Witnesses say two Tibetan monks in southwestern China have set themselves on fire, in an apparent anti-Beijing protest at a monastery where a young Tibetan Buddhist died after self-immolating earlier this year. The Tibetan exile network Free Tibet said the monks from the Kirti monastery called for religious freedom and shouted “long live the Dalai […]
Two Tibetan Monks Self-Immolate in Anti-china Protest
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 1:25 pm (UTC-5)
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Obama Pushing Jobs Plan In California
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 1:12 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is attending a town-hall meeting on Monday in the U.S. high-tech capital, Silicon Valley, as part of efforts to sell his jobs plan to the American public. Mr. Obama agreed to attend the event hosted by professional networking site, LinkedIn, to answer questions about his $450 billion plan from LinkedIn’s online […]
Libya’s NTC Asks UN Security Council to Lift Sanctions
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 1:07 pm (UTC-5)
The head of Libya’s National Transitional Council has asked members of the U.N. Security Council to lift remaining sanctions on Libya. Libya’s interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril told the council in New York Monday that sanctions are hindering the NTC’s ability to provide basic needs for citizens. The Security Council already has unfrozen $16 billion […]
US Markets Advance in Midday Trading Monday
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 1:06 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock indexes advanced in midday trading Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 1.4 percent, while the S&P 500 is ahead nine-tenths of one percent. The NASDAQ is fractionally ahead from Friday’s close. European stock markets closed higher. London’s Financial Times 100 index ended up one-half of one percent at 5,089. The CAC-40 […]
Obama Pushing Jobs Plan In California
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is attending a town-hall meeting on Monday in the U.S. high-tech capital, Silicon Valley, as part of efforts to sell his jobs plan to the American public. Mr. Obama agreed to attend the event hosted by professional networking site, LinkedIn, to answer questions about his $450 billion plan from LinkedIn’s online […]
AU: Burundi Peacekeepers Killed Journalist in Somalia
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 12:38 pm (UTC-5)
released a statement on Monday saying the soldiers killed television cameraman Noramfaizul Mohd Nor. Nor and a colleague were traveling in a car in the capital, Mogadishu, when they were shot on September 2. The colleague was wounded in the attack. The African Union said the four peacekeepers involved have been discharged from duty and […]
Alleged US Drone Crashes in Somalia
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
An alleged U.S. spy drone has crashed in the Somali city of Kismayo, which is controlled by the militant group al-Shabab. Witnesses in Kismayo told VOA that the unmanned drone crashed Sunday near the airport of the southern Somali city. An al-Shabab website says the drone belongs to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. It says […]
US New Home Sales Continue to Slide
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 12:19 pm (UTC-5)
The number of new homes sold in the United States fell to a six-month low in August, and sales are on pace for the worst year since the government began keeping records a half century ago. The government said Monday that new home sales dropped for the fourth straight month, down 2.3 percent, to an […]
U.S. Congress In Budget Impasse, As Government Shutdown Looms
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 12:19 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Republicans and Democrats are stuck once again in a budget impasse that is threatening aid for U.S. flood victims and could lead to a partial government shutdown later this week. Senate Democrats are meeting Monday to come up with an alternative to a seven-week spending authorization passed by the Republican-controlled House and rejected by […]
Spain Dissolves Parliament, Calls for Early Elections
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 12:18 pm (UTC-5)
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has dissolved parliament and called for new elections on November 20 — four months earlier than planned. Mr. Zapatero also said Monday he would adopt new measures as needed before November’s general elections to handle the country’s troubled economy. Spain’s more than 20-percent unemployment rate is among the […]
