Iran Opens First Space Monitoring Center

Iran inaugurated it's new space monitoring center, on Sunday.

The Imam Jafar Sadiq Space Monitoring Center is Iran's first such center.

It will be responsible for monitoring all traffic in space, whether it be satellites, asteroids, or the unknown.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi attended the ceremony.

Vahidi said that monitoring space traffic was an important part of Iranian national security, as there are many dangers to be found in space.

He went on to say that Iran will consider selling it's date to other countries.

Lebanese Military Blocks Beirut Streets After Hezbollah Kills Protester

Tanks and armored personnel carriers took to the streets of Beirut, on Sunday.

The Lebanese city had seen protests start the day.

Sunnis, Shiites, and Christians took to the streets in either protest or support of Hezbollah's increased involvement in the Syrian civil war.

A group of Shiites began a protest in front of the Iranian embassy and were met by Hezbollah members, who opened fire on the protesters.

One protester was killed and several more were injured.

Lebanon responded by sending the military out to enforce peace on the streets.

Intersections were blocked with military vehicles and barbed wire check points.

The country fears that Hezbollah's involvement in Syria's war, will involve Lebanon in it as well.

It may well be too late for Lebanon to avoid that fate.

4 Hot Air Balloons Crash in Colorado

Four hot air balloons crashed in Colorado, on Saturday, in four separate incidents.

Arvada, Boulder County, Louisville, and Rocky Flats each had one of the crashes.

One of the people aboard the Arvada balloon was injured.

The balloon companies denied that any of the incidents were crashes.

They said that winds abruptly increased, causing emergency landings to be necessary.

Swedish Princess Madeleine Marries

Princess Madeleine of Sweden married American financier Christopher O'Neill, on Saturday.

The wedding took place in the Royal Chapel in Stockholm, and their vows were followed by a twenty-one cannon salute.

After the ceremony, they were taken by the Parade Barouche, the official wedding carriage of Sweden, to a boat which took them to Drottningholm Palace, for their reception.

Their nearly five hundred guests included royalty and financiers from around the world.

Madeleine is the youngest of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia's children, and is fourth in line to the throne.

She lives in New York City where she works for the World Childhood Foundation, founded by her mother.

25 Killed in Benghazi Clashes

At least twenty-five people were killed and more than fifty injured in clashes that erupted in Benghazi, Libya, on Saturday.

Protesters demanding that all militias lay down their arms attacked a base belonging to the Libya Shield brigade.

Fighting, between the two groups, lasted for hours.

The Libya Shield brigade is allied with the Libyan government, but the people of Benghazi do not want militias present, no matter who they are allied with.

3 Americans and 1 Italian Killed in Afghanistan

Three Americans were killed and three injured in Paktika province, Afghanistan, on Saturday.

Two of them were soldiers, while the third was a civilian contractor.

A man in Afghan military uniform walked up to them and opened fire.

Other American soldiers returned fire, killing the shooter.

In a separate incident, an Italian soldier was killed and three were wounded in Farah province.

An insurgent threw a grenade at the vehicle they were traveling in.

Chinese Bus Fire was Domestic Terrorism

Chinese officials have confirmed that Friday's bus fire was an act of domestic terrorism.

Forty-seven people were killed and thirty-four injured in the fire, which raced through the bus during rush our in Xiamen.

According to authorities, it was set by fifty-nine year old Chen Shuizong, who died in the fire.

He was angry at the government over not getting social security benefits and left a suicide note, in his apartment.

8 Colorado Counties Looking at Secession

Counties working towards secession marked in red

Eight Colorado counties have been the legal tasks required to work their way to forming their own state. Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld, and Yuma counties say they are tired of the "hypocrisy coming out of Denver".

Weld County Commissioners Sean Conway and Douglas Rademacher are leading the effort, of the mostly rural counties. They and others point out their anger with laws that have been passed, over recent months. The great majority of residents are unhappy over various new laws, including gun laws, which fifty-five of the state's sixty-four counties are suing over.

However, on Wednesday, Governor Hickenlooper signed Senate Bill 252 that is extremely devastating to the economies of rural areas, as it requires them to spend twenty percent of their budget on renewable energy. For many that was the last straw.

Conway says that he and his constituents are tired of being ignored, by the rest of the state. Some have called it a "war on rural Colorado." According to Rademacher, counties in Nebraska and Kansas have expressed interest in joining them. If not allowed to form a new state they may try and switch from Colorado to Wyoming.

For the counties to form a new state, the population of each state would have to vote in approval. A goal which the counties are working on seeing happening this November. If a county's residents approve leaving the state the Colorado state legislature, Governor, and US Congress would all have to then approve it. Out of seventy-five attempts, only five have been successful, in US history. Vermont successfully left New York, Kentucky left Virginia, Tennessee left North Carolina, Maine left Massachusetts, and West Virginia left Virginia.

Both Conway and Rademacher doubt that the state or Governor will allow them to leave. However they still plan on getting the issue that far. If nothing else they want to draw attention to their cause against what they see as unConstitutional actions, on the parts of the state government and Governor's office.

3 Killed in Kentucky Medical Helicopter Crash

Three people were killed in helicopter crash in eastern Kentucky, late Thursday night.

The medical helicopter was returning to base when it suddenly went down.

All three of the crew were killed in the crash.

Authorities are thankful that it missed crashing into nearby homes.

Officials with the FAA and NTSB are investigating the cause of the crash.

7 Georgian Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

Seven soldiers from Georgia were killed Thursday night, in Afghanistan.

A suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives outside of a Georgian military base in Nawzad.

The Taliban quickly claimed responsibility for the attack.

Thirty Georgians have now died in Afghanistan since they arrived in 2004.

Georgia has the largest contingent of non NATO soldiers, present in the conflict.

They sent their soldiers to join NATO forces, as a show of their desire to join the alliance.