An Oslo court has ruled that confessed Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik must remain in pretrial detention for another eight weeks, including four weeks in solitary confinement. Judge Anne Margrethe Lund announced the decision after a closed-door hearing Monday attended by the 32-year-old right-wing extremist. The French news agency says the judge did not […]
Confessed Norway Killer Sentenced to 8 More Weeks Pretrial Detention
Posted September 19th, 2011 at 11:22 am (UTC-5)
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World Leaders Arrive For UN General Assembly in New York
Posted September 19th, 2011 at 11:18 am (UTC-5)
World leaders are arriving in New York City for the annual United Nations General Assembly, where the Palestinians’ bid for full membership is expected to dominate the conversation. More than 100 heads of state and government will gather for this week’s high-level meetings, which will focus on issues like nutrition and non-communicable diseases, desertification, nuclear […]
Cyprus Begins Offshore Drilling Despite Turkish Warnings
Posted September 19th, 2011 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
Cyprus has begun exploratory offshore gas and oil drilling in the Mediterranean despite warnings from Turkey. Cypriot energy chief Solon Assigns said Monday U.S. firm Noble Energy has started drilling inside Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone south of the island, close to Israeli waters. Cyprus has commissioned Noble Energy for the project, which has been operating […]
Bomb Targets Pakistani Police Official, 8 Killed
Posted September 19th, 2011 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
A Taliban suicide bomber has detonated a vehicle packed with explosives outside the house of a senior police official in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi, killing at least eight people. Monday’s attack killed six police officers guarding the police official’s house. A teacher and her son, who were passing by, were also killed in the […]
BBC: Iran Detains 6 Independent Filmmakers
Posted September 19th, 2011 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
The BBC says Iran has detained six independent documentary filmmakers who are not BBC staff members. Iranian media reported Monday that authorities have arrested at least five people working for the BBC’s Persian service. The BBC says that while the organization has bought the rights to broadcast the filmmakers’ documentaries, the six filmmakers detained are […]
Clinton Summit to Focus on World Challenges
Posted September 19th, 2011 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will bring together heads of state, leaders of industry and nonprofits and national and local government officials this week to the annual meeting of his Clinton Global Initiative . The conference starts Tuesday in New York to coincide with the United Nations General Assembly meeting. The three-day summit will focus […]
Bangladeshi Islamists, Police Clash in Dhaka Protest, 50 Injured
Posted September 19th, 2011 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
Supporters of Bangladesh’s main Islamic party have fought with police during a violent protest in Dhaka to demand the release of jailed Islamist leaders. The activists belonging to the Jamaat-e-Islami party set fire to at least 12 vehicles and threw rocks at police, who used batons to try to break up Monday’s protest. Bangladeshi media […]
US Again Slams Iran Over Nuclear Aims
Posted September 19th, 2011 at 10:31 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu criticized Iran Monday for its nuclear activities, accusing the Islamic Republic of “denial, deceit and evasion.” Iran has moved some of its uranium enrichment operations to an underground bunker. The West fears it is a first step in building a core for a nuclear warhead. But Iranian Vice President Fereydoun […]
Burundi Governor: Gunmen Kill 36 in Bar Attack
Posted September 19th, 2011 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
Burundi’s president is vowing to track down gunmen who opened fire in a bar near the Congolese border late Sunday, killing at least 36 people. President Pierre Nkurunziza said Monday the attackers are believed to have crossed the border from Congo, although authorities have not yet determined who was behind the massacre. Witnesses says assailants […]
US, European Markets Fall
Posted September 19th, 2011 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
U.S. and European stock markets dropped sharply Monday on fears of a Greek debt default. U.S. stocks opened lowered, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ all down about 2 percent. In afternoon trading in Europe, London’s Financial Times 100 index is down 2.1 percent. The CAC-40 in Paris is […]
