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6 Apr 2009 - Rwanda remembered and headlines
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The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass killing of hundreds of thousands of Rwanda's Tutsis and Hutu political moderates by Hutus under the Hutu Power ideology. Over the course of approximately 100 days, from the assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana on 6 April up until mid July, at least 500,000 people were killed. Most estimates indicate a death toll between 800,000 and 1,000,000. Economic Crisis in Florida
Florida has been hit particularly hard by the recession. It's facing its worst unemployment rate since 1976, with nearly one in ten people out of work, and it has the second-highest foreclosure rate in the country. State of the Gazan economy, where unemployment and poverty rates are among the highest in the world. Despite international pledges of over $5.2 billion to rebuild Gaza, in the four months since Israel's assault the siege has not been lifted and only one truck carrying cement and other construction materials has been allowed entry into the Gaza Strip. Headlines for April 6, 2009 *
North Korea Tests Long-Range Rocket
Obama Calls for Nuclear-Free World
Czechs Protest US Missile Shield Base
NATO Allies Refuse to Send More Combat Troops to Afghanistan
Mass Shootings Spur Call for New Gun Control Laws
One in Six Americans Now Unemployed or Underemployed
Wall Street Firms Gave Lawrence Summers Millions in 2008
Thousands Protest on Wall Street
Iowa Supreme Court Overturns Ban on Same-Sex Marriage
Pakistan Taliban Unleashes Wave of Suicide Attacks
Report: 1 Million Pakistanis Displaced by US Drone Attacks
Protests Condemn Public Flogging of Pakistani Girl
Israeli Newspapers Remove Female Cabinet Ministers from Photo
Massive US Arms Sale to Israel Disclosed
New York Times Threatens to Close Boston Globe
Media Covers US War Dead's Return After 18-Year Ban
Egyptian Police Arrest 25 Ahead of Nationwide Protests
L'AQUILA, Italy — A powerful earthquake in mountainous central Italy knocked down whole blocks of buildings early Monday as residents slept, killing at least 91 people in the country's deadliest quake in nearly three decades. Tens of thousands were homeless and 1,500 were injured.
Pentagon to end F-22 production - In a blow to Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon has decided to end funding of the F-22 fighter jet.
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6 Apr 2009 - 'Fast & Furious' leaves the competition in its dust
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By Scott Bowles, USA TODAY
If only automobiles sold as well as movies about them.
Fast & Furious, the fourth installment of the octane-obsessed franchise, scored the highest spring debut of all time by revving up $72.5 million, according to studio estimates from Nielsen EDI.Featuring the movie's original stars, Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, the movie opened at $30 million more than many analysts projected and set a spate of records, including the highest opening for a movie in the first four months of the year. The previous best was 300, which opened to $70.9 million in March 2007.
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