We can rest assured for now…

BEIJING, July 10 – Condoleezza Rice assured the world that they have no intention to attack North Korea, stating that they’re a sovereign state. Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Christopher Hill confirmed this statement on Saturday when speaking to the Deputy Foreign Minister of North Korea, Kim Gye Gwan.

The state news agency of North Korea announced on Saturday that their government has agreed on re-opening the negotiations on nuclear arms. This announcement came after the talks between Hill and Gye Gwan on Saturday. ‘The parties agreed to resume the six-party talks “in the week of July 25,” the agency confirmed. Rice said intensive diplomatic efforts of the sides of China, South Korea and Russia led to this new hope on the nuclear arms issue, the U.S. is now waiting patiently to see of these negotiations will lead to any results.

Although the re-opening of negotiations bears hope, Rice insisted that this is only the first step and actual progress will still remain the big issue in future discussions.

Rice also met with China’s Foreign Minister Li Zhaozing, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao earlier this Sunday.

Worries that diplomats may flee

BAGHDAD, July 9 – Today Iraqi officials shared their worries about the violence against diplomats, urging them not to give in to Al Qaeda’s fear spreading terror. The recent slaughtering of Egypt’s top official has led these concerns, Ihab Sherif was kidnapped by armed terrorists on a street in western Baghdad last weekend and on an Islamic website Al Qaeda claimed Thursday that they had killed him.

The fear of diplomats fleeing the country are not misplaced. Pakistani Ambassador Mohammed Younis Khan left Iraq Wednesday after an kidnapping attempt led by a gunfight. Bahrain’s top official, Hassan Ansari, is expected to follow this example as he was injured in a similar attempt. The Jordanian Foreign Ministry released a statement that they will defy the terrorist threat and are looking to send an ambassador to Iraq as soon as possible.

The recent attacks have been condemned by the U.N. Security Council which gathered at request of Egypt in light of the horrible events, Iraq’s Shiite and Sunni muslims joined the Security Council in the condemnation on Friday.

Nevertheless attacks continued in Iraq’s capital as one U.S. soldier was killed and six wounded by a roadside bomb in Balad, just north of Baghdad. Another roadside bomb joined by gunfire wounded three U.S. soldiers in an attack on a convoy just south of Baghdad. In Fallouja a suicide car bomber struck an Iraqi army convoy but details have not been given out at this time.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said that they will not speed up the withdrawal of Italian troops out of Iraq because of new threats. The group claiming the London attack also included a threat to attack Rome in their message on an Islamic website.
“We have to fulfill our commitments and cannot leave the job half-done,” Berlusconi said at a news conference.

Again “progress” on eliminating poverty.

GLENEAGLES, July 8 - Prime minister Blair announced today that the meeting of the 8 most powerful industrial countries in the world has finally returned an excellent result. According to Blair the countries agreed on increasing aid to $50 billion by 2010. Of course he failed to mention that this summit and its’ security measures could have fed the entire continent of Africa for a year.

No “respected” news networks dared to share that this summit is highly questionable and almost cowardly taking into account that most countries living in poverty have exactly the G8 to thank for it, but let’s steer clear of history lessons shall we.

Furthermore an agreement was reached on increasing economic relations with the countries in question. This should enable these third world countries to enter into an economic situation that reflects that of the Western world. The only last point was that of climate change, an everlasting trouble child at these summits and one that still hasn’t been resolved. The United States is the only nation of the eight that hasn’t ratified the Kyoto Protocol established in 1997, of course President Bush isn’t going to change this because he believes it would damage the U.S. economy. Quite a few people believe that he’s pointing to his own wallet here instead of preserving the nation’s interest knowing that Bush and his companions have a multitude of interests in the oil industry. The discussion on global warming will be continued on November 1st when the G8 gathers again in Britain.

Typical Drizzly Day Turns Into Chaos

LONDON, July 7 – London’s commuters were unhappily surprised today as a typical grayish morning turned into a vivid hell. Thousands of people were caught off guard this morning while still in an euphoric mood after their surprise election for the 2012 Olympics. Just before 9 a.m. five underground stations turned into every man’s nightmare when bombs were detonated by a terrorist group, now suspected to be handling in Al-Qaeda’s name.

The horror wasn’t over just yet when almost 30 minutes later a bus was the target of another terrorist attack, very likely a suicide bomber. The entire roof had been ripped open by the immense explosion. This all took place in the center of London where everyone was on their way to work, the popular public transit system transports around 3 million people every morning during rush hour.

In a matter of minutes the entire underground network was put to a stop by the bombings on the underground stations Aldgate, Edgware Road, King’s Cross, Old Street and Russell Square. The authorities immediately evacuated all the other stations to prevent any further casualties, at that time it looked like a power surge might have caused the explosions but with the bombing on a bus on Tavistock Square it was soon clear that this was no unlucky accident.

At this time there are 37 confirmed deaths and over 700 casualties but those numbers are generally believed to increase over the next few days, just at Aldgate station there were over 90 casualties and 2 deaths. It has been reported that the British government has requested extra ambulances from the Red Cross, which shows that the magnitude of this disaster is unbelievable.

Blair appeared for a live speech in Gleneagles only three hours after the attacks, urging people to stay calm and insisting that the will of terrorists to destroy our society is nothing compared to our will to defend our lifestyle and civilization. Shortly thereafter Bush commented on the horrible attacks and continued his everlasting speech of pursuing terrorists and bringing them to justice. Safety measures have been taken by the US government as well as the French government and border control around the world has increased in the light of today’s events.

Various networks reported the possibility that today’s attacks had a direct link to the election of London for the Olympics of 2012 yesterday but several terrorist-experts contradicted this insisting that such a large-scale attack cannot be executed on a day’s notice. It is far more likely that this attack has been planned to disturb the G8 meeting in Scotland, where world leaders are gathered this week to continue their talks about reducing poverty in the third world countries. The attack has been claimed by a group naming itself “Secret Organisation al Qaeda in Europe”