伊朗一清真寺遭爆炸袭击25人死亡
据法新社等媒体报道，伊朗东南部锡斯坦-俾路支斯坦首府扎黑丹一座清真寺当地时间28日遭爆炸袭击，导致至少25人死亡。美国白宫当地时间29日发表声明，对这次袭击事件表示谴责。
伊朗方面有官员认为袭击是美国和以色列策划的。美国国务院已经坚决否认与此案相关。
伊朗东南部与巴基斯坦和阿富汗交界，是巴阿两国毒品进入伊朗并向欧洲走私的主要地区。该地区治安状况恶劣，经常发生非法武装分子针对政府官员和平民的袭击和绑架事件。
Hello everyone, I'm Catherine Callaway at the CNN Center in Atlanta with a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
US and South Korean troops are all on the highest alert in three years because of North Korea. That means reconnaissance operations are increasing over North Korea and more troops are being deployed to heavily fortified border areas. Tensions are soaring after North Korea's nuclear and missile test this week. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is slamming North Korea's actions.
It has ignored the international community. It has abrogated the obligations it entered into through the Six-Party Talks and it continues to act in a provocative and belligerent manner toward its neighbors. There are consequences to such actions.
And from hope to dire straits, General Motors now is all but certain to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday. GM's bondholders rejected a swap of 10% of the company's stock for 27 billion dollars in unsecured debt. And that's likely the final nail in the coffin. Meanwhile, Chrysler will continue to make its case to a bankruptcy judge that a merger with Italy's Fiat is the best way to avoid all-out liquidation.
At least three people were killed and 40 others injured when an earthquake struck Honduras. Honduran officials say two of the victims died when a wall collapsed on top of them. The magnitude 7.1 hit about 27 miles from one of the country's bay islands that is a very popular destination for tourists to scuba dive and snorkel. A tsunami watch was issued for Honduras and two other Central American countries but that has / been canceled.
An Iranian news agency reports that at least 20 people were killed and 55 others wounded after an explosion struck a mosque in southeastern Iran. The blast took place in a Mosque near Iran's borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan. Now the news agency attributed the explosion to a terrorist incident but said that no claim of responsibility was ever received. And those are the headlines for you this hour. Stay with CNN for more on these stories.
