Macau casino shares plunged by as much as 25 percent Monday because of fears that rising Chinese interest rates will drive up travel costs and keep Chinese “high rollers” at home. The sell-off, which began Friday, paced a broader decline of 4.5 percent on Hong Kong’s Hang Seng stock index, with analysts blaming continued uncertainly […]
China Economic Fears Hammer Macau Casino Stocks
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 8:10 am (UTC-5)
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Fourth Victim Dies In Turkey After Last Month’s Ankara Car Bombing
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
Turkish media reports a man wounded when a car bomb exploded in the capital Ankara last month died of his injuries Monday, bringing the death toll in the attack to four. A militant group, the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, claimed responsibility for the September 22 bombing which wounded at least 15 others. The Freedom Falcons, an […]
Bangladesh War Crimes Tribunal Indicts Islamic Leader
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 7:45 am (UTC-5)
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 on Monday indicted 71-year-old Delwar Hossain Sayedee on 20 counts of murder, rape, arson and forcibly converting Hindus to Islam. Sayedee, a senior leader of Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami party, is accused […]
Security Forces Retake Iraqi Police Station
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 7:35 am (UTC-5)
Iraqi officials say security forces have retaken control of a police station in western Iraq where gunmen had taken several people hostage. The officials said at least three people were killed, but it was not clear if they died in the initial attack Monday or during the operation to regain control of the station. The […]
Knox Closes Murder Conviction Appeal With Tearful Plea For Freedom
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 7:30 am (UTC-5)
American student Amanda Knox made a final tearful plea for freedom in a Perugia courtroom Monday, as the Italian jury retired to consider its verdict in her appeal against her murder conviction. Knox fought back tears as she denied taking part in the crime that left her roommate, Meredith Kercher, half-naked and dead in a […]
Blasts Kill 3 in Southern Afghanistan
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 7:10 am (UTC-5)
Two bomb blasts in southern Afghanistan have killed at least three people. Officials say at least two civilians were killed Monday in an explosion near the southern city of Kandahar. Afghan Border and Tribal Affairs Minister Asadullah Khalid said he was nearby and was targeted in the attack, but authorities say there is no evidence […]
IOM Evacuates Migrants Stranded in Libya
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
The International Organization for Migration says it has begun evacuating more than 1,200 African migrants from the Libyan town of Sabha, one of former leader Moammar Gadhafi’s longtime strongholds. The IOM said in a statement Monday the migrants left on a convoy of 15 trucks that is expected take about a week to reach the […]
Prices Plunge on Asian Markets, Dollar Dips
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 6:45 am (UTC-5)
Major Asian stock markets closed sharply lower Monday. Tokyo’s Nikkei index lost one and three-quarters percent to finish at 8,545. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index lost more than 4 percent after being closed Friday due to a typhoon, and closed at 16,822. Share prices also were lower in Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Mumbai, Seoul, […]
Philippines Struggles to Deliver Aid Through Flood Waters
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 6:25 am (UTC-5)
Philippines authorities say they are struggling to get food and supplies to thousands of people who remain trapped by flood waters days after back-to back typhoons pounded the nation. Officials say almost 3 million people were affected by the storms, most of them concentrated in three northern provinces. In parts of Pampanga Monday, boats provided […]
Syria Says Authorities Seize Weapons Smuggled From Turkey
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 6:20 am (UTC-5)
Syria says authorities have seized a cache of weapons smuggled into the country from neighboring Turkey. The state-run SANA news agency said Monday the weapons included more than 150 shotguns and Kalashnikov rifles, along with several rocket-propelled grenade launchers. The report comes a day after SANA said gunmen in the troubled northwest killed the 21-year-old […]
