Monday, April 21, 2014

Iran

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/18/world/middleeast/mystery-shrouds-american-plane-at-tehran-airport.html?ref=iran&_r=0

According to the article, there was an unexpected plane that landed in Iran.  The plane belonged to The Bank of Utah, and apparently it had an American flag on the tail of the plane.  The reason why this was a big deal is because "President Obama has warned that Iran is not open for business, even as the United States has loosened some of its punishing economic sanctions as part of an interim nuclear pact."   The plane had no actual reason of being there and people don't know why it was in Iran.  Apparently when asked, one of the executives in Salt Lake City, Brett King said that "We have no idea why that plane was at that airport." 

"The tracking of planes has become a kind of global sport, as largely amateur photographers post thousands of images showing arrivals and departures in their attempts to chronicle flight paths. In the case of this plane, for example, one spotter spied it leaving an airport in Zurich around the time of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, held in January. Another photographer tracked the plane, identified by its call letters N604EP on the tail engines, departing a London-area airport for Ghana last October."

Monday, April 14, 2014

Nigeria

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27018751

In the article from BBC News, it is said there was a bomb explosion at a crowded bus station and the blast killed 71 people and injured 124.  "The blast ripped a hole 4ft deep (1.2m) in the ground of Nyanya Motor Park, some 16km (10 miles) from the city centre, and destroyed more than 30 vehicles, causing secondary explosions as their fuel tanks ignited and burned, the Associated Press news agency reports." 

"So there are many dead shot down at the scene of the accident. And as you can see now some of these casualties... we are hoping, we are praying they will be ok. We saw some ambulances bringing corpses to other hospitals."