The United Nations will seek $1.6 billion from donors this week to help millions of drought victims in the Horn of Africa. U.N. officials say a donors conference will be held Wednesday in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, as the world body races to get life-saving aid to more than 11 million people in need. The U.N. […]
UN Sets Donors Conference for Horn of Africa Drought
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Vietnam Re-Arrests Dissident Priest
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
Vietnamese authorities have taken one of the country’s most prominent dissidents back into custody, more than a year after he was granted medical leave. State media say Nguyen Van Ly — a Catholic priest — was re-arrested Monday because he continued anti-government activities. The reports said these included calling on people to protest China’s activities […]
Pro-Gbagbo Head of Key Ivorian Body Replaced
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
Ivory Coast’s president has dismissed the head of the country’s constitutional council, a man who backed former president Laurent Gbagbo during the recent Ivorian political crisis. Paul Yao N’dre was replaced Monday by veteran politician Francis Wodie, a former presidential candidate. President Alassane Ouattara named Wodie in a decree. N’dre helped spark the power struggle […]
Egypt Postpones Trial of Former Interior Minister
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
An Egyptian court has postponed the trial of former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly so that it will coincide with the start of the trial of ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak. The former interior minister and Mr. Mubarak face charges of killing protesters during the revolution that ousted the president in February. The court has set […]
Syria to Allow Political Parties Alongside Ruling Baath
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
The Syrian government has endorsed a draft law that would allow the formation of political parties in addition to the ruling Ba’ath party, which for decades has controlled political life in the country. The multiparty bill is the latest conciliatory gesture from President Bashar al-Assad to more than four months of protests against his government. […]
South Sudan Accuses Khartoum of ‘Economic War’
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
South Sudan has accused Sudan of launching an “economic war” by issuing a new currency less than three weeks after the two countries split. Khartoum began circulating the new Sudanese pound on Sunday, less than a week after newly independent South Sudan introduced its own currency. Speaking Monday in South Sudan’s capital of Juba, the […]
Bangladesh Bestows Highest Honor on Former Indian PM
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
Bangladesh has bestowed its highest honor on former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for her role in Bangladesh’s 1971 war for independence from Pakistan. Mrs. Gandhi served as India’s prime minister between 1966 and 1977. She was assassinated by her bodyguards in 1984, following her election to another term as prime minister in 1980. On […]
IMF Warns as US Politicians Wrangle Over Debt
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
As U.S. congressional leaders and President Barack Obama haggle over plans to cut spending and perhaps raise taxes, a key expert at the International Monetary Fund says Washington needs to do both to solve its debt problems. Gian-Maria Milesi-Ferretti told journalists Monday that the U.S. economic recovery is still weak, so spending cuts should be […]
Malta Passes Divorce Legislation
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
Citizens of Malta will be allowed to get divorced in their country after the country’s parliament overwhelmingly voted in favor of the legislation. Monday’s vote followed a national referendum on May 28 in which 53-percent of the voters in the Mediterranean island nation cast “yes” votes for the legislation. About 95-percent of the country identifies […]
India to Set Up Environmental Regulatory Body
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
India will set up a new environmental regulatory agency to review investment projects, as the government struggles to balance industrial growth with ecological protection. In announcing the planned National Environment Appraisal and Monitoring Authority , Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said it is not acceptable to expect “a certain degree of environmental degradation and over-exploitation of […]
