Libyans using bulldozers have started to demolish the walls around the main Tripoli complex of ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi. National Transitional Council fighters overran the sprawling Bab al-Aziziyah compound in August. Many Gadhafi opponents see the walled compound, which covers some six square kilometers, as a glaring symbol of the former leader’s 42-year autocratic rule. […]
Libyans Demolish Gadhafi Compound in Tripoli
Posted October 16th, 2011 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
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Obama Helps Dedicate King Memorial
Posted October 16th, 2011 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama helped dedicate a national memorial Sunday to slain civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr, declaring that the nation must follow King’s example by continuing to strive and struggle for a better country.. In his address, President Obama — the nation’s first black president — said King “stirred our conscience” and […]
French Socialists Vote to Determine Party’s Presidential Candidate
Posted October 16th, 2011 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
In France, Socialist Party members and their supporters are casting ballots Sunday in a second round of voting to determine who will face President Nicolas Sarkozy in next year’s general election. The U.S.-styled primary, the first of its kind in France, pits Francois Hollande, a moderate Socialist Party veteran, against former labor minister Martine Aubry, […]
3 Bombers Killed in Eastern Afghanistan
Posted October 16th, 2011 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
Afghan security forces shot and killed three heavily-armed attackers who tried to storm a government office in eastern Paktia province Sunday. Officials say the would-be bombers arrived in a car filled with explosives and attempted to enter the municipality building in Gardez. The three were killed by police in an ensuing firefight. A spokesman for […]
World Food Program Raises Concern about Food Insecurity
Posted October 16th, 2011 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
The World Food Program of the United Nations says there are increasing concerns over the supply of food, especially in the developing world. The WFP is drawing attention to the latest report on the State of Food Security in the World, which says volatility in food costs and high, unpredictable prices are likely to continue. […]
Arab League Discusses Suspending Syria
Posted October 16th, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
Arab League officials say Arab foreign ministers are holding an emergency meeting in Cairo Sunday to discuss whether to suspend Syria from the regional body. All officials Sunday spoke about the suspension talks on the condition of anonymity. The 22-member Arab League suspended Libya earlier this year after former leader Moammar Gadhafi launched a bloody […]
World Food Program Raises Concern about Food Insecurity
Posted October 16th, 2011 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
The World Food Program of the United Nations says there are increasing concerns over the supply of food, especially in the developing world. The WFP is drawing attention to the latest report on the State of Food Security in the World, which says volatility in food costs and high, unpredictable prices are likely to continue. […]
Yemeni Forces Kill 5 in Sana’a, Taiz
Posted October 16th, 2011 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
Forces loyal to Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh have opened fire on anti-government protesters in the capital, Sana’a, and the southern city of Taiz, killing at least five people. Reports from Sana’a say that snipers on rooftops shot at marching protesters trying to enter a street that divides areas controlled by government forces from those […]
Thai PM: Flood Barriers Holding in Bangkok
Posted October 16th, 2011 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says flood barriers on the Chao Phraya river are holding and are likely to protect Bangkok and its 12 million residents from the country’s worst and deadliest flooding in decades. Ms. Yingluck spoke Sunday, as flood experts said the crest of floodwaters flowing southward from rain-saturated northern Thailand had cleared […]
German President Makes Surprise Afghanistan Trip
Posted October 16th, 2011 at 9:40 am (UTC-5)
German President Christian Wulff made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan Sunday. Mr. Wulff met in Kabul with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in preparation for a conference on Afghanistan in Bonn in December. The German leader said his country will remain a “friend and partner” of Afghanistan after the withdrawal of foreign combat troops planned for […]
