Military Stages A Coup In Niger
February 23, 2010 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Current Events
The military has overthrown the government of Niger, an African nation located north of Nigeria and sandwiched between Mali and Chad. According to Reuters, the junta staged a coup d’etat to push out President Mamadou Tandja. On state radio, this statement was announced: “The president of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy also [...]
International Headlines September 29
September 30, 2008 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Current Events
Saudi Arabian police say they have arrested five men on charges of using the Internet to recruit for al-Qaeda that were alleging trying to get people to build military groups in Afghanistan and Iraq, BBC reports. The Saudi Arabian interior ministry said the men used 28 screen names to get into different websites. The Saudi authorities [...]


