watched CNN’s excellent coverage of world events, I was surprised that in the US, CNN offered nothing comparable. I called the main editorial office in New York and was told ’Americans aren’t interested in foreign affairs’, revealing one one the reasons why the US government gets away with wreaking havoc around the world: Americans have no information that would prompt them to protest their county’s actions abroad.

The fact is that several countries’ governments — aside from the British — fund international television channels. These include France 24, NHK (Japan) , Al-Jazeera (Qatar) RT (Russia) and Telesur (Latin America). These channels usually broadcast in English, Spanish and Arabic, using native speakers, enabling most people in most parts of the world to hear news that their national outlets do notMan in standoff at Texas hospital surrenders

KHOU-TV, Houston

TOMBALL, Texas -- A distraught man who had been in a standoff late Saturday night with law enforcement after he entered his son's room at the Tomball Regional Medical Center has surrendered without incident, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

According to officials, the man had become distraught over his adult son's condition. The sheriff's office said the man was unarmed.

Authorities had earlier said the man was believed to be holding at least two hostages, but later said they did not consider it to be a hostage situation.



The man is in custody and the lockdown that had been in place at the hospital has been lifted, sheriff's officials said.



The situation in the critical care unit began around 7 p.m. CT.

The hospital