Saudi Arabia; Yemen; the USA; and France

-- King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia announced that women can vote and run for the election there.

-- President Abdullah Ali Saleh who was hospitalized in Saudi Arabia return to Yemen. He was greeted by hundreds of thousands of protesters in the nation in turmoil where casualties mount. President Saleh is calling out for -- an early election.

-- The left wing won the majority in the French senatorial race on Sunday. The Senate has been the stronghold of the conservatives since 1958. Jean-Pierre Bel, who will contend for the senate president post on Oct. 1, called its victory historical.

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Ann told me that the Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry boasted executing some hundreds of people actually was applauded in a television program. I told Ann that the story is well known world-wide that caused some controversy for his statements as well as the fact that the audience actually applauded. What a horror, they say, that they have guns and killing each other then the government executes those involved and boastful about it.