Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on Monday urged China and the United States to deepen mutual trust and expand common ground to improve military cooperation. Xi made the comment in Beijing after a meeting with U.S. Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. He hailed what is widely seen as improving […]
Chinese VP Pushes ‘Mutual Trust’ in Ties with US
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 6:45 pm (UTC-5)
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UN: Millions in East Africa Need Food Aid
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 6:45 pm (UTC-5)
The World Food Program says it expects 10 million people will be in need of food aid, as the worst drought in decades continues to devastate the Horn of Africa. The drought is centered in the triangle where the nations of Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia meet. It has produced a mass migration of starving citizens […]
Uganda Opens First War Crimes Trial
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
Uganda on Monday opened its first war crimes trial of a top rebel commander. Thomas Kwoyelo, a leader of the notoriously violent Lord’s Resistance Army , is facing 53 counts of murder, kidnapping and destruction of property. He has denied the charges. Kwoyelo was captured in March 2009 in the Democratic Republic of Congo during […]
Argentine Heirs’ DNA Tests Come Back Negative
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 6:30 pm (UTC-5)
Legal sources in Argentina say DNA taken from the adopted children of one of the country’s richest women does not match blood samples from two families who suspect the siblings were stolen as babies during the country’s so-called “dirty war.” The results come more than a month after a court ordered Felipe and Marcela Noble […]
Pakistan: US Aid with Conditions Unacceptable
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 6:00 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistan has criticized a U.S. decision to suspend $800 million in military aid to the country, but said it will not affect its operations against Islamist militants. In an interview with VOA Monday, Pakistani military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said that aid with conditions is unacceptable. He said the military is conducting its operations […]
US Drone Strike Kills 12 Militants in NW Pakistan
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 5:55 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say a suspected U.S. drone strike has killed up to 12 militants in the North Waziristan tribal region. The attack Monday on a compound took place in a village near the Afghan border. Also in the northwest, a suicide bomber killed seven people and wounded at least 25 others at a political rally […]
Syria: Clinton Says Assad Has ‘Lost Legitmacy’
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 5:50 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has “lost legitimacy” and that the United States has no interest in his government remaining in power. Clinton cautioned Mr. Assad and his supporters Monday that there is no truth to suggestions the U.S. is secretly hoping the current government emerges intact from the […]
Obama: Urgent Action Needed On Debt Deal
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
President Barack Obama will meet again Tuesday at the White House with U.S. congressional leaders, after no breakthrough in their talks Monday for an elusive deal to raise the country’s debt ceiling. Before all sides gathered for their meeting on Monday, Mr. Obama said at a televised news conference that it is time to stop […]
South Sudan Prepares to Launch Its Own Currency
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
The world’s newest nation, South Sudan, has announced plans to introduce its own currency. The South Sudan pound will carry an image of John Garang, the deceased hero of the country’s struggle for independence. It will begin arriving by cargo plane from Britain on Wednesday and go into circulation next Monday. Finance Minister David Deng […]
Pakistan: US Aid with Conditions Unacceptable
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 5:20 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistan has criticized a U.S. decision to suspend $800 million in military aid to the country, but said it will not affect its operations against Islamist militants. In an interview with VOA Monday, Pakistani military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said that aid with conditions is unacceptable. He said the military is conducting its operations […]
