Libya’s rebel government says it will not extradite the man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombings, which killed 270 people. The Transitional National Council’s justice minister told reporters in Tripoli Sunday Abdel Baset al-Megrahi has already been tried and convicted in Scotland for bombing Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. He said the rebels […]
Libyan Rebels Will Not Deport Lockerbie Bomber
Posted August 28th, 2011 at 4:20 pm (UTC-5)
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Suicide Bomber Kills 5 in Baghdad Mosque
Posted August 28th, 2011 at 4:00 pm (UTC-5)
Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber has blown himself up inside a Sunni mosque in Baghdad, killing at least five people. Other reports with additional deaths have not yet been confirmed. In other violence Sunday, an explosive device attached to a police car in the northern city of Mosul killed a policeman and wounded four […]
18 Killed in Chinese Roadside Collision
Posted August 28th, 2011 at 3:50 pm (UTC-5)
A collision between a van and a trailer truck in northern China has killed 18 people and injured many others. Chinese media say the accident took place early Sunday on a highway near Zhangjiakou city in Habei province. Local police say the van carrying 34 migrant workers slammed into a trailer that was parked on […]
Syria Rejects Arab League Call for End to ‘Bloodshed’
Posted August 28th, 2011 at 3:40 pm (UTC-5)
Syria has rejected an Arab League statement calling for an end to deadly violence that has shaken the country, as the government cracks down on a five-month-old pro-democracy uprising. In a statement issued early Sunday after an emergency meeting in Cairo, the Arab bloc called for a stop to “bloodshed” in Syria “before it is […]
3 Turkish Soldiers, 2 Kurdish Rebels Killed in Southeast Turkey
Posted August 28th, 2011 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
Turkish officials say a roadside bomb has killed three soldiers and wounded two others in the country’s southeast, where Kurdish rebels have been intensifying attacks on government troops. The officials say the blast happened early Sunday, as a Turkish military convoy was passing by in Hakkari province. Rebels of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, […]
Senior Pakistani Politician Resigns
Posted August 28th, 2011 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
A senior politician with the ruling Pakistan People’s Party has resigned from his post in the southern city of Karachi accusing the city’s largest party of murder and terrorism. Zulfiqar Mirza accused the powerful Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) of killing journalist Wali Khan Barber earlier this year. During a news conference Sunday, Mirza leveled accusations […]
US Official Warns Dangers Remain After Tropical Storm Passes
Posted August 28th, 2011 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has cautioned people along the path of Tropical Storm Irene that even if the storm has passed their area, danger remains. Napolitano said Sunday that downed power lines, flooding, generator problems and fallen trees are all potential threats once the storm is gone. Even as Irene continues on a […]
1 Killed, Several Injured in Iraq Violence
Posted August 28th, 2011 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
Iraqi police say bombings in several parts of the country have killed at least one police officer and wounded several others. In the northern city of Mosul, a bomb attached to a police car killed a policeman and wounded four others. In Baghdad, two separate bomb attacks wounded at least four people. And a fourth […]
Syria Rejects Arab League Call for End to ‘Bloodshed’
Posted August 28th, 2011 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
Syria has rejected an Arab League statement calling for an end to deadly violence that has shaken the country, as the government crack downs on a five-month-old pro-democracy uprising. In a statement issued early Sunday after an emergency meeting in Cairo, the Arab bloc called for a stop to “bloodshed” in Syria “before it is […]
US Official Warns Dangers Remain After Tropical Storm Passes
Posted August 28th, 2011 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has cautioned people along the path of Tropical Storm Irene that even if the storm has passed through their area, danger remains. Napolitano said Sunday that downed power lines, flooding, generator problems and fallen trees are all potential threats once the storm is gone. Even as Irene continues on […]
