France has formally opened an investigation into International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde to determine whether she abused her authority when she served as French finance minister, and tried to resolve a legal dispute involving a controversial tycoon. A special tribunal that can judge ministers Tuesday asked three judges to determine whether Lagarde is guilty […]
France Opens Investigation Into IMF Chief Lagarde
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
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Female Afghan Government Worker Gunned Down in South
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
Afghan officials say a female provincial government worker has been gunned down outside her home in the southern city of Kandahar. A government spokesman says the woman, Rabia Sadat, was shot and killed by a gunman on a motorcycle as she walked to her car on Tuesday morning. Her driver was wounded in the attack. […]
US Sanctions Southeast Asian Terror Leaders
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. officials are taking more steps to cut off funding for a Southeast Asian-based terror group with links to al-Qaida. The U.S. Treasury Department Tuesday announced sanctions against three leaders of Jemaah Islamiya , prohibiting anyone in the United States from having financial dealings with them and freezing any U.S.-based assets. One of the designated […]
Topless Protest in Ukraine at Tymoshenko Trial
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
Activists from a Ukrainian women’s group have staged a topless protest in a show of anger at the trial of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Two women from the group FEMEN climbed on top of a prison van Tuesday outside the court in Kyiv, stripped to the waist, and denounced against Ukraine’s police and politicians, […]
US Stocks Fall in Midday Tuesday Trading
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock indexes fell in midday trading Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is off three-tenths of one percent, while the broader S&P 500 fell one-half of a percentage point. The NASDAQ dropped seven-tenths of one percent. European markets ended narrowly mixed from Monday’s close. London’s Financial Times 100 index gained one-tenth of one percent […]
Arrest of Anti-Corruption Activist Sparks Protest Across India
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
Protest erupted across India Tuesday after police arrested a prominent social activist just hours before he was set to start a public hunger strike to demand tougher anti-corruption legislation. Authorities say Anna Hazare was detained early Tuesday at a New Delhi apartment after he refused to limit the duration and size of his protest. Some […]
Biden Headed to China for Economic Talks
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
Concerns about the health of the world’s largest economy are expected to top the agenda during a new round of talks between the United States and China. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden left Washington Tuesday for a trip that will take him first to China and then to Mongolia and Japan. Biden is scheduled to […]
Malawian Rights Groups Postpone Protests, Citing Court Challenge
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
Malawian rights groups have postponed a nationwide anti-government demonstration scheduled for this week, saying they will wait for the outcome of a legal challenge against their plan. A spokesman for the rights groups, Rogers Newa, told a news conference Tuesday the High Court is considering a petition by government loyalists for an injunction against opposition […]
CPJ: Israel Charges Al-Jazeera Journalist with Militant Ties
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
The Committee to Protect Journalists says Israel is holding a journalist for the al-Jazeera television network on charges he has ties to the militant group Hamas. The program coordinator for the rights group’s Middle East and North Africa division told VOA that al-Jazeera journalist Samer Allawi appeared before an Israeli military judge Tuesday and was […]
Norway Announces Large North Sea Oil Discovery
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
Norway’s Statoil has announced that two recent North Sea oil discoveries are connected, representing possibly the region’s biggest oil find in the last 30 years. Statoil said in a statement Tuesday that the Aldous and Avaldsnes oil discoveries together contain between 500 million and 1.2 billion barrels of recoverable oil — significantly more than previously […]
