Nigerian police say 32 pregnant teens could face charges after being accused of plotting to sell their babies in a child trafficking ring. Police arrested the girls and a doctor in charge of a clinic in southeast Abia state on Saturday. Police commissioner Bala Hassan says the pregnant women were housed at the clinic until […]
Pregnant Teens Accused of Selling Babies May Face Charges
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 11:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Clinton Discusses Security, Economy Cooperation with Czech FM
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 11:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has met with her Czech counterpart in Washington for wide-ranging talks. Clinton said she used her Thursday talks with Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg to thank the Czech Republic for increasing its troop contributions to the mission in Afghanistan. She also offered condolences for the recent loss of a […]
Death Toll from US Tornado Rises to 138
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 9:55 pm (UTC-5)
Officials have updated the death toll to 138 from a powerful tornado that hit the central U.S. city of Joplin, Missouri last month. Missouri public safety officials said Thursday the toll rose after four hospitalized people died from injuries suffered during the tornado. The twister tore through Joplin on May 22 with winds topping 300 […]
Napolitano: Lashkar-e-Taiba Like Al-Qaida in Strength and Organization
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 8:50 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba is a danger to India and could also be a threat to the United States. Napolitano Thursday said Thursday that Lashkar is “al-Qaida-like” in its “strength and organization.” Napolitano held security cooperation talks in India last week, where she and Indian officials discussed […]
Top US Lawmakers: US Will Not Default on Debt
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 8:15 pm (UTC-5)
Senior U.S. lawmakers say Republicans and Democrats will eventually reach a deal to raise the country’s $14 trillion debt limit. The number two Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, Steny Hoyer , says financial markets should know that lawmakers will come to an agreement on the issue. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says members […]
WHO: Unknown E. Coli Variant Has Killed 18
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 8:15 pm (UTC-5)
The World Health Organization says a deadly outbreak of E. coli bacteria that has killed 18 people in Europe is a unique strain that has never been found in infected patients before. The United Nations agency said Thursday that preliminary genetic tests suggest that the highly contagious strain behind the outbreak could be a genetic […]
New Explosions Rock Tripoli
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 7:55 pm (UTC-5)
Several explosions rocked the Libyan capital, Tripoli, early Friday. It was not immediately clear whether there were any casualties. For the last several nights, NATO warplanes have bombed targets in Tripoli, including leader Moammar Gadhafi’s sprawling residential and command compound. Mr. Gadhafi has rarely been seen in public since a NATO airstrike killed one of […]
Judge Orders DNA Tests for Argentine Media Magnate Adoptees
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 7:25 pm (UTC-5)
An Argentine court has ordered the adopted children of one of Latin America’s most powerful newspaper publishers to submit to a DNA test to determine if they were stolen as babies during Argentina’s so-called “dirty war.” The court ruled Thursday the two children of Ernestina Herrera de Noble, who are now in their 30s, must […]
Top US Lawmakers: US Will Not Default on Debt
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 6:40 pm (UTC-5)
Senior U.S. lawmakers say Republicans and Democrats will eventually reach a deal to raise the country’s $14 trillion debt limit. The number two Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, Steny Hoyer , says financial markets should know that lawmakers will come to an agreement on the issue. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says member […]
Italy Celebrates 150 Years of Unification
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 6:25 pm (UTC-5)
Italy has celebrated its Republic Day and the 150th anniversary of its unification with parades, speeches, concerts and day-long festivities around the country. Italian President Giorgio Napolitano opened the central event Thursday morning in Rome, outside the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. After greeting foreign dignitaries he watched a grand parade marching down the central […]
