states wants to build a military alliance to safeguard the strategic waters off of iran and yemen the u.s. says it aims to guarantee the navigation in the strait of hormuz and bob bowman dob both crucial trade routes this comes as tensions escalate between washington and tehran. judges in the netherlands have given the go ahead for a holocaust memorial that has caused political friction the monument in amsterdam will feature the names of more than 100000 dutch victims of the nazis local residents had objected that the proposed morial was too big for their neighborhood . former u.s. presidential candidate ross perot has died in 1900 percent of the votes in 1902 a strong showing for an independent founder of computer company e.d.s. was also noted for rescuing 2 of his employees from iran and a commando raid in 1079 was 89 wife and children. or