Clover Fire Burns 30 Homes in California

Thirty homes and fifty other buildings have been lost to the Clover Fire, in northern California.

Another thirty homes have been damaged and three hundred more structures are threatened by the flames.

It began Monday afternoon, southwest of Redding, and has already burnt seventy-four hundred acres.

Six tankers, seven bulldozers, and eleven hundred firefighters battled the blaze to forty percent containment.

Four people, including three firefighters have been treated for smoke inhalation, but no other injuries were reported.

Parti Quebecois Attacks Religious Head Wear

Parti Quebecois has come up with a new way to try and divide Canada, this time without trying to leave the country.

They proposed an attack upon religious head wear in Quebec, on Tuesday.

If their proposal passes it would ban all government employees, in Quebec, from wearing religious head wear such as hijabs, head scarfs, kippas, turbans, veils, and yamakas.

Items such as necklaces, rings, and other less visible objects would still be allowed.

The party feels that it would be a way to ensure that the government be completely neutral religiously.

Opponents point out that such a ban would be a direct involvement of government into religious practice.

Gabrielle Aims For Bermuda

Tropical Storm Gabrielle reformed and aimed for Bermuda, on Tuesday.

Bermuda has been hit with sixty mile per hour winds, high waves, and pouring rain.

Over Tuesday night Gabrielle should fully hit the island and then move on to the north.

Due to the high standards of construction, on Bermuda, little damage is expected.

Police in Germany Stop Nazi Model Airplane Plot

Police in Germany say they have foiled a plot by neo Nazis to use model airplanes as bombs.

They were conducting a raid of a neo Nazi meeting, when the plot and planes were found.

Three people have been arrested for their parts in the plot.

Officials say that the plotters were planning to use the planes to attack rival political rallies.

Syria Agrees to Sign Chemical Weapons Convention

Syrian foreign minister Walid Muallem announced that his country has decided to agree to a Russian proposal.

Under the proposal Syria will stop making chemical weapons and open up current stock piles to international inspection.

They will also sign the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Syria has agreed to do all this in order to avoid a possible strike against it, by western nations.

US President Obama has led a call for strikes against Syria for supposedly attacking their own people with chemical weapons.

The attack has been completely denied by the Syrian regime, nor has any proof that they were responsible been given.

Protests Erupt Across Turkey After 1 Killed

Thousands of people protested in Istanbul and other Turkish cities, on Tuesday.

The national protests were set off after the death of a protester in Armutlu.

Police blocked protesters' paths and fired rubber bullets, tear gas, and water cannons into the masses.

In some places protesters erected barricades and threw bottles, bricks, stones and other objects at officers.

Security forces have surrounded any such barricaded areas, but have not been able to force their way into some.

The government has warned that it will call in the military if necessary.