Yameen Elected President of Maldives

Yameen

Abdulla Yameen has been elected president of the Maldives.

He won 51.3% of a run off vote.

The run off vote was rescheduled three times, as the supreme court and police found reasons to delay things.

Former president Mohamed Nasheed, who took 48.6% of the run off, has accepted defeat, and urged his supporters to support the democratic process.

Political experts, from around the world, had accused the supreme court and police of delaying the election in order to keep Nasheed from winning.

Floods Kill 19 in Vietnam

Torrential rains have caused severe flooding in Vietnam, on Saturday.

The floods and mud slides have killed nineteen people and at least eight are missing.

Over eighty-one thousand have been forced to evacuate, by the still rising waters.

Forecasts are for the rain to continue into Monday.

US Army: Staff Sergeant Richard L. Vazquez

Staff Sergeant Richard L. Vazquez, twenty-eight of Seguin, Texas, died on November 13.

He was killed by an improvised explosive device in Panjwai, Afghanistan.

Vazquez was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) out of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

Among his completed courses were: US Army Basic Airborne Course, US Army Air Assault, Combat Lifesaver Course, Warrior Leader Course; Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Course; Special Forces Qualifications Course, Senior Mountaineer Course, Master Mountaineer Course, Sensitive Site Exploitation Operator Advanced Course.

His decorations include: Purple Heart, three Army Commendation Medals, two Army Achievement Medals, Meritorious Unit Citation, two Army Good Conduct Medals, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal with one Campaign Star, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Noncommissioned Officer Proffessional Development Ribbon with numeral two, Army Service Ribbon, two Overseas Service Ribbon, NATO Medal, Master Driver Badge, Air Assault Badge, Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, Special Forces Tab.