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During an annual Easter message Pope Benedict the XVI called peace in the Midwest and areas in Africa. The pope also urged the restoration of "peaceful coexistence" in Ivory Coast, where a political stalemate led to violence. The pope also said that young people of Western Nations should work together for a common good. He also said that the people of these nations should build a society where poverty is defeated. Finally, the pope hopes that the victims in Japan will find consolation and hope in the after math.

It would be nice if his ideas actually became true but they probably never will.

People do need peace right now. There is so much fighting going on throughout the world that could be stopped.

Foreign ministers of Persian Gulf nations will meet in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday in the latest attempt to ease tensions between the government and the opposition in Yemen. The meeting will focus on completing discussions that took place Sunday in Saudi Arabia with the opposition Joint Meeting Parties. The opposition wants Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down. Saleh says he will transfer power in 2013. Many have been arrested and injured in clashes with Yemeni security forces.

"The killing of Osama bin Laden is a powerful argument for emphasizing counterterrorism over nation building in the war on terror." says Fareed Zakaria. It would be too generous to say that Osama Bin Ladens' death has to do with Obama's war on terrorism strategy.

There going to get back at us.

All Obama's strategy was to get high polls for next election and lieing about Osama bin laden dead is the perfect plain because he is wanted but He is a CIA agent, Why would they kill there own people?

A Boy Scout troop from Lafayette, Louisiana was found Tuesday. The campsite was found by helicopter a National Guard helicopter.The scouts were being transferred by helicopter to a command post. All the boys are fine. officials were confident the troop was safe, saying the scout master with the troop was very experienced and serves as a backpacking trainer. The average age of the youths is 14.

That is a great thing that they found the troop!

if they would have not took off then they would not have got lost in the first place

Police in Four nations have held about 200 people, for Trans-Atlantic Drug trafficing. Involving Major Mexican drug cartels,Importing and Distributing drugs from Latin America to the US. 60 Million dollars in cash seized. Suspects Arrested in Mexico and Guatemala. Arrests came after a 15 month investigation. The US and Italian charges cover various crimes, including trafficking of cocaine and marijuana, kidnap charges, attempted murder, conspiracy to use a firearm in a violent crime and conspiracy to kill and kidnap in a foreign country.

This is an interesting topic. The drug trade world is getting out of control a lot of people are being killed and hurt for no reason someone needs to step up and stop these things from happening before its to late

Oil had recently went under $104 a barrel while gas prices kept increasing. The national gas prices went up .6 of a cent overnight ($3.584). Overall, the gas prices went up an average of 4 cents in 6 days.

There was a subway bombing that left 12 people dead. It also left more than 200 wounded in Belarus. The interior minister says it was a radio-controlled bomb that was used. The bomb was placed under a bench at a busy subway station. He also says, police have created composite pictures of two male suspects using testimony from witnesses. Another official says several people have been detained in the investigation. It's not clear if those people are considered suspects. Earlier, the domestic security agency in the former Soviet nation said it had identified the likely attacker.

That is horrible. Twelve innocent people died for most likely no reason.

The gulf nations meet to ease unrest in yemen.Foreign ministers of Persian Gulf will meet in the united arab emirates. The gulf cooperation council said the meeting will focus on the discussions from sunday in Saudi Arabia.The meeting came as Yemeni security forces opened fire on anti government protesters. that was in the city as Taiz. The Gulf Cooperation Council met the capital of Saudi Arabia and on sunday in effort to bring end to the current political impasse in the country. A few weeks before protesters were taken to the streets. Many were arrested or injured dealing with security forces.

List of links/resources to developing news and current events unfolding in Libya. Good sources to compare potential media bias as coverage comes form Time, NYT, Guardian, The Telegraph, CNN, ABC News, BBC, Washington Post

In Corsicana, Texas, autorities say Jeffrey Allan Maxwell abducted a 62-year-old woman and then beat her for 13 days. He was arrested Saturday and has been charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault.

Jeffrey Allan Maxwell, The guy's sick. Who Shackles and beats a 62 year women, for 13 days! People need some help.

The morality of human nature can never be settled as eternally good or bad, but always unpredictable. There's ones who create inventions, cure diseases, and build nations, yet you can't balance life without having negatives. Its a shame what happens to innocent victims these days, but we can't control human emotion/consciousness. All we can do is protect who and what we know, but learn from the mistakes of our brothers and sisters for we can do better.

The United States was once one of the most rapidly growing countries in the world, but that is not the case now. Slow population growth can be a good thing, as the U.S. is in a recession the way it is, and more people can make it worse, especially with jobs currently being difficult to find. From the 90's to 2000, the U.S. was growing at 13.2%, and from 2000 to 2010, it has grown 9.7%. 43% of the growth is Hispanics, which shows how rapidly we our adapting to a diverse community. Studies show that the U.S. is becoming a middle aged country, which will most likely harm us if we don't get out of the recession, because that will be even more money being drained once all the middle aged people are able to collect Social Security.

Its been 32 years since the core meltdown at 3 mile island and it is the worst nuclear disaster in u.s. history.

Hot dry weather returns to Texas this week and the national weather service issued a red flag warning for large portion of west Texas. A fire scorched nearly every inch of a 10,000 acre. Some cattle of the Cormack family farm almost incinerated by fast moving flames. Forest service responded to 17 new fires over the weekend and to firefighters have dies so far with others having numerous injures.

Thats not good at all. More dry weather, more fires and also more damage done.

That is terrible. Hopefully nothing bad happens.

400 people have been killed in Syria across several weeks as the government has cracked down on protesters. Majority are apparently civilians, the group's list describes a few of the dead as members of the army or police. The U.N. Security Council considers a statement condemning the violence. The United Nations has said it has information that 76 people were killed last week on Friday, possibly more.

Opening day at Knoebels was very busy opening day. The numbers were up five percent more than last year. Knoebels has been honored by the National Amusement Park Historical Association as its favorite traditional amusement park in the country. They recently made the park smoking restricted. There are now designated smoking areas. Until Memorial Day, Knoebels is only open weekends.

I think it is a very good thing that there is smoking restrictions in the park. Many people will disagree but it is for the better. It's also good to hear that Knoebel's numbers are up this year.