An international rights group says a Sri Lankan government report on the country’s recently-ended civil war “whitewashes” evidence of military atrocities against ethnic Tamils. New York-based Human Rights Watch said Tuesday the Sri Lankan report is “another feeble attempt” to convince the world that government troops committed no crimes in their 2009 defeat of Tamil […]
Rights Group: Sri Lankan War Report Whitewashes Alleged Military Abuses
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
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Russian Prosecutors Reopen Criminal Probe in Magnitsky Case
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Russian prosecutors have reopened a criminal investigation into imprisoned lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died while in detention after claiming to have uncovered a multimillion-dollar tax fraud. Russia’s General Prosecutor’s office reopened the case Tuesday. No reason was given for the decision. Magnitsky, who worked for a U.S.-owned investment fund in Russia, accused Russian police officials […]
Economists: US Must Do More To Cut Deficit & Debt
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
Economists say the new agreement to cut some U.S. spending and allow the government to borrow more money is just the first of many steps needed to solve the debt and deficit issue. The agreement cuts around $1 trillion in spending over the next ten years and mandates a complex process intended to bring another […]
Iraqi PM Hopes For Tuesday US Troop Decision
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says he hopes lawmakers can reach a final decision on a possible extension of the U.S. military presence in the country at a meeting on Tuesday. He made the comments in a statement posted on his website late Monday ahead of a meeting of the country’s political blocs at President […]
Suicide Attack Kills 4 in Northern Afghanistan
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
Afghan officials say suicide bombers have killed at least four people and wounded 10 others in northern Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s attack in the city of Kunduz, the first major strike by insurgents in Afghanistan since the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Officials say a suicide bomber detonated a […]
Tropical Storm Emily Heads Toward Puerto Rico
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
U.S. weather forecasters say Tropical Storm Emily is threatening Puerto Rico and several other Caribbean islands with possible flash floods and mudslides. Forecasters with the U.S. National Hurricane Center say Emily was last reported 425 kilometers southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, with sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour. Emily was moving west at […]
British Police Make Another Arrest in Britain Phone-Hacking Scandal
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
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 in London. The man was detained on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept communications, or phone-hacking, […]
Fresh Violence in Karachi Kills 31, Govt. Vows Stern Action to Stop it
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
A wave of violence in the Pakistani port of Karachi has killed at least 31 people since Monday and prompted the country’s interior minister to say the government will take “every possible action to restore peace.” Authorities say 11 people were shot dead in Karachi on Tuesday, while at least 20 were killed the day […]
Libyan Rebels Attempt Advance in Zlitan
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
Intense fighting is underway near Libya’s western town of Zlitan as rebel fighters push to wrestle control from government forces. The French News Agency quotes a rebel military spokesman Tuesday as saying opposition fighters have advanced closer to the town’s center. In a separate development, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez went against a widening international trend […]
Egypt to Start Former Leader Mubarak’s Trial
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
Egypt will begin the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak Wednesday, nearly six months after he was toppled in an 18-day revolution calling for democratic reforms. Mr. Mubarak is charged with premeditated murder by unleashing police on demonstrators during the uprising, during which at least 840 were killed. He faces a possible death sentence if […]
