Have you paid attention to the news?

• A Turkish Airlines plan split apart after slamming into a field near a runway here.

• Outbreaks of violence have plagued this country in the past two months due to drug cartel wars: (watch video here.)
  
• Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered troops to take over plants that produce this because the previous producers were ignoring government-set prices.
• A pair of twins conjoined at the abdomen were successfully separated in this part of the world.
• Cuba is waiting and watching to see if Obama will act to reverse the embargo. (<---Read this article in its entirety, as most of the information will be familiar to you based on our class discussions and readings on the Bay of Pigs, etc...)