Two passengers trains in India were derailed in separate incidents Sunday, leaving at least 67 people dead and about 200 others injured. All of the fatalities occurred in a derailment in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Rescuers were searching Monday for more survivors in the wreckage of the Kalka Mail train that jumped the […]
Uganda Opens Country’s First War Crimes Trial
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 8:50 am (UTC-5)
Uganda has opened its first war crimes trial with a case against a leader of the notoriously violent Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group. The trial against Thomas Kwoyelo opened at Uganda’s International War Crimes Division under tight security in Gulu on Monday. He is charged with willful killing, hostage taking, destruction of property and causing […]
Senegal Plans Talks on Ex-Chadian Leader Habre
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 8:25 am (UTC-5)
Senegal says it will hold “urgent” talks about the fate of former Chadian President Hissene Habre, after the government abruptly canceled plans to send him back to his home country. The Senegalese government suspended its expulsion order for Mr. Habre on Sunday, following warnings from the United Nations that Mr. Habre could be tortured if […]
South Sudan Gets Vice President, Government
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 8:00 am (UTC-5)
The president of newly-independent South Sudan has appointed a vice president and formed a caretaker government. In a decree Sunday, President Salva Kiir named Riek Machar as vice president. Machar held the same position in the old southern Sudan regional government. He was sworn into office Monday. In a separate decree, President Kiir appointed dozens […]
Suicide Bomber Kills 5 in Northwest Pakistan
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 7:45 am (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber has killed five people at a political rally in northwest Pakistan. Monday’s attack in the Batgram district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province took place before a senior member of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q party was scheduled to speak at the gathering. The politician, Ameer Muqam, had not yet arrived at the venue. Two police […]
Space Shuttle, ISS Begin Equipment Transfer
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 7:25 am (UTC-5)
The crews aboard the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station Monday attached the 12.5-ton Raffaello multi-purpose module to the space station. The module is packed with more than 4 tons of spare parts, equipment, food and other supplies that will sustain space station operations through 2012. Meanwhile, the U.S. space agency NASA […]
40 Bangladeshi Students Killed in Crash
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 7:10 am (UTC-5)
Bangladesh police say at least 40 school children were killed when their bus plunged off a road Monday. Officials say the students were returning from a football match when the accident happened outside the southeastern city of Chittagong. Police say at least 50 children were on the bus.
Pakistan Says It Doesn’t Need US Military Aid
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
A Pakistani army spokesman says the U.S. decision to suspend $800 million in military aid to Pakistan will not affect its operations. Major General Athar Abbas said Monday the military can conduct its operations “without external support.” On Sunday, White House Chief of Staff William Daley told ABC’s This Week that the U.S. has decided […]
Space Shuttle, ISS Begin Equipment Transfer
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
The crews aboard the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station Monday attached the 12.5-ton Raffaello multi-purpose module to the space station. The module is packed with more than 8,000 pounds of spare parts, equipment, food and other supplies that will sustain space station operations through 2012. Meanwhile, the U.S. space agency NASA […]
European Markets Lower at Midday
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
European stock markets were lower in midday trading Monday. London’s Financial Times 100 index was down three-tenths of a percent , to 5,972. The CAC-40 in Paris fell 1.37 percent , to 3,860. And the DAX in Frankfurt dropped one percent , at 7,331. The S&P futures contract was down 13 points, indicating a lower […]
