U.S. stock prices dropped Friday after a government report showed an increase in unemployment in a still-struggling economy. The Dow Jones Industrial average was down nearly one percent in mid-day trading, the broader S&P 500 index fell more than one percent and the NASDAQ lost nine-tenths of one percent. European stock prices had shown gains […]
Passenger Plane Crashes in Congo
Posted July 8th, 2011 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
A Congolese passenger plane trying to land in bad weather has crashed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Congolese officials say the plane was carrying more than 100 people when it went down while approaching the international airport at Kisangani Friday. Congo’s information minister, Lambert Mende, says about 40 passengers appear to have survived. Officials […]
Forces Told ‘Shoot on Sight’ to End Karachi Violence
Posted July 8th, 2011 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani security forces have been ordered to shoot on sight when confronting disorders in Karachi, where days of political and ethnic violence have left up to 85 people dead. About 1,000 additional police and paramilitary forces were deployed in Karachi on Friday with new orders to shoot any armed “miscreants” they encounter. Interior Minister Rehman […]
Elephants Electrocuted Near Indian Sanctuary
Posted July 8th, 2011 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
Three elephants have been electrocuted near a wildlife sanctuary in northern India. Officials say the elephants were killed after they pulled down an electric pole and became entangled by the wires near the Dudhwa National Park. The sanctuary is located about 240 kilometers from Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state. The animals were said […]
CPJ: Azerbaijan Bars Entry to Photographer, Citing Her Armenian Origin
Posted July 8th, 2011 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S.-based media rights group says Azerbaijan has denied entry to a freelance photographer for the Bloomberg news agency because of her Armenian origin. The Committee to Protect Journalists says Diana Markosian, who also freelances for Voice of America, flew to the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, from the Latvian capital, Riga, on June 27, but was […]
Passenger Plane Crashes in Congo
Posted July 8th, 2011 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
A passenger plane trying to land in bad weather has crashed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Congolese officials say the plane was carrying more than 100 people when it went down while approaching the international airport at Kisingani Friday. Congo’s information minister, Lambert Mende, says about 40 passengers appear to have survived. Officials said […]
US Unemployment Climbs to Year’s Highest Level
Posted July 8th, 2011 at 11:45 am (UTC-5)
The unemployment rate in the United States increased to 9.2 percent in June, the highest level this year. Friday’s report from the Labor Department showed that American employers added only 18,000 jobs in June, the smallest increase in nine months and another indication that the U.S. economy is still struggling to recover from a deep […]
Shuttle Atlantis Blasts Off on Final Mission
Posted July 8th, 2011 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis blasted off Friday on a mission to the International Space Station — the 135th and final flight of the 30-year-old space shuttle program. The space agency NASA said as many as 1 million people were gathered in and around the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to watch the historic lift-off. […]
Congolese Colonel Surrenders Following Mass Rape Accusations
Posted July 8th, 2011 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
A Congolese colonel accused of leading his troops on a multi-day rampage and mass rape has turned himself. A military spokesman for the Democratic Republic of Congo said Friday that the colonel, known as Kifaru, surrendered Thursday with about 100 of his men. Some DRC officials accused Colonel Kifaru and his men of pillaging Nakiele, […]
Israel Holds Pro-Palestinian Activists at Airport
Posted July 8th, 2011 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
Israeli officials have detained more than 30 suspected pro-Palestinian activists who arrived from Europe at the international airport near Tel Aviv on Friday. Organizers of the fly-in had said they expected hundreds of activists to arrive in Israel this week for what they call a show of solidarity with Palestinians in the West Bank. However, […]
