The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected calls from around the world — and from the U.S. president — to delay the execution of a Mexican man convicted of a brutal 1994 rape and murder. Justices Thursday voted 5-to-4 against delaying the execution, which was carried out just hours later in Texas. International diplomats and Mexican […]
US Supreme Court Rejects Death Sentence Delay for Mexican National
Posted July 7th, 2011 at 8:20 pm (UTC-5)
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US Supreme Court Rejects Death Sentence Delay for Mexican National
Posted July 7th, 2011 at 8:15 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected calls from around the world — and from the U.S. president — to delay the execution of a Mexican man convicted of a brutal 1994 rape and murder. Justices Thursday voted 5-to-4 against delaying the execution, which was carried just hours later in Texas. International diplomats and Mexican authorities […]
Study: 2008 Financial Crisis Spurred Suicide Rate in Europe
Posted July 7th, 2011 at 8:05 pm (UTC-5)
A group of researchers in Europe has found that the suicide rate rose sharply in several European countries around the time of the 2008 global financial crisis. Their study, published Friday in The Lancet medical journal, says that a downward trend in the suicide rates that was seen before 2007 was reversed after the crisis. […]
US Supreme Court Rejects Death Sentence Delay for Mexican National
Posted July 7th, 2011 at 7:55 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected calls from around the world — and from the U.S. president — to delay the execution of a Mexican man convicted of a brutal 1994 rape and murder. Justices Thursday voted 5-to-4 against delaying the execution, which was carried just hours later in Texas. International diplomats and Mexican authorities […]
Berlusconi Opposes Libya Mission; Rome Cuts Involvement
Posted July 7th, 2011 at 7:05 pm (UTC-5)
Italy’s prime minister has voiced serious doubts about the NATO intervention in Libya as his conservative government announced plans to cut back its participation in the mission. Silvio Berlusconi said Thursday he has always been against the war but that his “hands were tied” once the U.N. authorized a no-fly zone to protect Libyan civilians. […]
Blasts Hit Turkmenistan Town, Evacuation Ordered
Posted July 7th, 2011 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
Authorities in a town near the capital of Turkmenistan have ordered residents to evacuate after a series of explosions shook the area. There were conflicting reports of casualties and the location of the blasts in Abadan, about 20 kilometers west of the capital, Ashgabat. Authorities say the explosions took place at a fireworks warehouse and […]
Stolen Picasso Recovered, Suspect Arrested
Posted July 7th, 2011 at 6:25 pm (UTC-5)
Police have recovered a valuable drawing by Pablo Picasso and arrested the man they say had walked off with it in broad daylight. Police announced Thursday they had arrested Mark Lugo at a hotel room in the town of Napa, in California. Authorities said they also found the missing artwork, “Tete de Femme,” stripped from […]
North Sudan Army Demobilizes Southern Members
Posted July 7th, 2011 at 6:10 pm (UTC-5)
The army of north Sudan is demobilizing some 15,000 southerners from its ranks, as the south gets set to declare independence. The pro-government Sudanese Media Center reports there will be a dismissal ceremony in Khartoum Thursday, to be addressed by Defense Minister Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussain. The new Republic of South Sudan is due to […]
US Senators Urge Protection for Mekong River
Posted July 7th, 2011 at 6:00 pm (UTC-5)
A group of U.S. senators is urging Washington to use its “voice and vote” in international institutions to ensure strict environmental safeguards for the Mekong River in Southeast Asia. The senators, led by Democrat Jim Webb of Virginia, introduced a resolution in the Senate Thursday. It calls on U.S. representatives in such global institutions as […]
Murdoch’s Controversial Career Spans Nearly Six Decades
Posted July 7th, 2011 at 4:45 pm (UTC-5)
The career arc of the man at the center of Britain’s phone hacking scandal, Rupert Murdoch, spans nearly six decades — from his start as a reporter for Britain’s Birmingham Gazette and a copy editor for London’s Daily Express in the early 1950s, to his current incarnation as the head of News Corporation (also known […]
