Clashes between police and refugees in one of the world’s largest refugee camps turned deadly, leaving two dead and dozens injured. A spokesman for the United Nations’ refugee agency spoke to reporters Friday in Geneva. He said rioting broke out Thursday at the Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya. Spokesman Adrian Edwards said the fighting began […]
Overcrowding Sparks Violence at Kenyan Refugee Camp
Posted July 1st, 2011 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
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Hundreds of Protesters Converge on Cairo’s Main Square
Posted July 1st, 2011 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
Hundreds of protesters are rallying in Cairo’s Tahrir Square demanding quick trials for ousted figures from the former regime of President Hosni Mubarak. Egyptian media say organizers are calling the gathering “Friday of Retribution” – a reference to their perceived slow pace of justice in Egypt under interim military rulers. The demonstrations come after violent […]
New US Defense Secretary Has Extensive Budget Background
Posted July 1st, 2011 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is a former Democratic congressman with a long history in the U.S. government and extensive budget experience. The chief of the Central Intelligence Agency until he was named to run the Pentagon, Panetta headed the White House budget office under President Bill Clinton and also served as chairman of the […]
Highlights of Leon Panetta’s Career
Posted July 1st, 2011 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
Leon Panetta’s career: — Director of the Central Intelligence Agency 2009 – 2011 — Founder, Panetta Institute for Public Policy 1997 — President Bill Clinton’s White House Chief of Staff 1994 – 1997 — Director of the Office of Management and Budget 1993 — Member of the U.S. House of Representatives 1977 – 1993 — […]
AU Plan for Libya at Impasse
Posted July 1st, 2011 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
African leaders trying to bring an end to fighting in Libya are stuck on what to do about Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Leaders from South Africa, Mauritania, Uganda, Mali and the Republic of Congo say they have a plan that calls for a cease-fire between the government and rebel forces, and a transition to democratic […]
Panetta Sworn in as US Defense Secretary
Posted July 1st, 2011 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
The United States’ new defense secretary, Leon Panetta, has officially taken up his new post. The former head of the Central Intelligence Agency was sworn in Friday at the Pentagon. In a message to the defense department, he laid out his vision for confronting the challenges facing the military both at home and abroad. He […]
UN: Congolese Troops Guilty of Mass Rapes
Posted July 1st, 2011 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations says it has confirmed government troops were responsible for raping dozens of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo last month. U.N. spokesman Rupert Colville told reporters in Geneva Friday human rights investigators confirmed large-scale rape, pillaging and other crimes during a three-day rampage by troops in the country’s South Kivu province. […]
Princess Diana at 50: Imagining What Might Have Been
Posted July 1st, 2011 at 9:40 am (UTC-5)
The late British Princess Diana would have turned 50 on Friday, a milestone that has generated a raft of speculation on what she might have looked like today and what her life would be like. She was killed nearly 14 years ago in a Paris car crash but her life, loves, beauty and social activism […]
Strauss-Kahn: International Financier and French Politician
Posted July 1st, 2011 at 9:30 am (UTC-5)
Before his arrest on sexual assault charges in New York, former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was one of the most powerful men in international finance and French politics. The former French finance minister took charge of the IMF in 2007, with strong support from French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The 62-year-old Strauss-Kahn led the […]
