A conference on religion and politics in Washington, D.C. has featured appearances by a number of possible Republican candidates for U.S. president, highlighting the powerful role faith plays in U.S. conservative politics. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, considered a frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, addressed the two-day Faith and Freedom Coalition conference Friday and […]
Conservative Candidates Gather at Religious Conference
Posted June 4th, 2011 at 4:20 pm (UTC-5)
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China’s Li Na Takes French Open Tennis Title
Posted June 4th, 2011 at 4:20 pm (UTC-5)
At the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on Saturday, Li Na became the first Chinese player — and the first player from any Asian country — to win a Grand Slam singles title. Li defeated last year’s women’s French Open winner, Italy’s Francesca Schiavone, 6-4, 7-6. Both players are age 29, which is considered […]
Former U.S. Secretary of State Dies
Posted June 4th, 2011 at 4:20 pm (UTC-5)
Former U.S. Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger has died at age 80. Word of his death came from representatives of former President George H.W. Bush and former Secretary of State James Baker. No other details were immediately available. The White House has issued a statement calling Eagleburger “a distinguished diplomat and public servant” and noted […]
UN Official Says Humanitarian Crisis Continues in DRC
Posted June 4th, 2011 at 4:20 pm (UTC-5)
A top United Nations humanitarian official says the international organization needs to “scale up” humanitarian aid, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo, just weeks after the central African nation asked peacekeepers to leave. In a speech Saturday in the capital, Kinshasa, Catherine Bragg said some 600,000 Congolese are returning home after fleeing violence. But […]
Colombia Announces Killing of Top FARC Rebel
Posted June 4th, 2011 at 4:20 pm (UTC-5)
Colombia’s army says it has killed the security chief for the head of the country’s main rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. An army spokesman said Saturday that Alirio Rojas Bocanegra, known as “El Abuelo,” or “The Grandfather,” had been killed. He was reported to have died in an operation in Tolima, an […]
Artic Oil Drilling Halted Because of Protesters
Posted June 4th, 2011 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
A Scottish oil company was forced to suspend operations on an offshore oil rig near Greenland Saturday after 18 activists climbed aboard the rig. The activists from the group Greenpeace said they want to force Cairn Energy to publish its oil spill response plan. The activists say Arctic oil drilling is dangerous because the freezing […]
Thousands Mark Anniversary of China’ s Tiananmen Square Crackdown
Posted June 4th, 2011 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
The Chinese cities of Beijing and Hong Kong were the scenes Saturday of demonstrations to mark the 22nd anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown during which hundreds, perhaps thousands, died. It was on June 4, 1989, when the Chinese government sent tanks and soldiers into the square in central Beijing, the Chinese capital, to […]
Seven Dead in Latest Burkina Faso Unrest
Posted June 4th, 2011 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
Burkina Faso says seven people, including a young girl, were killed when the military suppressed a mutiny in the country’s commercial capital, Bobo Dioulasso. Officials Saturday said that six soldiers died in an exchange of gunfire Friday between rioting troops and the soldiers sent to subdue them. The officials said the young girl was shot […]
Yemen Says Wounded President Remains in Country
Posted June 4th, 2011 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
The Yemeni government is denying reports that President Ali Abdullah Saleh is among a group of high-level officials who have gone to Saudi Arabia for treatment for wounds suffered in a rocket attack on the presidential compound Friday. A government official said Saturday that Mr. Saleh is undergoing treatment at a military hospital in the […]
Anti-Graft Guru Begins Fast to the Death
Posted June 4th, 2011 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
One of India’s most popular yoga gurus is leading followers in what is being called a fast to the death, part of a populist campaign to fight corruption. Swami Baba Ramdev began his fast in front of thousands of supporters in New Delhi Saturday, promising India would be saved. He told them “nothing is impossible” […]
