An Israeli soldier released by Hamas militants who held him five years has reunited with his parents, while tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza celebrated Israel’s release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the soldier. An Israeli military helicopter flew freed sergeant Gilad Shalit to an air base in central Israel, where […]
Israeli Soldier Freed, Palestinians Celebrate Return of Prisoners
Posted October 18th, 2011 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
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Uganda Police Break Up Protests, Detain Opposition Leader
Posted October 18th, 2011 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
Ugandan police fired tear gas at rock-throwing protesters and briefly detained a top opposition leader Tuesday during renewed demonstrations over rising food and fuel prices. Authorities arrested Kizza Besigye after he left his home outside the capital, Kampala to take part in the so-called “walk to work” demonstrations. Besigye was later released and driven back […]
US Inflation Rises
Posted October 18th, 2011 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
Rising energy and food prices drove up wholesale prices in the United States in September. Tuesday’s report from the Labor Department says prices jumped eight-tenths of a percent for the month, and were up 6.9 percent from the same month a year earlier. Some economists say the factors pushing up prices are probably temporary. Outside […]
Clinton in Libya, Pledges More US Aid
Posted October 18th, 2011 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Libya for a previously unannounced visit with the country’s new rulers, while Libyan provisional government fighters launch an assault on one of the last remaining strongholds of former leader Moammar Gadhafi. Clinton arrived Tuesday in the capital of Tripoli, where she pledged millions of dollars in new […]
Pakistan: Militants Must Surrender Weapons Before Peace Talks
Posted October 18th, 2011 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
Pakistan’s interior minister says the government is willing to enter into peace talks with militants if they lay down their weapons. Interior Minister Rehman Malik told reporters Tuesday in the southwestern city of Quetta that the government had received messages from “extremist elements” for reconciliation and dialogue. He refused to elaborate on those messages or […]
Yemeni Government Forces Kill 6 Protesters in Capital
Posted October 18th, 2011 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
Yemeni medics and witnesses say security forces have opened fire on an anti-government protest in the capital, Sana’a, killing at least six demonstrators. The protesters were marching from their base in Change Square toward government buildings when gunmen loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh attacked them on Tuesday. At least 50 demonstrators were wounded. More […]
Bank of America Slips To Second Place
Posted October 18th, 2011 at 9:30 am (UTC-5)
The Bank of America fell to second place among U.S. banks Tuesday as rival JPMorgan Chase accumulated more assets. Bank of America posted a third-quarter profit of $5.9 billion, which was a major improvement over a multi-billion dollar loss for the same period a year earlier. The privately-owned Bank of America’s gains were due in […]
Large Explosion Near Somali Foreign Ministry
Posted October 18th, 2011 at 9:10 am (UTC-5)
Witnesses in Somalia’s capital report a large explosion near the country’s foreign ministry. Initial reports indicate the blast Tuesday was the work of a suicide car bomber. A journalist in Mogadishu tells VOA that at least three people were killed. Earlier this month, a suicide truck bomb went off near a compound housing several government […]
Obama Rolls Through US South, Blasting Congress
Posted October 18th, 2011 at 9:10 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is rolling up his sleeves and hitting the road for the second day, trying to galvanize voters in support of his $447-billion jobs bill. Mr. Obama is set to travel through more of the southern state of North Carolina before heading to neighboring Virginia, stopping and talking to residents along the […]
Israeli Soldier Freed, Palestinians Celebrate Return of Prisoners
Posted October 18th, 2011 at 9:05 am (UTC-5)
An Israeli soldier released by Hamas militants who held him five years has reunited with his parents, while thousands of Palestinians in Gaza celebrated Israel’s release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the soldier. An Israeli military helicopter flew freed sergeant Gilad Shalit to an air base in central Israel, where his parents […]
