A memorial dedicated to American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Junior opens to the public Monday in a preview ahead of Sunday’s official dedication ceremony. The King memorial is located on the National Mall in Washington between memorials honoring iconic presidents Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. This is the first memorial on the mall […]
Martin Luther King Junior Memorial Public Preview
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 7:20 am (UTC-5)
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Syrian Activists Say Pro-Assad Gunmen Kill 2
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
Syrian rights activists say supporters of President Bashar al-Assad shot dead two people and wounded four others, after Mr. Assad defended his crackdown on political unrest and said criticism from Western countries means nothing to him. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the killings happened Monday in the central flashpoint city of Hama. […]
Germany Cuts Its Deficit Forecast
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
Germany’s Finance Ministry revised its deficit forecast Monday from 2.5 percent to 1.5 percent of gross domestic product this year. The drop would meet the Maastricht 3-percent deficit limit requirement two years ahead of schedule. German tax revenue grew nearly 10 percent in July from a year ago. The Finance Ministry says the forecast means […]
European Markets Higher at Midday
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
European stock markets were higher in midday trading Monday. London’s Financial Times 100 index was up 1.66 percent , to 5,124. The CAC-40 in Paris rose 1.52 percent , to 3,063. And the DAX in Frankfurt was up four-tenths of a percent , at 5,504. The S&P futures contract was up 10 points, indicating a […]
International Red Cross Appeals for North Korea Storm Aid
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 6:45 am (UTC-5)
The International Federation of Red Cross and the Red Crescent Societies launched an emergency appeal Monday for $4.5 million to provide urgently needed supplies of food and other relief to 30,000 North Koreans made homeless or badly affected by storms that have swept across the impoverished country. A Red Cross press release said that assessments […]
40 Killed in Indian Road Accident
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 6:45 am (UTC-5)
Indian officials say an overcrowded flatbed trailer pulled by a tractor has overturned into a pond, killing at least 40 people in the northern state of Utter Pradesh. Police say most of the victims drowned at the site of the accident in the Ballia district, south of the state capital, Lucknow. Authorities say more than […]
Fighting Continues as Libyan Rebels Control Most of Capital
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
Libyan rebels pushing for an end to leader Moammar Gadhafi’s rule say they control most of the capital, Tripoli, but fighting continued Monday as pockets of resistance remained in the city. The rebels said clashes broke out after tanks emerged from Mr. Gadhafi’s Bab al-Aziziya compound and opened fire. Mr. Gadhafi’s whereabouts is not known. […]
Asian Markets Close Mostly Lower
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 6:35 am (UTC-5)
Asian stock markets closed mostly lower Monday. Tokyo’s Nikkei index dropped one percent to close at 8,628. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up half a percent to end at 19,487. Elsewhere, share prices were lower in Shanghai, Taipei, Seoul, Sydney, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Jakarta and Manila. Markets closed higher in Mumbai and Wellington. The […]
Japan’s Ruling Party Sets Date For Leadership Contest
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
A spokesman says Japan’s ruling party will select a new leader to replace Prime Minister Naoto Kan on August 29 if two key bills have passed parliament by then. Party Secretary-General Katsuya Okada said Monday that parliament would likely vote the next day to confirm the new leader as Japan’s sixth prime minister in five […]
Iran Begins Moving Centrifuges to Underground Site
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 5:55 am (UTC-5)
Iran says it has started moving machines used to enrich nuclear fuel to an underground site that was secret until 2009. Iranian nuclear energy chief Fereidoun Abbasi told state television Monday the centrifuges are being transferred from Iran’s Natanz nuclear site to the Fordo facility near the city of Qom. Abbasi announced plans for the […]
