Firefighters in the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona say they are making progress against the state’s second largest wildfire ever. Officials say they expect to have the huge fire 10 percent contained Monday. The Wallow Fire has destroyed nearly 30 homes since it began on May 29. Over 4,300 firefighters are working to put out […]
Clinton in Ethiopia Monday
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 2:40 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is visiting Ethiopia Monday, where she will give a foreign policy speech and meet with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, in her last stop on an African tour. During her visit, Clinton is expected to visit a school in the capital, Addis Ababa, and make remarks on the importance of […]
Tokyo Stocks Down, Dollar Up
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 2:15 am (UTC-5)
Japanese share prices ended lower Monday, while the dollar rose against the yen. Tokyo’s Nikkei index dropped seven-tenths of a percent , to close at 9,448. In currency trading, the dollar was selling at 80.48 yen, up slightly from late Friday. The Taipei market fell 1.41 percent , to close at 8,713.
Vietnam Mounts Artillery Drill Amid Tensions With China
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 2:05 am (UTC-5)
Vietnam began a live-fire naval exercise off its coast Monday amid rising tensions with China over competing claims in the South China Sea. Vietnamese naval officers said the exercise was taking place around Hon Ong, an unoccupied island about 40 kilometers off the coast of central Quang Nam province and about 250 kilometers from the […]
US Stops North Korean Ship on Suspected Burma Mission
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 2:00 am (UTC-5)
The New York Times is reporting that the U.S. Navy intercepted a North Korean ship the Navy suspected of carrying missile technology to Burma, and forced the vessel to return home after a standoff lasting several days. It is not certain where the cargo vessel M/V Light was headed, or what it was carrying, but […]
Khmer Rouge Tribunal Hit By Wave of Staff Resignations
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 1:50 am (UTC-5)
The investigating judges at Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge tribunal have confirmed the resignation of several staff members, who say they quit to protest the judges’ decision to close their investigation in a controversial third case. In a terse statement released Sunday, the German and Cambodian co-judges say they “welcome the departure” of all staff who fail […]
Pentagon Papers Declassified 40 Years after Publication
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 1:35 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. National Archives is set to release the complete “Pentagon Papers” in Washington Monday, exactly 40 years after parts of the leaked government document first appeared in the New York Times. The then-classified study by the U.S. defense department showed the United States was secretly escalating the conflict in Vietnam while misleading Congress, the […]
Western Europe Tops Annual ‘Rule of Law Index’
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 1:05 am (UTC-5)
An annual survey released Monday says that adherence to the rule of law varies widely around the world and appears to correlate with per-capita income. The 146-page Rule of Law Index, compiled by the World Justice Project, ranks countries on such areas as whether the government is held accountable, there is access to justice, rights […]
The Book of Mormon Dominates US Theater Awards
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 12:45 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. theater industry has handed out its top awards to a musical about Mormons and a play about a boy and his horse. The American Theater Wing gave out its annual Tony awards on Sunday, honoring plays and musicals staged on Broadway in New York – considered the highest level of the U.S. theater […]
Vietnam Mounts Artillery Drill Amid Tensions With China
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 12:40 am (UTC-5)
Vietnam announced the start a live-fire naval exercise off its coast Monday amid rising tensions with China over competing claims in the South China Sea. Vietnamese naval officers said the exercise would continue for at least six hours around Hon Ong, an unoccupied island about 40 kilometers off the coast of central Quang Nam province […]
