Russian Spacecraft Falling

An unnamed Russian space cargo ship spun out of control and is due to re-enter earth's atmosphere and burn up within the next few hours. The spacecraft will completley burn up except for a few parts that won't burn. The cargo ship was carrying more than 6 thousands pounds of parts, oxeygen, fuel and spare parts. The spacecraft was going to burnup reentering the atmosphere regardless, accept it wasn't supposed to have all of the supplies on board.

 Smith-Spark, Laura. "Russian Spacecraft Due to Re-enter Atmosphere, Burn up - CNN.com." CNN. Cable News Network, 7 May 2015. Web. 8 May 2015.<http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/07/world/space-russian-cargo-ship/index.html> .   

Goodbye 50% Off Sales: Deep Discounts are Ending

On Monday, Royal Carribean cruise lines announced that they are looking to eliminate last minute discounts. Harley Davidson also announced that they will no longer be worrying about competing price wise with competitors. They are getting rid of discounts for a couple of different reasons. The first is that now we are out of the recession, people can afford more expensive products. The next is that companies are becoming more and more aware of pricing psychology. People tend to associate higher prices with higher quality therefore giving a better name to the product in most cases but not all.

"Goodbye 50% off Sales: Deep Discounts Are Ending." CNNMoney. Cable News Network. Web. 23 Apr. 2015. <http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/23/investing/deep-discounts-ending/index.html>.

Iran Agreeing to Nuclear Deal Under Sircumstances

Iran agreed to signing the nuclear agreement if sanctions against them are lifted. Six world powers agreed to a preliminary deal that would limit Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. The United States stated that if a final deal is reached the lifting of any sanctions will come in phases. Negotiators from the U.S., Iran, China, Russia, Germany, France, and Britain have until June 30 to come up with a final deal.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/09/politics/iran-nuclear-bill/index.html

Putin says Russia will stand firm in standoff with West

President Vladmir Putin believes that Russia will win the standoff with the west if they firmly hold their ground. The United States and NATO have been attempting to indirectly scare Russia by placing NATO troops near the Russian border and the developing a high precision long range conventional weapons system. Putin responded by saying, " No one has succeeded in scaring our country or pressuring it and no one will."

ISIS Releases Some Christian Hostages

On Sunday, ISIS released a group of 19 Christian prisoners. The reason ISIS chose to release them was because an ISIS Sharia judge. The judge had declared that the prisoners had not violated any Sharia law. It is believed that ISIS did this because they had been taking heat from other Islams who believed that ISIS was doing rogue justice. Part of the reason ISIS was rejected by al-Qaeda was because of rogue justice and them being too hard on other Muslims that weren't extreme.


Brumfield, Ben. "ISIS Releases Some Christian Hostages -- but Why? - CNN.com." CNN. Cable News Network, 2 Mar. 2015. Web. 4 Mar. 2015. <http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/02/middleeast/isis-hostages-why-now/index.html>.

ISIS Fighters Wearing Iraqi Army Uniforms Attack a Base Where 320 US Marines are Stationed

Eight ISIS assailants dressed up in Iraqi Army uniforms attacked Ain al-Asad base where 320 US marines are currently station on Friday February 13th. ISIS took over the Islamic State of Al-Baghdadi which is only 9 miles away from the base that they attacked. ISIS launched their attack on the base after bad weather had grounded the relentless airstrikes giving them a window of opportunity. The U.S. responded by sending helicopter gunships to support Iraqi ground troops which is another step closer to going to war with ISIS.

 "ISIS Fighters Wearing Iraqi Army Uniforms Attack Base Where 320 US Marines Are Based, as American Gunships Fight Back." Mail Online. Associated Newspapers, 14 Feb. 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2952397/Iraqi-army-repels-attack-base-hosting-U-S-Marines-officials.html>.