U.S. President Barack Obama is delivering the keynote address Saturday at the annual dinner of a leading gay rights group. The Human Rights Campaign’s dinner in Washington comes less than two weeks after the U.S. military ended its ban on openly gay service members. President Obama signed legislation to repeal the policy known as “Don’t […]
Bus Crash in China’s Hubei Province Kills 16
Posted October 1st, 2011 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
A bus has crashed in China’s Hubei province, killing at least 16 people with one person missing. Chinese state media said Saturday’s crash occurred when the bus carrying 34 people plunged off the road into a river. The Renmin Hospital in Xingshan said many of the survivors were severely injured.
Pakistani Man Gets Death Sentence in Governor’s Murder
Posted October 1st, 2011 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
A Pakistani police officer has been convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of a liberal governor who opposed Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy law. A judge announced the verdict Saturday at an anti-terrorism court in a prison in the city of Rawalpindi. Officer Mumtaz Qadri had confessed to killing Punjab Province Governor Salman Taseer earlier […]
Philippines Hit by Second Typhoon in Week
Posted October 1st, 2011 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
Typhoon Nalgae slammed into the main Philippine island of Luzon Saturday, bringing more suffering to more than a million people still trapped from flooding caused by Typhoon Nesat, which ravaged Luzon Tuesday. Nalgae made landfall on Luzon’s east coast Saturday morning, with sustained winds of 160 kilometers per hour and dangerous gusts up to 195 […]
Cameroon Separatists Arrested Following March
Posted October 1st, 2011 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
A separatist demonstration in southern Cameroon has led to more than 40 arrests, only 8 days before the country’s presidential election. Separatists with the Southern Cameroon National Council (SCNC) marched in Buea Saturday, marking 50 years since English-speaking Cameroon was merged with French-speaking Cameroon. The SCNC wants independence for Cameroon’s English-speaking minority, but an official […]
Top Haqqani Leader Captured in Afghanistan
Posted October 1st, 2011 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
NATO says the senior leader of the al-Qaida- and Taliban-allied Haqqani network has been captured in Afghanistan. The alliance announced Saturday that joint Afghan and coalition security forces captured Haji Mali Khan on Tuesday in Afghanistan’s Paktiya province near the Pakistani border. A NATO statement says Khan managed Haqqani bases and oversaw operations in Afghanistan […]
Niger Admits Blunder in Terrorist Round-Up
Posted October 1st, 2011 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
Niger says it made a mistake in arresting 59 people for being followers of al-Qaida following a deadly clash last month. The governor of Agadez, Garba Maikido, issued an apology on national television Friday, saying the 59 were actually just migrant workers hoping to smuggle themselves into a neighboring country. Niger arrested the 59 migrants […]
Syrian Forces Retaking Rebellious Town
Posted October 1st, 2011 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
Syrian forces appear to be regaining control of the central town of Rastan, where troops have engaged in several days of intense fighting with army defectors who sided with the opposition. Rights groups said Saturday that troops had pushed into the town and had begun conducting searches for the deserters. The head of the Syrian […]
Family Members Killed as Civilians Flee Libya’s Sirte
Posted October 1st, 2011 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
Shelling has killed at least three members of a family, including a child, near the Libyan town of Sirte where civilians are trying to flee heavy fighting between provisional government forces and Moammar Gadhafi’s loyalists. Medical officials say the family’s vehicle was struck Saturday as it was stopped in traffic while driving out of the […]
Zambian President Names New Anti-Graft Chief
Posted October 1st, 2011 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
Zambia’s new president is replacing the country’s top anti-corruption official. The announcement from President Michael Sata’s office Saturday is the latest in a series of moves ridding the government of anyone perceived to have close ties to his predecessor. Mr. Sata named Rosewin Wandi to take over as director general of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). […]
