Murphy James International Articles

Summary:
South Korea said Thursday that it was “deeply regrettable" that North Korea had ordered their officials to leave N.K. territory, but that they were undaunted.All 11 South Korean government officials who were based in a jointly operated factory complex in Kaesong, a small town 37 miles from Seoul on the north side of the border between the countries, returned to South Korea early Thursday after the North Korean authorities gave them three days to leave. Once they had returned, South Korea warned that North Korea was furthering their isolation by disrupting the improving economic co-operation between the two Koreas.

Opinion:
This is somewhat disturbing to me to see. North Korea already makes me nervous, simply because they are so unpredictable. Now they are becoming even more sketchy? AGH. This is quite distressing to me. Yet again, any country who has any sort of bomb distresses me. People have shiny happy fits of rage, and bombs are pretty effective at killing.

Summary:
Aníbal S. Acevedo Vilá, the governor of Puerto Rico, has been charged with 19 criminal counts related to the financing of three political campaigns from 1999 to 2004, including conspiracy to violate federal campaign laws, wire fraud and illegally using campaign funds for his personal use.He said he would address his constituents at 5:30 p.m. E. time on Thursday. He plans to turn himself in on Friday morning. Nine of the other defendants were arrested on Thursday and federal officials said that the remaining three were being sought.
Opinion:
This just goes to show that it's not just Americans who are corrupt in their campaign strategy. It helps the case that most governments, on paper, would work splendidly. However, you get corrupt human nature mixed in with it, and you have a recipe for dissatisfaction.