.-area sniper John Allen Muhammad executed (AP)

Written by on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 in 508901.

A vehicle carrying the body of executed sniper John Allen Muhammad departs the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia, November 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstAP – John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that left 10 dead, was executed Tuesday as relatives of the victims watched, reliving the killing spree that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area for three weeks in October 2002.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back



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