New diplomatic efforts to pressure Syria to end its crackdown on dissent got underway at the United Nations Tuesday as government forces stepped up attacks on the flashpoint city of Hama. The U.N. Security Council is holding a second day of debate on a draft resolution condemning the violence in Syria. But Russia and India […]
UN Debates Resolution Condemning Syria As Unrest Continues in Country
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
Leave a comment
German Air Traffic Controllers Threaten Strike
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
German air traffic controllers say they will hold a six-hour strike on Thursday in support of their demands for better pay. The air traffic controllers’ union Tuesday announced its members voted overwhelmingly to strike, with more than 95 percent of its 5,000 members voting in favor of the walkout. The union says it sees no […]
Vietnam Upholds 7-Year Jail Term for Prominent Dissident
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
An appeals court in Vietnam has upheld the 7-year prison sentence for the dissident son of one of Vietnam’s founding revolutionaries. Defendant Cu Huy Ha Vu, a human rights lawyer educated in France, was found guilty earlier this year of spreading propaganda against the state. The finding came despite Vu’s arguments that his calls for […]
July Sales Jump for Top US Car Maker
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
Sales at the largest U.S. automaker increased nearly 8 percent in July, driven higher by demand for fuel efficient vehicles. General Motors said Tuesday it saw strong demand for its Chevrolet brand, especially the Chevrolet Cruze. The company said it also saw strong demand for its pick-up trucks and crossover vehicles . GM Vice President […]
Libyan Rebels Attempt Advance in Zlitan
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
Libyan troops and rebels are battling near Libya’s western town of Zlitan, where rebel fighters are trying to wrestle control of the area from government forces. Reports from the scene are scarce, but the French News Agency quotes a rebel military spokesman Tuesday as saying opposition fighters have advanced closer to the town’s center. But […]
US Consumer Spending Declines
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
U.S. consumers cut their spending in June, the first drop in this important part of the economy in two years. Tuesday’s report from the Commerce Department says consumer spending was off by two-tenths of a percent. Some of the decline came from lower costs for energy and food. Economists watch consumer spending closely because consumer […]
British Police Make Another Arrest in Britain Phone-Hacking Scandal
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
(Updates with arrest of foam pie attacker, minor edit graf 5, new info grafs 6-8) Police in Britain have arrested a man in connection with the phone-hacking scandal involving journalists at the now-defunct British tabloid newspaper News of the World. The Metropolitan police said the 71-year-old man was arrested Tuesday morning at a police station […]
South African Gold Miners End Strike
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
South African gold miners have ended a five-day strike after reaching a new wage deal with four mining firms. Unions say their workers will receive raises of between 7.5 and 10 percent under the two-year deal, announced Tuesday. More than 100,000 miners went on strike last Thursday after negotiations reached a stalemate. Solidarity, one of […]
US Stocks Decline
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes fell in Tuesday’s early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated half a percent, the S&P 500 fell seven-tenths of a percent, and the NASDAQ lost three-tenths of a percent. European stock markets were lower in afternoon trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index slid six-tenths of a percent, the CAC-40 in […]
Vietnam Upholds 7-Year Jail Term for Prominent Dissident
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
An appeals court in Vietnam has upheld the 7-year prison sentence for the dissident son of one of Vietnam’s founding revolutionaries. Defendant Cu Huy Ha Vu, a human rights lawyer educated in France, had argued that his calls for political pluralism were not intended to undermine Vietnam’s communist government. He said he only demanded a […]
