U.S. stock indexes are up sharply in midday trading Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is ahead 1.8 percent. The S&P 500 index is up 1.5 percent, while the NASDAQ composite index is ahead 1.3 percent. Stocks closed markedly higher in Europe. London’s Financial Times index ended up 1.9 percent to close at 5,489. The […]
US Stocks Advance Sharply in Midday Friday Trading
Posted October 21st, 2011 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
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Germany Urges China, Dalai Lama to Stop Self-Immolations
Posted October 21st, 2011 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
Germany has urged China and Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, to help stop self-immolations by Buddhists protesting Chinese religious policies in Tibetan-populated areas of the country. A German Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday China should change its policies regarding Tibet to reduce tensions. He also urged the Dalai Lama to use his influence […]
Kenya Detains Muslim Cleric, Two Doctors in al-Shabab Crackdown
Posted October 21st, 2011 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
Kenya has arrested a Muslim cleric and two doctors with alleged ties to al-Shabab militants in neighboring Somalia, where Kenya’s military has continued to pursue al-Shabab insurgents. The doctors appeared in a Nairobi court on Friday, where they pleaded not guilty to terrorism related charges. The physicians, Ali Omar Salim and Adan Hassan Hillow, operated […]
Russia’s Historic Rocket Launch Places Satellites in Orbit
Posted October 21st, 2011 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying navigation satellites has blasted off from French Guiana — the first launch of a Soyuz outside the former Soviet Union. The rocket lifted off Friday from a new site at the Kourou space center in the jungle of French Guiana, off the Atlantic coast. Hours later, it placed into orbit […]
Three Killed in Latest Attacks at Indonesian Copper Mine
Posted October 21st, 2011 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
Unidentified gunmen killed three people on Friday near an Indonesian copper mine, the latest in a series of violent outbreaks to hit the strike-ridden facility. Company officials and eyewitnesses say the gunmen opened fire on an access road to the Grasberg mine in eastern Papua province, killing a contract mine worker and two others. The […]
Murdoch to Pay $3.2 Million to Schoolgirl’s Family in Phone-Hacking Scandal
Posted October 21st, 2011 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s company, News International, has agreed to pay more than $3.2 million to the family of a murdered schoolgirl whose phone was hacked by the now-defunct tabloid newspaper News of the World. A joint statement released Friday by News International and the Dowler family also said Murdoch will donate $1.6 million to […]
Questions About Gadhafi’s Death Delay Burial
Posted October 21st, 2011 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
Plans to bury the body of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi are on hold, while separately, the United Nations and rights groups are raising questions about how he died. Libyan provisional government officials debated Friday what to do with Gadhafi’s body, which was being kept in a freezer in a shopping center in Misrata. An […]
Suspected Maoist Rebels Kill 6 Indian Police
Posted October 21st, 2011 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
Suspected Maoist rebels have killed six Indian police officers in central India. Friday’s attack took place in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, one of the states worst affected by the Maoist insurgency. Police say at least three other officers were wounded when the rebels opened fire on 16 policemen traveling on motorcycles. The police officers […]
UN: More Somalis Fleeing to Yemen
Posted October 21st, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations refugee agency says an increasing number of Somalis are fleeing to Yemen, despite the risky journey across the Gulf of Aden and the instability in Yemen. The agency says that since January, 20,000 new Somali refugees have traveled to Yemen to escape the worsening security and humanitarian situation in their country. The […]
Turkey, Iran Announce Joint Plan Against Kurdish Rebels
Posted October 21st, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
The Turkish military is pressing ahead with its air and ground offensive against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, as Ankara sought support from neighboring Iran in its fight against the rebels. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi met with his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu, on Friday in Ankara, where the two announced plans to collaborate […]
