A Turkish merchant ship has collided with a ferry off the coast of Albania, leaving eight sailors from the Turkish ship missing. The Maltese-flagged Turkish vessel, the Reina 1, sank immediately after the collision Thursday in the Adriatic Sea, about 30 kilometers off the Albanian port of Durres. Two rescued crew members said the merchant […]
Turkish Merchant Ship Collides With Albanian Ferry, 8 Missing
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
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NATO Moves to Tear Down Kosovo Barricades
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
NATO-led peacekeepers have confronted crowds of angry Serbs as they moved into Kosovo’s northern border area to try to remove a series of roadblocks that has been in place for almost three months. Peacekeepers in full riot gear moved into the area near Zubin Potok Thursday, accompanied by armored vehicles, trucks and bulldozers. NATO says […]
Greek Police, Protesters Clash Ahead of Austerity Vote
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
Anti-austerity protests in Athens turned violent Thursday as the Greek parliament prepared to adopt a budget-cutting plan aimed at securing more bailout funds for the government to avoid a default. At least 50,000 mostly peaceful, anti-austerity protesters gathered in Syntagma square outside parliament on the second day of a nationwide general strike that has idled […]
Lawyer: Khmer Rouge Defendant Unfit for Trial
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
The lawyer for the only female Khmer Rouge leader facing genocide charges in Cambodia’s U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal says her client has dementia and should not be put on trial. Defense attorney Diana Ellis on Thursday told the court in Phnom Penh that 79-year-old defendant Ieng Thirith has, in the lawyer’s words, “no ability to […]
Former US envoy: After Gadhafi, Libya’s Real Transition Begins
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
Editor’s Note: This is a partial transcript of an interview Thursday with former U.S. Ambassador Marc Ginsberg, discussing his views of the situation in Libya following the death of oamma Gadhafi. VOA’s Carla Babb: What does this mean for Libya? Ginsberg: It’s the beginning of the end of the conflict, and it’s the beginning now […]
Lawyer: Khmer Rouge Defendant Unfit for Trial
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
The lawyer for the only female Khmer Rouge leader facing genocide charges in Cambodia’s U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal says her client has dementia and should not be put on trial. Defense attorney Diana Ellis on Thursday told the court in Phnom Penh that 79-year-old defendant Ieng Thirith has, in the lawyer’s words, “no ability to […]
Former Libyan Leader Gadhafi Killed
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
Former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is dead. Libyan provisional government forces killed Gadhafi Thursday in a final assault on his coastal hometown of Sirte, seven months after launching an uprising against his four-decade autocratic rule. The prime minister of Libya’s National Transitional Council, Mahmoud Jibril, confirmed Gadhafi’s death at a news conference in Tripoli. Gadhafi […]
Obama Recognizes Azerbaijan Independence Day
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 11:45 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has extended his best wishes to Azerbaijan as the country marks the 20th anniversary of its independence. In a White House statement Thursday, Mr. Obama recognized Azerbaijan’s achievements since gaining independence, which he said demonstrates the extraordinary promise and determination of the Azerbaijani people. The president also said the United States […]
Former U.S. official: Gadhafi death beginning of real transition in Libya
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 11:45 am (UTC-5)
This is a partial transcription of Carla Babb’s interview with Marc Ginsberg, former presidential adviser and ambassador to Morocco. It covers several important sound bites for TV and radio, with the approximate time codes on the in ingest included in parenthesis. Shorter sound bites for TV are in bold. —- Q: What does this mean […]
Clinton Presses Pakistan to Eliminate Militant Safe Havens
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is demanding Pakistan remove militant safe havens and play a greater role in bringing peace to neighboring Afghanistan. Clinton made the comments following talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Thursday, hours before she arrived in Pakistan. Mr. Karzai and Clinton discussed the reconciliation process and security […]
