European leaders gathered in Brussels Thursday for their 20th summit on the eurozone’s unrelenting debt crisis, with new pressure on economic power Germany to help ease the financial burden for debt-ridden Spain and Italy. Germany, with the currency bloc’s most robust economy, has resisted the sale of eurobonds, debt supported by the entire 17-nation eurozone, […]
European Leaders Beginning Two Day Economic Summit in Brussels
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
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India FM: Security in Numbers for Investors in Afghanistan
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
Top Indian officials are encouraging private business owners to invest in Afghanistan and help stabilize the war- torn country as NATO combat troops continue their withdrawal. At a conference in New Delhi Thursday, Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna told representatives of more than 200 Indian and foreign companies that there would be security in numbers […]
Islamists Oust Tuareg Rebels From Northern Mali Town
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 9:20 am (UTC-5)
Islamist militants have brought more fighters to the northern Mali town of Gao, one day after ousting a Tuareg rebel group in clashes that killed at least 20 people. The al-Qaida-linked militant group known as MUJAO (The Unity Movement for Jihad in West Africa) took complete control of Gao from the MNLA on Wednesday. Witnesses […]
Islamists Segregate Boys, Girls in Mali School
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 8:50 am (UTC-5)
Even before they seized full control of the Malian city of Gao this week, Islamist militants imposed sharia law on the town’s residents. VOA French to Africa reporter Idriss Fall, who spent several days in Gao last week, found the restrictions extended to the city’s lone operating school, where militants forced teachers to segregate boys […]
Indian Man Freed After 30 Years in Pakistani Jail
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 7:50 am (UTC-5)
An Indian man has been freed after spending more than three decades in a Pakistani prison for spying. Surjeet Singh walked over the Wagah border crossing Thursday between Pakistan and India into Punjab state, where he was reunited with his family. Singh spent time in a prison in the Pakistani city of Lahore after being […]
Obama to Visit Fire Damaged Areas in Colorado
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 7:20 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to Colorado Friday to view the destruction caused by a massive wildfire that has destroyed numerous homes. About 35,000 residents in Colorado Springs, the state’s second largest city, have been forced to flee homes since Tuesday, when the Waldo Canyon Fire suddenly began raging out of control. Two residential […]
New York Times Launches Chinese-Language Website
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 7:20 am (UTC-5)
The New York Times has launched a Chinese-language news website aimed at China’s massive online population. The paper said in a statement the site, (http://cn.nytimes.com/) which went active Thursday, hopes to draw readers from China’s “growing number of educated, affluent citizens.” China has an estimated 500 million Internet users, making it the world’s largest online […]
Lavrov: Syria Solution Should Come From Syrian People
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says a solution to the crisis in Syria should come from the Syrian people, and that Russia will not support any external meddling. Lavrov spoke Thursday ahead of a planned meeting Saturday in Geneva where world powers will discuss international envoy Kofi Annan’s peace plan. “The meeting in Geneva was […]
Indian Man Freed After 30 Years in Pakistani Jail
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
An Indian man has been freed after spending more than three decades in a Pakistani prison for spying. Surjeet Singh walked over the Wagah border crossing Thursday between Pakistan and India into Punjab state, where he was reunited with his family. Singh spent time in a prison in the Pakistani city of Lahore after being […]
