Iranian Embassy Explosian

Int Beirut two explosions went off and hit the Iranian Embassy on Tuesday. The explosion killed 23 people and injured another 147 people. The Iranian and Lebanese officials have declared that the attacks is a direst assault on the embassy. The bombings have broken a three month long period of relative calm in southern Beirut. Southern Beirut is the home of the Shiite group of Hezbollah. This group was the target of a series of rocket and car bombings over the summer. A group of al Qaeda affiliated terrorists called the Abdullah Azzam Brigades have claimed responsibility for the attack.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303985504579207231789127174

Hawaii State Senate Passes Same Sex Marriage Bill

In Honolulu the Hawaii state Senate passed a bill legalizing same sex marriage. The vote in the Hawaii state Senate was 19 to 4 with two lawmakers excused. Over half of the Hawaii state Senates lawmakers spoke out to support this bill. The University of Hawaii says that they have estimated that this will boost tourism by $217 million over the course of three years. They say that Hawaii would have a large increase in weddings and honeymoons. They estimate that the couples would spend over $166 million on ceremonies and honeymoons. I believe that this is a great step towards equality and that other states should and potentially will.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/12/hawaii-gay-marriage/3510441/

Philippine Typhoon Death Toll Potentially 1,000

The Red Cross fears that there are 1,000 deaths from the typhoon that struck the Philippines on Friday. The typhoon went through several of the Philippines central islands completely destroying the seaside city of Tacloban which has led to unconfirmed 1,200 people dead. So far the government has on confirmed 140 people dead so far. The Red Cross group on the ground in the Philippines has reported that they have seen a very large amount of bodies, but they still have to do an official body count. Some meteorologists reported that typhoon Haiyan or Yolanda which they are calling it in the Philippines, sustained winds up to 190 miles an hour.

Six Dead in South Carolina Domestic Dispute

Tuesday six people were found dead in a house in Greenwood County, South Carolina after a man called 911 saying he was thinking about hurting himself. Authorities received a call from a neighbor saying that the neighbor had heard shots fired from the house. SWAT team arrived and after attempting to make contact with the people inside for an hour the SWAT team entered and found six bodies. Four adults and two children. The ages of the deceased ranged from 9 to early 50s. Authorities couldn't immediately tell how they were killed and they refused to call it a murder-suicide.

Bishop Suspeneded

Bishop of Limburg Franz-Peter Tebartz now newly nicknamed "The Bishop of Bling" is accused of spending more than $42 million dollars on re-doing his official place of residence. The Vatican announced that they believe that it is appropriate for him to take a period of leave. A Church commission will be held but they did not say where or what Franz-Peter Tebartz would be doing in that time. Maybe chilling in his new pimped out crib. Apparently Bishop Limburg has become infamous for his spending habits in Germany. The Bishop was called out and accused of lying under oath about his abundance of spending. Another thing people have been criticizing him about is taking a first class flight to India to visit the poor.

Rescuers find bodies in the Mekong River after plane crashes in Laos

In Pakse, Laos- a plane carrying 49 people crashed into the Mekong River. Rescuers have been in fishing boats pulling out bodies from the muddy Mekong River on Thursday. Officials have ruled that there are no survivors. The plane crashed because of a very violent storm. So far they have only found nine of the forty nine bodies. In fact they haven't even found the rest of the plane. Just some luggage and the props that fell off when it hit the ground and slid into the murky depths of the Mekong River. They are trying to use divers in order to find the submerged aerial vehicle. Some of the nine bodies were discovered by fishermen twelve miles down from the crash site. Thailand has sent thirty scuba divers in an attempt to help search for the plane and bodies. They are still unsure of what made the plane crash. Once they have found the plane they will be able to look at the "black box" a device inside of the plane that says what happened to the plane.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/laos-says-plane-from-state-run-airline-crashed-49-people-from-11-countries-believed-dead/2013/10/16/e21a4b96-36c4-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html

LIbyan PM Ali Zeidan held by gunmen in Tripoli

Libyan PM Ali Zeidan was captured from the hotel where he resides in Tripoli. He was held captive for hours but was then freed. No shots were fired. They believe that this was retaliation for the US special forces' raid that happend over the weekend to seize a Libyan al Qaeda suspect form the Libyan capital city of Tripoli. Weather the kidnapping was by armed militants or a pseudo-coup attempt with a meaning of reflecting the will of the Libyan people; it showed weakness in the Libyan government. Libyan government spokesman Mohammed Kaabar told the LANA news agency that Zidan was  "set free." Also Zeidan thanked the guards who oversaw the operation, implying that there was a rescue operation by security forces.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57606834/libyan-pm-ali-zeidan-briefly-held-by-gunmen-in-tripoli/