Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is urging European nations to support what he calls a “Palestinian Spring” by endorsing his bid to secure U.N. membership for an independent Palestine. In a speech Thursday to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, Mr. Abbas said Palestinians seek freedom from Israeli occupation and deserve the same support that European […]
Abbas to Europe: Palestinians Deserve Same Support as Arab Spring
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
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Nobel Peace Prize Has Long History
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. But when the winner of the prestigious award is announced, he or she will join a large group of well known and sometimes controversial recipients. The Nobel Prizes were created by Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite. However, the invention he […]
Obama Urges US Congress to Pass Jobs Bill
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is urging Congress to pass his $447 billion jobs proposal, saying it will boost economic growth and put people back to work. He told reporters at the White House Thursday that the American people need help and the economy needs a “jolt” right now. He says the economy is too fragile […]
Turkey Evacuates Somali Blast Victims
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
The Turkish government says it has evacuated 36 Somalis wounded in this week’s deadly suicide attack in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. A Turkish foreign ministry spokesman told VOA on Thursday that Ankara expects to transfer as many patients as possible from Somalia to hospitals in his country. Al-Shabab militants have claimed responsibility for the education […]
Suspicious Cylinder Found in Washington
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
Police in Washington, D.C. have found a suspicious cylinder on a street near the U.S. Capitol building and are trying to determine what it is. Officials say the device was loaded Thursday into a specialized truck operated by a bomb squad and taken to a site outside Washington for investigation. A police statement offered no […]
Europe Leaves Key Interest Rate Unchanged
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
Europe’s central bank has decided to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged, even as the continent’s economy weakens. But its British counterpart has decided to pump more money into the British economy in an effort to stave off a new recession. The European Central Bank said Thursday it considered lowering its key lending rate of […]
US Stocks Gain After Open
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
U.S. stocks showed moderate gains in Thursday’s early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up two-tenths of one percent, the S&P 500 gained three-tenths of a percent while the NASDAQ was up half a percent. European stock prices also showed gains Thursday afternoon. London’s Financial Times index rose 2 percent. The CAC-40 in Paris […]
Pakistan: Afghanistan Should Refrain From Playing Politics
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
Pakistan is calling on Afghanistan to refrain from “playing politics” following Afghan allegations of Pakistani involvement in recent high-profile attacks. Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has said that the assassination of the country’s top peace envoy, former President Burhanuddin Rabbani, was planned in Pakistan and carried out by a Pakistani citizen. Islamabad has denied the allegations and […]
NATO Says Air Mission Will Continue in Libya
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet says the NATO air campaign in Libya will continue as long as there are pockets of resistance, and until the provisional government asks for the airstrikes to end. He spoke Thursday in Brussels, where NATO defense ministers have been evaluating the Libya mission as part of a two-day meeting. Longuet […]
UN Raises Death Toll in Syrian Violence
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations has raised the death toll in Syria’s crackdown on dissent. The U.N. human rights office said Thursday that more than 2,900 people have died in the unrest, now in its seventh month. The U.N. put the death figures last month at 2,700. Meanwhile, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fighting […]
