A week of Nobel Prize announcements begins Monday in Stockholm, Sweden with the 2011 Nobel Prize for Medicine. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will name the winner in physics Tuesday and chemistry Wednesday. An award for economics, given in memory of Alfred Nobel, will be announced October 10. The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize recipient […]
Panetta: Israel Becoming Increasingly Isolated
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 12:55 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has warned that Israel is becoming increasingly isolated in the Middle East amid the ongoing upheaval that has swept across the region this year. He said Sunday while traveling to Israel for his first visit as defense chief that Israeli leaders must restart negotiations with the Palestinians and work to […]
Kidnappers Free Filipino-American Woman, Hold Son and Nephew
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 12:35 am (UTC-5)
Kidnappers in the southern Philippines have released a Filipino-American woman who has seized in July, but continue to hold her 14-year-old son and a nephew. Philippine officials say Gerfa Yeatts Lunsmann was set free late Sunday on Basilan island, a stronghold of militant Islamic groups including the notorious Abu Sayyaf group, which has links to […]
Japanese Manufacturers Report Improved Business Confidence
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 12:20 am (UTC-5)
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A new study shows major Japanese manufacturers are more confident about business prospects than at any time since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The survey, released every three months by the Bank of Japan, produced a confidence index of “plus two” among the large manufacturers, compared to “minus nine” in the previous survey. A […]
Denmark Becomes First Country to Impose ‘Fat Tax’
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 12:15 am (UTC-5)
Denmark has become the first country in the world to introduce a “fat tax” on foods high in saturated fats, in an effort to improve the health of Danish citizens. Consumers hoarded butter, oil, meat and milk before the tax went into effect Saturday. Stores have experienced empty shelves as residents tried to avoid paying […]
12 People Killed in Mexico
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 12:05 am (UTC-5)
Police in Mexico’s Guerrero state say they have found seven bullet-riddled bodies in the resort town of Zihuatenejo. Guerrero state police say the victims were found Sunday. A local newspaper has published a photograph of the bodies, showing messages lying near the half-naked and bloodied victims whose feet were tied to a street pole. The […]
Pakistan Denies Involvement in Rabbani’s Assassination
Posted October 2nd, 2011 at 10:30 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistan has denied that the country’s spy agency, the Inter-services Intelligence (ISI), was involved in last month’s assassination of Afghanistan’s envoy to the Taliban peace talks. Burhanuddin Rabbani was killed by a suicide bomber on September 20 at his home in Kabul, the Afghan capital. A statement issued Sunday by Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry called the […]
Israel Accepts Plan to Restart Mideast Talks
Posted October 2nd, 2011 at 9:00 pm (UTC-5)
Israel has formally accepted an international plan for restarting peace negotiations with the Palestinians, but the immediate resumption of talks appears unlikely as the two sides continue to differ over terms of the proposal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday welcomed “the Quartet’s call for direct negotiations without preconditions.” He said Israel has concerns about […]
Syrian Opposition Launches National Council, Asks World for Help
Posted October 2nd, 2011 at 7:55 pm (UTC-5)
Syria’s main opposition groups have joined to create a broad-based national council aimed at unifying their efforts to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad’s government, which they accuse of pushing the country to the brink of civil war. A prominent secular dissident, Bourhan Ghalioun, announced the Syrian National Council’s formation Sunday in the Turkish city of Istanbul. […]
Robber Steals $1 Million from Athens Bank
Posted October 2nd, 2011 at 6:20 pm (UTC-5)
A man pretending to be a security company worker stole more than $1 million from the Athens airport branch of Greece’s Alpha bank. Police say the suspect arrived at the branch Sunday on the pretense of examining its security system. He then took out a gun and forced employees to open the vault, making off […]
