The Atlas For 9/30/10: Tensions Arise in Ecuador As Possible Coup Attempt Could Be Afoot
It's being reported by "La Patilla" that Correa was not hurt but became intoxicated by the gas as the photo above indicates. Angry soldiers have taken over the capital Quito's airpot as of this time.
Update: Reports are not indicating that some sources, including Hugo Chavez, are saying that a coup maybe taking place. And Correa has indicated that this small fraction of protestors are trying to cause it.
In the ever growing mess that is AfPak, Pakistan has decided to block off a key NATO non-military supply route. This decision was prompted by the Pakistani government after NATO forces fired on targets in Pakistan after they crossed to border from Afghanistan.
Kamal Hyder, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Islamabad, said on Thursday that there are reports of 100 Nato supply lorries already being held up at the Torkham border post in retaliation for the earlier cross-border Nato raids.
"A Nato convoy had been moving through Khyber Pass, but the trucks were turned back from entering the Khyber region," he said. "We are also told that the CIA chief [Leon Panetta] in Islamabad has been addressing this issue."
Our correspondent also said that the Pakistani government is making quite a big noise about it. Pakistan said that Isaf [the Nato-led force] and Nato must respect the mandate under which they are operating. They are expressing deep concerns that, despite the fact that [Isaf] knew where these positions were, they still went ahead."
Workers across Europe are staging protests everywhere over the rapid growth of austerity. And get how brutal it is in Spain:
Cuts have helped Spain trim its central government deficit by half through July, but the unemployment rate still stands at a shocking 20 per cent, and many businesses are struggling to survive.
Not surprising, but Blackwater maybe on the verge of another massive contract, as the U.S. State Department is holding its latest "Corrupt Contractor Awards" for the latest Worldwide Protective Services. And get this from Spencer Ackerman's latest great write up:
A senior department official told the congressional Wartime Contracting Commission in June that the department requires “between 6,000 and 7,000 security contractors” in Iraq, up from its current 2,700 armed guards. And that doesn’t even take into account those needed to guard the expanded U.S. civilian presence in Afghanistan.An update on whether they were awarded that contract will certainly be given here at TWD.
Is China the one to first blink in their standoff with Japan over the ship incident? Didn't expect them to do any sort of conciliatory move.
Malaysia Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak hopes that moderates in religion can grow throughout the world.
Don't do it Cuba:
Cuba is expected to begin drilling offshore for oil and gas as soon as next year in waters deeper than those the Deepwater Horizon rig was drilling in when it exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April.
The Spanish energy company, Repsol, which drilled an exploratory well in 2004 off the coast near Havana, has contracted to drill the first of several exploratory wells with a semi-submersible rig that's expected to arrive in Cuba at the end of the year, said Jorge Pinon, an energy expert and visiting research fellow at the Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University.
Joining the bank bailout party, Ireland's decision to give one of its own "Too Big To Fail" financial institutions tax players dollars has led to a deficit increasing!
The Zambia government hopes refugees from the Congo will be peaceful.
Al Qaeda is getting hunted by four countries in Northern Africa, while the UN is ending their 13 year arms embargo on Sierra Leone.
And happy National/Independence Day to Botswanna, celebrating its 44th birthday.
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