Pakistani security forces have been ordered to shoot on sight in Karachi, after several days of political and ethnic violence in the city have left up to 85 people dead. Interior Minister Rehman Malik told reporters Friday that dozens of suspects have been detained in connection with the series of targeted killings that have taken […]
Shoot on Sight Orders as Violence in Karachi Kills Up to 85
Posted July 8th, 2011 at 8:15 am (UTC-5)
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UN Report: Poverty Rates Falling in Burma
Posted July 8th, 2011 at 7:50 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations Development Programme says progress has been made in reducing poverty rates in Burma. A survey of 18,660 households across Burma between 2009 and 2010 found that overall poverty and cases of people not having enough food in Burma had fallen by six percent from a similar study conducted from 2004 through 2005. […]
European Stocks Higher in Midday Trading
Posted July 8th, 2011 at 7:50 am (UTC-5)
European stock prices are higher in midday trading Friday. London’s Financial Times index is up nearly one-quarter of one percent. The CAC-40 in Paris is up a fraction of one percent, and trading on the DAX index in Frankfurt is up four-tenths of one percent. In New York, the S&P futures contract is down one […]
Georgia: Photographers “Infiltrated” Institutions
Posted July 8th, 2011 at 7:35 am (UTC-5)
Georgia’s president has defended the arrest of four photographers suspected of spying. President Mikheil Saakashvili said Friday the news photographers conducted, in his words, a “serious infiltration of our institutions.” The four news photographers, including the president’s personal photographer, were arrested Thursday. They are accused of passing confidential information to a foreign country. Tbilisi often […]
200 Pro-Palestinian Activists Stopped from Entering Israel
Posted July 8th, 2011 at 7:25 am (UTC-5)
Airport officials in Europe have blocked 200 pro-Palestinian activists trying to reach Israel to draw attention to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. Israeli officials say they sent airports a list of 345 people who were denied entry into the country. Organizers of the “Welcome to Palestine” group said about 600 people were scheduled […]
Asia Markets Close Mostly Higher
Posted July 8th, 2011 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
Major Asian stock markets closed mostly higher Friday. Tokyo’s Nikkei index gained close to three-quarters of one percent to finish at 10,138. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index soared nearly one percent to finish the day’s trading at 22,726. Share prices were higher in Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Taipei, but lower […]
British PM’s Former Aide Arrested in Hacking Scandal
Posted July 8th, 2011 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
British police say the prime minister’s former communications chief has been arrested by detectives investigating corruption allegations of telephone hacking at the News of the World tabloid. Andy Coulson, the former editor the News of the World, was arrested Friday. Earlier Friday, British Prime Minister David Cameron called for a full public inquiry into the […]
Malaysian Activists Vow to Hold Rally Despite Government Opposition
Posted July 8th, 2011 at 6:25 am (UTC-5)
Malaysian electoral reform activists are pledging to carry on with a scheduled rally in Kuala Lumpur Saturday, defying attempts by authorities to keep the demonstrators out of the city. Leaders of Bersih, a coalition of more than 60 non-governmental groups, say they will go ahead with the rally at the city’s iconic Merdeka Stadium, even […]
Paris Prosecutor Investigates Strauss-Kahn Rape Case
Posted July 8th, 2011 at 6:10 am (UTC-5)
The Paris prosecutor’s office said Friday it has opened a preliminary investigation into accusations by a French writer that former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn attempted to rape her in 2003. Tristane Banon filed a complaint earlier this week, saying Strauss-Kahn attacked her in an empty apartment during an interview for a book. Lawyers […]
Egyptians Rally Against Slow Government Reforms
Posted July 8th, 2011 at 5:45 am (UTC-5)
Several thousand Egyptians have gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to protest what they say is a slow pace of government reforms and justice for the victims of a crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations earlier this year. Protesters pitched tents Friday in the middle of the square, the epicenter of the protests that toppled former Egyptian leader […]
