Wordly Events

There's all sorts of interesting events happening in the world.

They just opened free trade across the Asian Pacific. This can be a very good thing. The meetings that are being held right now, are leading the way to the WTO meetings in Hong Kong next month. Leaders including: President Bush, Russian President Putin, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, and Mexican President Vicente Fox have all expressed in their own words that they will promote free trade, but express concern regarding the bird flu and terrorism.

While this is all being discused in Asia, this is going on in Latin America: Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo posted bond in Mexico to avoid being detained on an extradition request from Guatemala, where he is sought on corruption charges, prosecutors said on Thursday.