The first of the four earthquakes had its epicenter about 343 miles southeast of the border city of Tijuana and measured 5.8 on the Richter scale. The tremors of the quake were felt as far as Phoenix in Arizona State. The earthquake happened at 10:55 am. The next and the most powerful of the four happened at 10:59 am and measured 6.9 on the Richter scale. This was followed by two subsequent earthquakes of 5.0 magnitude on the Richter scale at 11:33 am and 5.9 magnitude on the Richter scale at 11:40 am.

As per the latest reports there has been no damage to property or injuries. Fire department personal are looking for possible building cracks and leakage in gas and water lines. There have been no distress or damage report calls on 911 till now.

Mexico is one of the most seismically active regions on the planet as the North American plate moves against the Cocos Plate. There have been many earthquakes in the past due to the movement of these tectonic plates.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has offered to resign for his post of Chief Minister after the allegations former Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Beig of PDP. The PDP leader said that Mr. Abdullah name had some in the CBI investigations in the 2006 sex scandal. Even though his party and Congress MLA’s tried to stop him from taking such action, he walked out of the state assembly.

He said that even though he is not guilty and these allegations were false but he would be able to continue as Chief Minister once his name was cleared and he was proved innocent. He also said that he would tender his resignation to the State Governor shortly. He met his father Farooq Abdullah and now is on his way to meet the Governor.

This is the second day of havoc in the Jammu and Kashmir State Assembly. Yesterday the opposition PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti had wrenched a mike from the Speaker’s desk. Post which she was moved out of the assembly and there was demonstration outside the assembly.

Now it all depends on the Governor to decide whether to accept resignation and dissolve the assembly or ask Omar to continue as a caretaker chief minister. Holding elections is a very difficult task as compared to other states, thus it will be a tough decision for the governor. The other option is that the in majority NC and Congress will have to re-elect him as the Chief Minister.

Following the orders of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran discharged his senior most vice-president Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie. This decision was taken as Mr Mashaie had angered hardliners and Islamic clerics when he said that Iranians and Israelis were friends. There was week long standoff between Khamenei and Ahmadinejad as the president tried to defend his subordinate. In a note Khamenei expressed his discontent wit the vice-president saying that the appointment of Mr Mashaie was against government interests.

It all started a year ago when Mr Mashaie was the tourism minister. He had quoted that Iranians were friends with the Israeli people, in spite of the conflict between the governments of the two countries.

There were mass protests by hardline students in the Iranian capital demanding the dismissal of the Mr Mashaie. They came out in support of the supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei. The students also gave a strong warning of support withdrawal if the president did not dismiss Mr Mashaie. Protesting against the vice president they chanted in support of the supreme leader.

This is a clear sign that Ayatollah Khamenei is the supreme leader and he is the one who has the final say in all state matters. Post Islamic revolution the parliament has lost all its powers and the final authority in the Islamic Republic of Iran is still Ayatollah Khamenei.

The UN Refugee Goodwill Ambassador, Angelina Jolie paid a visit to a camp close to Baghdad to meet up with several immigrant families expatriated due to violence in Iraq in an effort to draw awareness to the sad state of affairs of the displaced individuals within Iraq.

During her one day trip, she had a convivial visit with nine member family talking in detail about proper accommodation, medical facilities and schooling for kids. After gauging matters in the camp, Jolie affirmed that despite the bleak situation in the camp there were some cases of individuals who were able to go back home to other secure places.

Jolie had bought along her 7-yr old adopted son, Maddox along with her on the visit to the war-torn country, expressing her wish to be back another time. She further stated that when she came back the next time she desired to find the people in improved situation, hoping that the UNHCR and the government would assist them in procuring a part of land. She mentioned to a family that they were helped not because they were underprivileged but because they were the future of Iraq.

Alberto Fujimori, the ex-President of Peru, has been sentenced to a seven and a half year prison period on charges of corruption. Peru’s Supreme Court had convicted Fujimori of handing over 9.3million pounds or 15million dollars in state funds to his chief undercover agent, Vladimiro Montesinos. The trial alleged that Fujimori illicitly funnelled vast amounts of money to Vladimiro. The 70-yr old Fujimori has acknowledged to making the payment; however he further added that he had reimbursed the money afterwards.

Fujimori whose time in power spanned a decade commencing from 1990 was cut short in the later part of 2000, when fraudulent charges surfaced. This verdict is the third in row handed down to Fujimori from the time when he came back from exile during the later part of 2007. During April last year, he was given a jail term of 25 years for instructing the security forces to undertake carnage and abductions. In addition to that in 2007, Fujimori was also serving a six year term after being found accountable on separate accusations of power misuse.

The huge dollar disbursement was apparently made two months prior to the corruption charges in the end of 2000 that put a stop to his decade old reign.

Vladimiro is presently serving term in prison found guilty of numerous charges inclusive of corruption and cheating. Vladimiro was engulfed in the scandal that got off post videos that exposed him backhanding opposition party politicians and media honchos surfaced.

Fujimori expressed his partial and relative compliance with the charges levelled against him, stating that he only acknowledged the facts, but did not accept the criminal accountability, the sentence or the civil compensation.

Incriminating reports from the officers at the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) state that there has been significant scaling down of testing methods adopted , metro representatives being  absent during tests and  no records of test being maintained by the company. The audit report stated that DMRC used known test laboratories that were non-accredited.

India’s official auditor stated on Friday that obtrusive errors were unearthed in the quality control systems implemented by DMRC. The officials pointed out that established standards for selecting contractors for the project were not followed during the course of bidding.

The auditor general cum deputy comptroller, Mr. A.N. Chatterjee, during a news conference accused the government for intentionally delaying the tabling of the report. He further pointed out that in a bid to accelerate the project, quality control practices were purposely scaled down. He added that if the reports were presented on time, it could have help averted the mishap at the Delhi Metro track where six died and 15 injured at Zamrudpur, South Delhi, followed by another six being hurt the next day when three cranes were employed to hoist a steel girder collapsed.

The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton touched down Mumbai at 10:18p.m., with a two hour snag in schedule amidst gusty winds and driving rains. The US Air Force Boeing 757 that took off from Czech Republic, landed in Mumbai amidst concerned air traffic supervision as it made an entrance into Indian airspace.

Half an hour post landing and a rigid security cover, a fleet comprising of 20 vehicles took off from the VIP terminal as it drove to the sea facing, Hotel Taj Mahal Palace and Tower at Colaba, that was amongst the terror targets last year.

Obama’s senior most official, Clinton’s five-day visit to India is aimed at initiating a fresh move towards further strengthening the strategic relationship between the two countries, pushing for greater business with India.

As a symbolic act of solidarity, Clinton is staying at the Tower Wing at the Taj Hotel. She has paid tribute to the 26/11 victims, signed the register at Taj Hotel, met up with the Taj hotel staff and was shown about the hotel areas that were damaged due to the terror attacks.

During her two day stay in Mumbai, she is scheduled to meet India Inc’s best corporate CEO’s including Mukesh Ambani, Swati Piramal, Jamshed Godrej, Chanda Kocchar , a centre of the self-help group (SEWA) in south Mumbai and at Xavier College for a meeting with Brand Ambassador of Teach India, Aamir Khan.

She would be arriving in New Delhi on Monday to meet the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and external affairs minister, S.M.Krishna, Sonia Gandhi and L.K.Advani. She is slated to give a speech at the Delhi University.