Monday, November 9, 2009 celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. World leaders will join the crowds as part of Monday's celebrations. The Wall's original path next to the Brandenburg Gate has 1,000 giant painted dominoes have been set up that will be toppled on Monday evening in the presence of visiting leaders from Britain, France and Russia, in a symbolic re-enactment of the day the Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago.

In a time when U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton goes to great length with French, Swiss and Russian mediators to bring about the reconciliation between Turkey and Armenia and when OSCE Minsk group reports positive movements on the front of Azerbaijan Armenia negotiations for Nagorno Karabakh, one influential Turkish member of the parliament calls on Azerbaijan to "fight," saying the lands were taken away by blood.

A strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake has shaken Indonesia. Indonesia's meteorology agency reported that there is panic in Matram, the capital of Lombok, where a strong tremor shook. Indonesia is situated in an area of intense seismic activity known as the "Pacific Ring of Fire".

Hurricane Ida strengthened to a Category 2 storm on Sunday. A hurricane watch was extended to the Florida Panhandle as Ida made its way across the Gulf of Mexico. The hurricane watch now stretches from southeastern Louisiana to Mexico Beach, Florida.

As the Muslim community reels over the Fort Hood shootings committed by Major Nadil Malik Hasan, a devout Muslim, news emerges over a Kent, Conn. 9-11 memorial which has been derailed. The reason is that the father of the victim insists the memorial says his son was murdered by "Muslim terrorists."

Forged from the steel of the World Trade Center is how the USS New York is known. On Saturday morning, the USS New York will be officially commissioned as the US Navy's amphibious assault vessel.

The tragedy at Fort Hood became even more of a reality when the names of those fatally shot by an Army psychiatrist spread throughout the media. The list includes a pregnant woman, a newlywed who previously served in Iraq and 62 year old physician's assistant who just returned to the base after having a heart attack two weeks ago.

Oscar the Grouch is the next Sesame Street character to take over the Google doodle. For a week, Google is putting a different Sesame Street character on their doodle to celebrate Sesame Street's 40th anniversary.

The country and military are dealing with an attack from within after a soldier went on a shooting rampage wounding and killing his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood. North Carolina and Fort Bragg have several connections to the tragic Fort Hood shooting including some of the wounded victims.

The tragic Fort Hood shooting has hit close to home for the families and soldiers at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. The military base of the 82nd Airborne Division is a long way from Texas, but the Fort Bragg soldiers and families know what those at Fort Hood are going through.