Two reports Wednesday show U.S. economic growth slowing down. The U.S. central bank gathered information from business across the nation and found that growth moderated in eight of the Federal Reserve’s 12 districts in June and early July. A separate report from the Commerce Department says new orders to U.S. manufacturers for aircraft, autos, heavy […]
Kosovo Serbs Set Fire to Border Post After Govt. Police Briefly Seize It
Posted July 27th, 2011 at 3:40 pm (UTC-5)
A group of Kosovo Serbs has set fire to a border post in the country’s north to protest the brief takeover of the site by special police units of the ethnic Albanian government. Officials in neighboring Serbia and an Associated Press reporter said the minority Serb protesters torched the crossing on Wednesday. Earlier, Kosovo’s special […]
Palestinian President To Seek Full UN Membership, Calls for Protests
Posted July 27th, 2011 at 3:25 pm (UTC-5)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for peaceful protests to support a September bid for full membership in the United Nations for a Palestinian state. Mr. Abbas met with the PLO Central Council Wednesday in the West Bank city of Ramallah to discuss the proposal to seek membership in the world body. He urged what […]
Russian Court Denies Lebedev Parole Request
Posted July 27th, 2011 at 3:15 pm (UTC-5)
A Russian court has rejected the parole request of Platon Lebedev, the business partner of jailed former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Judge Nikolai Raspopov handed down the decision Wednesday in a court in the northwestern town of Velsk. The ruling means Lebedev, jailed since 2003, will remain in prison until the end of his sentence […]
Peru’s Humala Prepares to Take Power
Posted July 27th, 2011 at 3:10 pm (UTC-5)
Peruvian President-elect Ollanta Humala takes office Thursday, succeeding outgoing President Alan Garcia. Mr. Humala was elected this past June in a runoff, defeating Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of imprisoned former president Alberto Fujimori. Much of the campaign focused on continuing Peru’s rapid economic growth of recent years, while ensuring that the poor also see some […]
Report: Illegal Mining in Indian State Causes $3.6 Billion in Losses
Posted July 27th, 2011 at 3:10 pm (UTC-5)
An anti-corruption panel in India has implicated several officials in the southern state of Karnataka for allegedly accepting bribes and granting illegal contracts for iron ore mining. The report accuses the state’s chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa and 787 other officials of causing up to $3.6 billion in lost revenue between 2006 and 2010, due to […]
Russia Responds To U.S. Sanctions Over Magnitsky Case
Posted July 27th, 2011 at 3:00 pm (UTC-5)
(rewording graf 1) Russia’s Foreign Ministry has responded harshly to a move by the United States to impose visa restrictions against Russian officials believed to be responsible for the death of imprisoned lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. In a statement Wednesday, the ministry said it would not leave such unfriendly steps unanswered. It promised to take adequate […]
Suicide Bombing Kills Mayor of Afghanistan’s Kandahar City
Posted July 27th, 2011 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber has killed the mayor of Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar, the latest in a series of high-profile assassinations of key allies of President Hamid Karzai. The Taliban claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attack that killed Mayor Ghulam Haider Hamidi and wounded at least one bystander. A Taliban spokesman said the attack was to […]
Cholera Outbreak Sickens Thousands in DRC
Posted July 27th, 2011 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
United Nations officials say a cholera outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 250 people and caused nearly 4,000 others to become ill. A cholera outbreak has been declared in four provinces with northeastern Orientale province showing the most cases. In a statement last week, the World Health Organization said it […]
Russia Responds To U.S. Sanctions Over Magnitsky Case
Posted July 27th, 2011 at 2:15 pm (UTC-5)
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has responded harshly to plans by the United States to impose visa restrictions against Russian officials believed to be responsible for the death of imprisoned lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. In a statement Wednesday, the ministry said it would not leave such unfriendly steps unanswered. It promised to take adequate measures to protect the […]
