Around the World (November 15, 2008)

[Kamal_Farran]

***TOP STORY***
The political situation in Iran and the need to form the Iranian Revolutionary Marxists' Tendency
http://www.marxist.com/political-situation-in-iran-and-irmt.htm


***OTHER NEWS***
An investigation concludes that wake turbulence is the most likely cause of the November 4, 2008 airplane crash in Mexico City that killed, among others, Secretary of the Interior Juan Camilo Mouriño and José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N14455034.htm

An Italian court convicts 16 and acquits 13 police officers of beating protesters at the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/3457851/Italian-court-sparks-outrage-by-clearing-16-senior-policemen-in-G8-Genoa-Case.html

At a summit in Nice, France, the European Union and Russia agree to refrain from deploying missiles or missile defense systems at least before mid-2009, when a pan-European security framework is discussed between Russia, the United States and the EU.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/14/content_10360488.htm

General Ann E. Dunwoody becomes the first female four-star general in the history of the United States Army.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7730744.stm

India's Chandrayaan-1 unmanned lunar exploration mission successfully lands the Moon Impact Probe on the south pole of the Moon.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chandrayaan-I_Impact_Probe_lands_on_moon/articleshow/3714245.cms

The Eurozone enters its first recession as the combined gross domestic product of the 15 members.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Eurozone-Joint-Economy-Expected-To-Fall-05-Per-Cent-Next-Year-But-France-Not-In-Recession-Yet/Article/200811215151378

The Montecito Tea Fire in California burns 2,500 acres and damages more than 100 homes and the campus of Westmont College.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sbfire15-2008nov15,0,3157160.story


***YOUTUBE TODAY***
ali g interviews noam chomsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOIM1_xOSro