Diplomats and political leaders from around the world are in France Thursday to discuss Libya’s future after Moammar Gadhafi. Officials from 60 countries are taking part in the conference in Paris. Before the meeting got under way, British Foreign Secretary William Hague told journalists that Libya’s National Transitional Council has begun the process of creating […]
Paris Talks Seek ‘Democratic, Inclusive’ New Libya
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
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Guinea-Bissau President In Senegal for Treatment
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 8:15 am (UTC-5)
Guinea-Bissau’s president has been taken to Senegal for medical care, the latest in a series of foreign trips that have raised questions about his health. Guinea-Bissau officials say President Malam Bacai Sanha was “evacuated” to the Senegalese capital, Dakar. There are conflicting reports on whether he was taken there Tuesday or Wednesday. Officials did not […]
China Says it Stopped Xinjiang Expo Plots
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 7:45 am (UTC-5)
Officials in China’s remote western Xinjiang region say security forces have stopped several plots to sabotage the China-Eurasia Expo, which opened Thursday in the regional capital of Urumqi. Among the dignitaries in attendance are Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva. Zhu Hailun, the head of Urumqi’s Communist Party, told China’s state-run […]
European Markets Lower in Midday Trading
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 7:40 am (UTC-5)
European stock prices are lower in midday trading Thursday. London’s Financial Times index is down one-half of one percent. The CAC-40 in Paris is down just over one percent, and trading on the DAX index in Frankfurt is down one and three-quarters percent. In New York, the S&P futures contract is down over 3 points, […]
August Marks First Fatality-Free Month for US in Iraq
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 7:20 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. military says no American service members died in Iraq in August, marking the first month with no U.S. military casualties there since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. The milestone is a sharp contrast to June, when 15 U.S. soldiers were killed in the deadliest month for U.S. personnel in Iraq in two years. […]
French Ship to Deliver Food to Horn of Africa
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
A ship loaded with nearly 400 tons of food for drought and famine victims in the Horn of Africa is set to depart from France on Thursday. The U.N. World Food Program says the French ship is carrying enough flour, sugar, rice and oil to feed more than 22,000 people for one month. The food […]
Sumatran Tiger Cubs to Make Debut at US Zoo
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 5:45 am (UTC-5)
Two Sumatran tigers cubs will soon make their public debut at a zoo in Atlanta, Georgia. The eight-week-old cubs, a male and female, are the first born at Zoo Atlanta in more than a decade. The male has been named Sanjiv, which stands for love and long life in Hindu, and the female has been […]
Zimbabwe: Mugabe’s Party Expels Deputy Minister
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 5:35 am (UTC-5)
The political party of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has expelled a deputy minister, saying she is guilty of behavior “inconsistent with the party’s principles.” The government-owned Herald newspaper said Thursday that Tracy Mutinhiri was expelled from the ZANU-PF party at the recommendation of its national disciplinary committee. The paper said the dismissal means Mutinhiri could […]
Sumatran Tiger Cubs to Make Debut at US Zoo
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 5:35 am (UTC-5)
Two Sumatran tigers cubs will soon make their public debut at a zoo in Atlanta, Georgia. The eight-week-old cubs, a male and female, are the first born at Zoo Atlanta in more than a decade. The male has been named Sanjiv, which stands for love and long life in Hindu, and the female has been […]
Hama Official Resigns Over Syrian Crackdown
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
The attorney general in the central Syrian city of Hama says he has resigned because of the government’s deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. In a video posted on YouTube, Adnan Bakkour says he is stepping down because security forces killed 72 prisoners in Hama at the end of July and more than 400 others during […]
