Indian social activist Anna Hazare has started a day-long fast against corruption and the government’s crackdown on a similar protest led by a popular yoga guru. Anna Hazare started a day-long fast Wednesday at the New Delhi site where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated. Hazare sat on a stage dressed in his traditional white cotton clothes […]
Activists Fast to Press Indian Government on Corruption
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
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US Ambassador Nominee: Afghanistan’s Fate Linked to Pakistan
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
The veteran diplomat nominated to be the next U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan says the country’s future will depend on what happens in neighboring Pakistan. Ryan Crocker testified Wednesday before lawmakers on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations committee. He said the situation in Afghanistan will not improve without “a fair measure of success in Pakistan.” The […]
Ronaldo Plays Final Game For Brazil
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
Ronaldo’s great football career with Brazil’s national team has come to an end. The three-time FIFA world Player of the Year was given an emotional send-off during Tuesday night’s friendly match against Romania in Sao Paulo. Ronaldo had announced he was retiring in February after an 18-year career. The 34-year-old striker made a cameo appearance […]
Bread Shortages Reported in Zimbabwe’s Capital
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
State media are reporting a bread shortage in Zimbabwe’s capital, where a major bread-making factory shut down this week. The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation says Lobel’s bakery is struggling with a huge debt, and will be closed for the next two months while it tries to arrange new financing from a potential investor. ZBC says the […]
New U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan is Veteran Trouble Shooter
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
President Obama’s choice to become the next U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, is a career diplomat with extensive experience across the Middle East. He has served as a U.S. ambassador five previous times, starting in Lebanon in the early 1990s. After that, he became the U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, followed by Syria and Pakistan, […]
Al-Qaida Claims Responsibility for Deadly Iraq Attacks
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
An al-Qaida group has claimed responsibility for recent bombings in the Iraqi city of Tikrit that left at least 34 people dead. The militant group posted a statement on a jihadist website on Wednesday saying it was behind two bombings in the city north of Baghdad on Friday and a third attack on Monday. Iraqi […]
US Stocks Decline
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes fell in Wednesday’s early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated one-tenth of a percent, the S&P 500 lost two-tenths and the NASDAQ dropped six-tenths of a percent. European stock markets were lower in afternoon trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index and the CAC-40 in Paris moved down seven-tenths of a […]
Turkish PM Unveils Plans to Restructure Ministries
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has unveiled a plan to restructure the Cabinet by merging some ministries, scrap others and create six new ones, including one to oversee Turkey’s bid to join the European Union. Mr. Erdogan announced the changes at a press conference Wednesday, just four days before Turkey holds parliamentary elections. The […]
NATO Plans for Libya Without Gadhafi
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
NATO says it is committed to its military campaign against forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and is preparing for a Libya without the authoritarian leader. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Wednesday after a meeting of alliance defense ministers in Brussels that Mr. Gadhafi’s departure is no longer a question of “if” he […]
More Deaths in German E. coli Outbreak
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
Two more people have died in Europe’s worst E. coli outbreak in recent history, even as German health officials say the number of new infections is dropping. At least 25 people have now died and more than 2,600 have been sickened since late May as a result of the mysterious bacteria. Nearly all the victims […]
