Referendum date announced

The First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond announced 18th September 2014 as the date for the Scottish referendum.

Gilded plates of the date were welded to entrench the mindset of revolution on Scottish voters.

What campaigns Salmond has in mind will unravel soon no doubt.

How Dangerous is North Korea?

North Korea has frequently employed bellicose rhetoric towards its perceived enemies.

The 1994 threat by a North Korean negotiator to turn Seoul into "a sea of fire" prompted South Koreans, in panic, to stock up on essentials.

Continue reading the main storyLast June the army warned that artillery was aimed at seven South Korean media groups and threatened a "merciless sacred war".

Furthermore, there is a pattern of escalating threats whenever South Korea gets a new leader.

Read more from the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21710644

Iraq:10 Years On

On a day of multiple bombings in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, Tony Blaire recently said, in a feature interview with the BBC, that he does not regard entering a Iraq a mistake.

Regardless of the ambiguity of why the war began, Blaire maintained that at the time it was correct for Britain to declare war on the country, saying Al- Assad in Syria is "a twentieth as bad."

Please No Nuclear Weapons

China has appealed for calm on the Korean peninsula, hours after North Korea said it had scrapped all peace pacts with the South and threatened pre-emptive nuclear strikes.

China, the North's only major ally, said all sides should continue to talk and avoid "further escalation".

Pyongyang has reacted angrily to another round of sanctions imposed by the UN over its recent nuclear test.

The sanctions restrict luxury goods imports and banking activities.

Beijing provides fuel, food and diplomatic cover to Pyongyang.

It has repeatedly voted in favour of UN sanctions imposed over the nuclear programme, but enforcement of the measures in China is patchy.

Hua Chunying of China's foreign ministry told a news conference on Friday: "China and North Korea have normal country relations. At the same time, we also oppose North Korea's conducting of nuclear tests.

Chavez's Reigime was a prime example of an authoritarian Republic

This is a prime example of a republic that needs a leader for unity. President Chavez was a very external, intimate leader whose supporters loved him. With his death, some of the politically opposed will see this as a chance to reassert right-wing politics in Venezuela. What is certain, the republic needs another figure head if it going to survive this major set back.