Monday, October 24 is United Nations Day 2011. United Nations Day is a celebration of the 1945 ratification of the U.N. charter and the founding of the world body. The U.N. Day concert is a traditional part of the celebration at U.N. headquarters in New York. This year’s concert is dedicated to cultural diversity. United […]
Official Biography Portrays Jobs as Flawed Genius
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 10:35 pm (UTC-5)
A new biography portrays Apple Corp. co-founder Steve Jobs as a perfectionist, often abrasive with others, and stubborn — initially refusing potentially life-saving treatment for pancreatic cancer and giving up religion because he was troubled by images of starving children. Walter Isaacson, former Time magazine and CNN executive and the current chairman of the U.S. […]
China Urges North Korea to Improve Ties with the U.S., South Korea
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 10:35 pm (UTC-5)
Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Li Kequiang urged North Korean officials Sunday to strengthen ties with South Korea and the United States. A report Monday by China’s official Xinhua news agency said Li told North Korean Premier Choe Yong Rim that improving ties with the U.S. and South Korea would promote stability in the region. Li’s […]
Libya Declares Liberation From 42-Year Gadhafi Rule
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 9:45 pm (UTC-5)
Libya’s provisional leaders have declared the country liberated from the 42-year rule of Moammar Gadhafi, at a ceremony attended by tens of thousands of people in the eastern city of Benghazi. National Transitional Council leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil told the crowd Sunday that Islamic law will shape the new constitution in post-Gadhafi Libya. He promised […]
14 Wounded in Kenya Grenade Attack
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 9:40 pm (UTC-5)
At least 14 people have been wounded when a grenade was thrown into a nightclub in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. The blast early Monday comes a week after Kenya launched a cross-border operation against al-Qaida-linked al-Shabaab militants in southern Somalia, after a wave of kidnappings of foreigners on Kenyan soil. The U.S. Embassy in Kenya […]
Quake Kills 138 in Southeast Turkey
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 9:30 pm (UTC-5)
Turkey’s prime minister says a powerful earthquake in the country’s southeast has killed 138 people and injured 350 others. Rescue workers used generator-powered equipment to search for hundreds of missing people in the dark, hours after a magnitude 7.2 quake struck Van province at midday Sunday . The earthquake wiped out electricity in several areas […]
Iran Parliament Starts Impeachment Against Economy Minister
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 8:30 pm (UTC-5)
Iran’s Parliament has launched an impeachment process against the country’s economy minister for his poor handling of banks and his appointment selections. Iranian news agencies said Sunday enough Parliament members have signed a motion to start impeachment proceedings against Shamseddin Hosseini. They say he hired unqualified people for important positions in his ministry. They also […]
Huge Turnout in Tunisia’s First Democratic Polls
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 7:40 pm (UTC-5)
Tunisia held its first democratic elections Sunday, just months after a revolution that sparked the Arab Spring uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East. The country’s independent electoral commission said more than 90 percent of Tunisia’s 4.1 million registered voters cast ballots. The commission said many of the other 3.1 million voters who did […]
Bulgarian Exit Poll: Plevneliev Wins, Presidential Runoff Set for Next Week
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 7:10 pm (UTC-5)
Exit polls in Bulgaria show ruling party candidate Rosen Plevneliev the likely winner of Sunday’s presidential election, but without enough votes to avoid a runoff. The polls give Plevneliev about 40 percent of the vote, while his closest challenger, Socialist candidate Ivailo Kalfin, has about 30 percent. If officials uphold the results, the two will […]
Quake Kills 138 in Southeast Turkey
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 7:05 pm (UTC-5)
Turkey’s prime minister says a powerful earthquake in the country’s southeast has killed 138 people and injured 350 others. Rescue workers used generator-powered equipment to search for hundreds of missing people in the dark, hours after a magnitude 7.2 quake struck Van province at midday Sunday . The earthquake wiped out electricity in several areas […]
