A special court in Bangladesh has charged an Islamic leader with committing war crimes during the country’s 1971 war of independence from Pakistan. The tribunal in Dhaka Monday indicted 71-year-old Delwar Hossain Sayedee on 20 counts of murder, rape, looting, arson and forcibly converting Hindus to Islam. Sayedee, a senior leader of Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami party, […]
Bangladesh War Crimes Tribunal Indicts Islamic Leader
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
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Hong Kong Regulators Fine Citigroup
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
Hong Kong regulators have fined Citigroup $770,000 for failing to promptly report a Ponzi scheme run by an employee under “the nose” of company officials. The Securities and Futures Commission said a former licensed representative of the bank was responsible for a fraudulent scheme involving 13 clients. The employee was fired, and the company says […]
Hundreds Killed in Worst Mekong Flooding Since 2000
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 9:40 am (UTC-5)
More than 150 people have died in Cambodia and southern Vietnam in the worst flooding along the Mekong River in 11 years. Officials in both countries say flood waters have inundated thousands of hectares of farm land, swamped homes, washed away bridges and forced thousands of people to evacuate. The situation could get worse if […]
US Terror Suspect to Appear in Court in Aerial Bomb Plot on Washington
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
A U.S. citizen accused of plotting to attack the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol with remote-controlled planes carrying explosives is due to appear in a federal court Monday for a bail hearing. Twenty-six year old Rezwan Ferdaus was arrested last Wednesday after undercover federal agents delivered materials that he allegedly requested for use in the plot. […]
World Markets Roiled by New Greek Default Fears
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
Asian and European stock markets fell sharply Monday because of new fears that Greece might soon default on its bailout loans from last year. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng exchange dropped more than 4 percent, and the London, Paris and Frankfurt markets all plunged. Investors moved to sell stocks after the Athens government said Sunday it […]
US Tries Women Accused of Funding Somali Terror Group
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 9:05 am (UTC-5)
Two women are going on trial in the U.S. state of Minnesota on charges they raised money and recruited fighters for the Somali militant group al-Shabab. The women, both U.S. citizens of Somali descent, face multiple charges during a trial set to begin Monday. Prosecutors say 35-year-old Amina Farah Ali and 64-year-old Hawo Mohamed Hassan […]
Security Forces Retake Iraqi Police Station
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 9:00 am (UTC-5)
Iraqi officials say security forces have retaken control of a police station in western Iraq where gunmen with bombs had taken several people hostage. The standoff ended with at least seven people dead. The officials say all of the gunmen were killed in the siege in al-Baghdadi, in Anbar province about 200 kilometers west of […]
Germany Celebrates 21st Anniversary of Reunification
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 9:00 am (UTC-5)
Germany on Monday celebrated the 21st anniversary of its 1990 reunification, as Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Christian Wulff and other political leaders gathered in the former West German capital, Bonn. West Germany and communist East Germany were reunited on Oct. 3, 1990, less than 11 months after the Berlin Wall was torn down. Germany has […]
Taiwan Shipwreck Leaves 4 Dead, 6 Missing in Stormy Seas
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
In Taiwan, coast guard officials are searching for six crewmen who are missing in stormy weather after a cargo ship broke in two off the island’s northern coast. Search crews rescued 11 sailors and recovered four bodies after the Panamanian-registered gravel ship ran aground early Monday off Keelung Harbor. Authorities questioned some of the rescued […]
Greece To Miss Deficit Reduction Goal
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
The Greek Finance Ministry says it will miss a deficit reduction goal by nearly a full percentage point. Markets around much of the world reacted negatively to the news Monday, fearing a Greek debt default might be inevitable. Greece is struggling to prove to its lenders that it is cutting spending and raising revenue so […]
