Jul. 4, 2009 (Xinhua News Agency) -- Xinhua world news summary at 0850 GMT, July 4
SEOUL -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea fired one additional short-range missile on Saturday, raising the total number of missiles fired in the day to six, local media reported.
South Korean Joint Forces reported the sixth missile that the DPRK fired off the east coast from a base near Wonsan, Gangwon Province at around 04:10 p.m. (0710 GMT). (SKorea-DPRK Missile)
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MOSCOW -- Nine policemen were killed and nine others wounded in an attack in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, the Itar-Tass news agency reported on Saturday, citing a local official. (Russia- Ingushetia Attack)
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TEGUCIGALPA -- Honduras' interim government announced Friday that the country decided to quit from the Organization of American States (OAS).
In a letter to the OAS read by Honduras' Vice Minister of International Relations Martha Lorena de Casco, it said "This government believes that inside the organization (of the OAS), there is no room for Honduras, for the states that love its freedom and defend its sovereignty."(Honduras-OAS-Membership )
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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand's first influenza A/ H1N1-related death was confirmed on Saturday with the Ministry of Health reported three deaths linked to the virus. (New Zealand-Flu)
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Barack Obama will proceed with a Bush-era plan to screen Internet data traffic between government computer systems and private-sector networks, the Washington Post reported Friday.
The plan will be assisted by National Security Agency (NSA), with AT&T (NYSE:SBT) (NYSE:T) as the likely test site, administration officials were quoted as saying. ( US-Cyber Screening)
