A Pakistani court has sentenced to death a paramilitary soldier for the June killing of an unarmed man — an act that was caught on camera and sparked a huge public outcry after it was broadcast on television. The anti-terrorism court on Friday also fined the soldier, Shahid Zafar, about $2,300 for shooting 19-year-old Sarfaraz […]
Pakistani Soldier Gets Death Sentence in Shooting
Posted August 12th, 2011 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
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After Credit Downgrade, US Borrowing Costs Actually Fell
Posted August 12th, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
A new analysis shows that borrowing costs for the U.S. government have fallen, contrary to the prediction of some economic experts that they would markedly increase after the country’s credit rating was downgraded. A U.S. business news outlet, Bloomberg, reported Friday that the $72 billion worth of notes the government auctioned this week collectively carried […]
South Korea Lets North Korean Fishermen Return Home
Posted August 12th, 2011 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
South Korea has returned home seven North Koreans whose fishing boats drifted into South Korean waters across the tense Yellow Sea maritime border between their countries. Three of them were found adrift after running out of fuel and allowed to return home early Friday after their boat was refueled by the South Koreans. The others […]
German-Turkish Citizen On Trial In Germany Bomb Plot
Posted August 12th, 2011 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
A German-Turkish citizen has been charged with planning an explosives attack on U.S. installations in Germany and attempting to recruit al-Qaida supporters through the Internet. The 26-year-old man, who is identified only as Adnan V., was in a Frankfurt court Friday for the opening day of his trial. Prosecutor Michael Bruns says the suspect plotted […]
Rival Rallies in Yemen Draw Thousands of Protesters, Loyalists
Posted August 12th, 2011 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
Thousands of opponents of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh have renewed calls for his departure. Protesters massed in cities across the country on Friday. Some waved flags and chanted anti-government slogans. Government loyalists, meanwhile, rallied in a central square in the capital, Sana’a. The state-run SABA news agency showed photos of supporters carrying large pictures […]
US Republican Candidates Square off in Iowa Debate
Posted August 12th, 2011 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
Eight declared candidates for the U.S. Republican Party’s presidential nomination used a nationally televised debate Thursday to blast President Barack Obama’s economic record, while also aiming their rhetoric at each other. The debate at the Iowa State University in the city of Ames was staged ahead of a key straw poll, or test vote, at […]
UN Warns Cholera Epidemic Spreading in Somalia
Posted August 12th, 2011 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations says Somalia is facing a cholera epidemic as people in the famine-hit country migrate in search of food and water. Dr. Michel Yao, a public health advisor for the World Health Organization, says cholera cases among the refugee population in the capital, Mogadishu have risen sharply. He blames the outbreak on unsanitary […]
600 Charged, Arrests Rise to 1,700 in British Riots
Posted August 12th, 2011 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
Police in London say they have charged almost 600 people with violence, disorder and looting after almost a week of deadly rioting in the capital and other British cities. Authorities have arrested more than 1,700 people across the country, and courts were in session throughout the night Thursday to deal with a massive backlog of […]
Mounting Death Toll in Syria as Protests Unfold
Posted August 12th, 2011 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
Renewed calls for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s resignation have been met with a deadly response from the country’s security forces. Activists and witnesses say at least eight people were killed on Friday as government forces cracked down on dissent. They say at least one death occurred in Hama, a flashpoint city that was under a […]
US Stocks Advance in Early Trading Friday
Posted August 12th, 2011 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
U.S. stocks advanced in early trading Friday — and European markets soared — at the end of a volatile week at exchanges throughout the world. Asian markets ended mixed. But share prices in Britain, France and Germany all jumped near the end of trading for the week. Earlier, France, Italy, Spain and Belgium each banned […]
