Police in Spain have arrested a suspected member of al-Qaida’s North African offshoot, al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb. The 37-year-old Moroccan man, Abdellatif Aoulad Chiba, was arrested Wednesday in the southern Spanish coastal town of La Linea de la Concepcion. He is suspected of running an Internet site that sought to recruit members to carry […]
Survey: US Child Poverty Increases in 38 States
Posted August 17th, 2011 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
A new survey shows that child poverty in the United States increased in 38 states in the last decade, as the economy fell into recession. The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual survey says 20 percent of all children in the U.S. were poor in 2009, up from 17 percent in 2000. It says the number […]
Ivory Coast to Demobilize 10,000 Fighters
Posted August 17th, 2011 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
An Ivory Coast defense official says the government will disarm and demobilize about 10,000 fighters in a bid to improve security. State media Wednesday quoted deputy defense minister Paul Koffi Koffi as saying the process should be completed by the end of the year. The minister, who spoke Tuesday, said the demobilized fighters will be […]
US Stocks Mixed in Midday Trading Wednesday
Posted August 17th, 2011 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock indexes were mixed in midday trading Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 key stocks is off one-tenth of a percent, while the broader S & P 500 index is ahead by the same amount. The technology-laden NASDAQ is off six-tenths of a percent. European stock indexes ended mixed. London’s Financial Times […]
Ivory Coast to Demobilize 10,000 Fighters
Posted August 17th, 2011 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
Ivory Coast’s minister of defense says the government will disarm and demobilize about 10,000 fighters in a bid to improve security. State media Wednesday quoted deputy defense minister Paul Koffi Koffi as saying the process should be completed by the end of the year. The minister, who spoke Tuesday, said the demobilized fighters will be […]
US: One Presidential Contender Targets Central Bank
Posted August 17th, 2011 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
In the U.S., one presidential contender seeking to oust President Barack Obama has attacked the country’s central bank and its chairman as part of his campaign. Republican Rick Perry, the long-standing governor of the large southwestern state of Texas, formally announced his candidacy last weekend to try to win his party’s nomination to oppose Mr. […]
Lebanon Tribunal Releases Indictment in Former PM’s Murder
Posted August 17th, 2011 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
The U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 murder of Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has released its indictment against the four Hezbollah members who prosecutors say carried out the attack. The court said Wednesday it has confirmed the charges against the suspects and made the indictment public after prosecutors showed there is sufficient evidence to […]
Ivory Coast to Demobilize 10,000 Fighters
Posted August 17th, 2011 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
Ivory Coast’s minister of defense says the government will disarm and demobilize about 10,000 fighters in a bid to improve security. State media Wednesday quoted defense minister Paul Koffi Koffi as saying the process should be completed by the end of the year. The minister, who spoke Tuesday, said the demobilized fighters will be reintegrated […]
Nine Turks Killed in Kurdish Rebel Ambush
Posted August 17th, 2011 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
Turkish Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz has vowed a strong retaliation against the Kurdistan Workers Party after Kurdish rebels launched a deadly attack on Turkish soldiers in Hakkari province near Turkey’s border with Iraq. The defense minister says eight Turkish soldiers and a village guard were killed Wednesday when their military convoy was ambushed by the […]
British Honeymooner Killed by Shark in the Seychelles
Posted August 17th, 2011 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
Officials in the Seychelles banned swimming in some areas Wednesday after a British man on his honeymoon was mauled to death by a shark. Thirty-year-old Ian Redmond was the second tourist to die this month from a shark attack in the Indian Ocean archipelago. Media reports say the victim’s wife watched helplessly from the beach […]
