A U.S. military plane has crashed in the East African nation of Djibouti, killing all four U.S. military personnel on board. The U.S. Defense Department says the four died Saturday when the aircraft, a U-28 utility plane, was involved in an accident near Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti. In a separate statement, the U.S. Africa Command […]
Plane Crash Kills Four US Military Personnel in Djibouti
Posted February 20th, 2012 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
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Suu Kyi’s Party Wins Easing of By-Election Restrictions
Posted February 20th, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Burma’s most prominent opposition party says the government has eased some restrictions on political organizing after the party complained that the fairness of upcoming by-elections was at risk. A spokesman for the National League for Democracy told VOA’s Burmese service that the restrictions were lifted Monday, hours after the party held a news conference to […]
Violence Hits Yemen Before Presidential Poll
Posted February 20th, 2012 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
Attackers in Yemen blew up a polling station and nearby gunfire killed a soldier in the rebellious south Monday, one day before Yemenis cast votes for a new president in a one-candidate election. The violence in the port city of Aden underlines the security vacuum in the Arab world’s poorest country after a year-long popular […]
Darfur Rebels Claim Capture of 50 UN Peacekeepers
Posted February 20th, 2012 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
A rebel group in Sudan’s Darfur region says it has abducted about 50 international peacekeepers, mostly from Senegal. The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) says it detained the soldiers on Sunday, after they allegedly entered a rebel-held area without permission. A group spokesman, Gibreel Adam Bilal, says the soldiers were accompanied by three suspected Sudanese […]
Thai, Malaysian Leaders Hold Talks on Border Unrest
Posted February 20th, 2012 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
The prime ministers of Thailand and Malaysia are promising deeper cooperation in an ongoing push against a low-level rebellion in Muslim-majority border regions separating the two Southeast Asian nations. The pledge came Monday in a meeting outside Kuala Lumpur between Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her Malaysian counterpart, Najib Razak. Both countries belong to […]
Thai, Malaysian Leaders Hold Talks on Border Unrest
Posted February 20th, 2012 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
The prime ministers of Thailand and Malaysia are promising deeper cooperation in an ongoing push against a low-level rebellion in Muslim-majority border regions separating the two Southeast Asian nations. The pledge came Monday in a meeting outside Kuala Lumpur between Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her Malaysian counterpart, Najib Razak. Both countries belong to […]
Europe Finance Ministers Set to Approve New Greek Bailout
Posted February 20th, 2012 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
Eurozone finance ministers are set to approve a new $171 billion bailout for Greece when they meet in Brussels on Monday. French Finance Minister Francois Baroin said that after months of negotiations over terms of the deal for debt-ridden Greece, an agreement is in sight for the country’s second bailout in two years. “We have […]
UN Inspectors Return to Iran for Nuclear Talks
Posted February 20th, 2012 at 8:50 am (UTC-5)
Senior United Nations nuclear inspectors have arrived in Tehran for two days of talks on Iran’s disputed nuclear program, the second U.N. visit in three weeks. Iran’s state radio said Monday the delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency hopes to meet Iranian nuclear scientists and visit the Parchin complex, an Iranian military base and […]
Plane Crash Kills Four US Military Personnel in Djibouti
Posted February 20th, 2012 at 8:10 am (UTC-5)
A U.S. military aircraft has crashed in the East African nation of Djibouti, killing all four U.S. military personnel on board. The U.S. Africa Command says the aircraft went down during a routine flight late Saturday about six miles from the Djibouti International Airport. The statement did not describe the type of aircraft nor the […]
Suu Kyi’s Party Wins Easing of By-Election Restrictions
Posted February 20th, 2012 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
Burma’s most prominent opposition party says the government has eased some restrictions on political organizing after the party complained that the fairness of coming by-elections was at risk. A spokesman for the National League for Democracy told VOA’s Burmese service that the restrictions were lifted Monday, within hours after the party held a news conference […]
