Major Asian stock markets closed higher Friday. Tokyo’s Nikkei index gained over one and one-quarter percent to finish at 9,050. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index gained more than one and one-half percent to finish the day’s trading at 20,019. Share prices were also higher in Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, […]
Protests in Tunisia Over Election Outcome
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
Fresh protests have erupted in the Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid on Friday, a day after hundreds of demonstrators marched to the local headquarters of the Islamist Ennahdha party. News reports say security forces fired shots into the air and tear gas at demonstrators who made another attempt to storm the Ennahdha office. The protests […]
HRW Urges DR Congo Candidates to Stop Hate Speech
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
Human Rights Watch is calling for political candidates in the Democratic Republic of Congo to refrain from inciting violence during the country’s election campaign, which begins Friday. The international human rights watchdog says it has documented dozens of recent instances in which candidates used “apparent ethnic hate speech” in order to incite violence, primarily against […]
Kenyan Sentenced to Life in Prison for Grenade Attacks
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 6:45 am (UTC-5)
A Kenyan man who pleaded guilty to a grenade attack earlier this week in Nairobi has been given life in prison, while Somali insurgent group al-Shabab continues to threaten more violence across Kenya in retaliation for its offensive into Somalia. Elgiva Bwire Oliacha confessed to being a member of al-Shabab, and admitted his role in […]
NASA Launches $1.5 Billion Weather Satellite
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 6:30 am (UTC-5)
NASA has launched a $1.5 billion weather satellite into orbit that aims to help improve weather forecasts and monitor long-term climate change. The satellite, known as the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, is being carried by a Delta II rocket 800 kilometers above the surface of the earth. The U.S. space agency says the […]
EU Bailout Fund Chief in China to Explain New Rescue Fund
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 6:30 am (UTC-5)
The head of the eurozone’s bailout fund arrived in China Friday to discuss a possible deal with Beijing policymakers to use some of China’s huge foreign exchange reserves to invest in the multibillion fund. Klaus Regling’s visit to the Chinese capital comes a day after European leaders reached a deal to increase the eurozone bailout […]
Russia Says Navy Successfully Test Fires Long Range Missile
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
Russian officials say their navy successfully test fired a long range ballistic missile on Friday. Officials say the experimental Bulava was launched from a submarine underwater in the White Sea. They say the missile hit its target in the Kamchatka Peninsula some 6,000 kilometers away. Friday’s launch marked the third successful test firing of a […]
Pakistan Tests Nuclear-Capable Missile
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 5:05 am (UTC-5)
Pakistan says it has tested an indigenously developed missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead. Officials say the Haft-7 has a range of 700 kilometers and was tested Friday. India and Pakistan regularly test missiles, mostly meant for any confrontation with each other. They have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947.
2 Killed in Pakistan Blast
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 4:50 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say a suicide bomb blast has targeted a police officer’s vehicle, killing the officer and his driver. Authorities say the men were attacked Friday as they drove through the northwestern town of Risalpur. Police say the slain officer, Akhtar Shah, had arrested militants. Officials say four people were wounded in the explosion.
Asian Markets Higher
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 4:35 am (UTC-5)
Asian stock markets closed higher Friday. Tokyo’s Nikkei index gained over one and one-quarter percent to finish at 9,050. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index gained more than one and one-half percent to finish the day’s trading at 20,019. Share prices were higher in Manila, Shanghai, Sydney, Taipei and Wellington. In currency trading, the U.S. dollar […]
