Monday, July 2, 2007

World Watch


Here are some of the latest international developments that are of interest:

The latest African Union (AU) summit is discussing the possibility of a "United States of Africa" as a way of improving their status in the world. Source - BBC
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6258072.stm)

Al Qaeda has been alleged to have attempted three attacks in Britain. The first two targeted London and failed, but the third one consisted of a car explosion at Scotland's busiest airpot. Five people have been arrested over the attacks so far. Source - Reuters (http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2007-07-01T203538Z_01_L29197797_RTRUKOC_0_US-BRITAIN-BOMB.xml)

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