Liberia’s incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has increased her lead in the country’s presidential election, but is still short of the majority needed for an outright victory. Election officials said Friday that Ms. Sirleaf now leads with more than 45 percent of the vote from Tuesday’s election, up from about 44 percent the day before. […]
Liberian President Short of Outright Majority at Halfway Vote Tally
Posted October 14th, 2011 at 11:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Obama Administration Suspends Part of Health Care Law
Posted October 14th, 2011 at 10:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. health officials say they are suspending a program in President Barack Obama’s 2010 health care law, over concerns that it is not financially sound. The program would have provided home care for the elderly and disabled, but since its inclusion in the health care bill last year it has been targeted for repeal by […]
Leader of Cuban Protest Group Dies
Posted October 14th, 2011 at 10:00 pm (UTC-5)
One of Cuba’s leading dissidents, Laura Pollan, has died at the age of 63. Members of the activist group Pollan founded, Ladies in White, said she died Friday in a Havana hospital. Pollan was hospitalized on October 7 with respiratory problems. The former teacher became one of Cuba’s leading dissidents in 2003 after her husband […]
North Korea Condemns South Korea’s Unification Broadcasts
Posted October 14th, 2011 at 9:00 pm (UTC-5)
North Korea has called on South Korea to halt its broadcasts on unification, saying they are insulting and provocative. North Korea’s government-run news agency KCNA, in an article Friday, denounced the South’s Unification Ministry for launching broadcasts, which it said were meant to tarnish the communist country. The article quoted the North Korean committee which […]
US Bishop Charged in Alleged Pornography Cover Up
Posted October 14th, 2011 at 8:15 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. Catholic bishop has been charged in the long-running clergy sexual abuse scandal, making him the highest ranking Catholic official indicted in the scandal in the United States. Prosecutors in Kansas City charged Bishop Robert Finn Friday with sheltering an abusive clergyman. They say the bishop became aware of child pornography images on the […]
Obama Calls Merkel on Eurozone Crisis
Posted October 14th, 2011 at 8:10 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has called German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the latest developments in the eurozone crisis . The White House said that in the telephone talk Friday President Obama and Chancellor Merkel also discussed preparations for the G20 summit next month in France. U.S. officials have accused European Union leaders of not […]
US Forces in Uganda to Support Fight Against Lord’s Resistance Army
Posted October 14th, 2011 at 7:40 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is deploying 100 U.S. troops to central Africa to support the region’s fight against a guerilla group known for atrocities against civilians. Rebels of the Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army, led by Joseph Kony, have been accused of kidnapping children, murder and rape in Uganda and neighboring countries. President Obama informed Congress […]
Italy’s Berlusconi Survives Confidence Vote
Posted October 14th, 2011 at 6:15 pm (UTC-5)
VIDEO: APExpress 4 – 10/14/2011 4:39:00 PM – AP-APTN-2030: Italy Berlusconi Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has survived a crucial confidence vote in parliament. His center-right coalition won Friday by a vote of 316 in favor and 301 against. Protesters gathered outside the parliament chanting anti-government slogans and throwing eggs at the building. The opposition […]
Crude Oil Price Rises
Posted October 14th, 2011 at 4:55 pm (UTC-5)
Here are the prices of some key commodities traded in New York on Friday: Crude oil prices gained $2.57 to close at $86.80 a barrel. Coffee prices advanced 2 cents to end at $2.40 per pound. Copper prices rose 10 cents to finish at $3.41 a pound. Cocoa futures moved up $41 to end the […]
Macedonia’s FM Urges EU to Declare Greece Bankrupt
Posted October 14th, 2011 at 4:50 pm (UTC-5)
Macedonia’s Finance Minister Zoran Stavreski has called on the European Union to declare Greece officially bankrupt as the chaos in the neighboring country caused a border closure. Stavreski told reporters in Skopje Friday that it is obvious that Europe has so far failed to find a good solution for Greece. He suggested it would be […]
