Norwegian police say a suspicious suitcase found on a bus at the central station in the capital, Oslo, poses no danger. Railway officials said parts of the station were evacuated Wednesday after the abandoned bag was discovered in an area where buses depart for the airport. Norway is on high alert after a bombing and […]
Norway Police Say ‘Suspicious’ Bag at Oslo Train Station Poses No Threat
Posted July 27th, 2011 at 4:50 am (UTC-5)
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Asian Stocks Mixed
Posted July 27th, 2011 at 4:35 am (UTC-5)
Asian stock markets closed mixed Wednesday. Tokyo’s Nikkei index fell one-half of one percent to finish at 10,047. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index lost one-tenth of one percent to finish the day’s trading at 22,542. Share prices were higher in Manila and Shanghai, but lower in Sydney, Taipei and Wellington. In currency trading, the dollar […]
Philippines Battered by Deadly Tropical Storm
Posted July 27th, 2011 at 4:25 am (UTC-5)
At least 20 people are dead and nine others are missing as a powerful tropical storm makes its way across the Philippines’ main island of Luzon Wednesday. Tropical Storm Nock-ten made landfall with intense rains and maximum winds of 95 kilometers an hour. Wind gusts ranged up to 120 kilometers an hour. Benito Ramos, the […]
Japanese Lawmakers Warned of Risk in Visit to Disputed Island
Posted July 27th, 2011 at 4:00 am (UTC-5)
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak says the safety of four Japanese lawmakers cannot be assured if they go ahead with a planned visit to an island claimed by both countries. Mr. Lee’s spokesman said Wednesday the president told officials to convey that message to Tokyo and to urge the Japanese to cancel the visit. The […]
Sudan Says Open to Negotiations in Southern Kordofan
Posted July 27th, 2011 at 3:55 am (UTC-5)
The governor of Sudan’s embattled Southern Kordofan region says his government is willing to find a negotiated end to fighting in the oil-rich area. Ahmed Haroun said on Tuesday that Sudan is “committed to peace and dialogue,” but that armed groups are prolonging the battle by coordinating attacks with rebels from the nearby Darfur region. […]
Oslo Train Station Evacuated Due to Suspicious Bag
Posted July 27th, 2011 at 3:45 am (UTC-5)
Norwegian railway officials say parts of the central station in the capital, Oslo, have been evacuated because of a suspicious suitcase. News reports Wednesday quote a spokesman for the Norwegian railway authority as saying the suitcase was found in an area where buses depart for the airport. Norway is on high alert after a bombing […]
Hundreds Arrested in Chinese Human Trafficking Probes
Posted July 27th, 2011 at 3:25 am (UTC-5)
Chinese state media say authorities have rescued 89 children and arrested 369 suspects in a crackdown on suspected human trafficking gangs. Newspapers says the arrests were made in two operations this month. In one case in the southern regions of Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, police detained 39 people suspected of being involved in abducting and […]
Indian, Pakistani Foreign Ministers Meet in New Delhi
Posted July 27th, 2011 at 3:20 am (UTC-5)
The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan called for a new “cooperative’ relationship between their two countries Wednesday, as they held their first meeting since peace talks resumed earlier this year. Before the talks in the Indian capital, New Delhi, Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna told reporters that cooperation with Pakistan is in the interest […]
China’s Sun TV to Document Life of Hun Sen
Posted July 27th, 2011 at 2:55 am (UTC-5)
Cambodia says representatives of a Chinese television network have arrived in the capital, Phnom Penh, to open talks on a documentary about the life of Prime Minister Hun Sen. The official AKP news agency reported Tuesday that Chen Ping, chairman of China’s Sun TV, discussed the plan this week with the minister of information, Khieu […]
Afghan Officials: Kandahar Mayor Killed in Suicide Bombing
Posted July 27th, 2011 at 2:50 am (UTC-5)
Afghan officials say a suicide bomb attack has killed the mayor of the southern city of Kandahar. Officials say Mayor Ghulam Haider Hamidi died Wednesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up near Hamidi’s office. Officials said the explosives were hidden in the bomber’s turban. The mayor’s death comes just two weeks after Afghan President […]
