A movie about the life of Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi opened the international film festival in Rome Thursday. French director Luc Besson arrived at the opening of the film titled “The Lady” with actress Michele Yeoh who portrayed the Burmese pro-democracy icon. The Hong Kong-based actress began her career in martial arts […]
Rome Film Festival Opens With Suu Kyi Biopic
Posted October 27th, 2011 at 5:55 pm (UTC-5)
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Two Suspected US Drone Strikes Kill 11 Militants in Pakistan
Posted October 27th, 2011 at 5:50 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani intelligence officials say two suspected U.S. drone strikes have killed 11 militants linked to a top Taliban commander in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region. The officials said the first strike in the South Waziristan tribal area hit a vehicle and killed Khan Mohammed, deputy leader of a group of militants led by Maulvi Nazir. Mohammed […]
World Markets Soar in Reaction to Eurozone Debt Plan
Posted October 27th, 2011 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
World financial markets soared Thursday after the European Union approved a plan to cut Greece’s debt in half and significantly increase a bailout fund designed to contain the eurozone debt crisis. The Paris stock exchange jumped more than 6 percent, with the Frankfurt market advancing more than 5 percent. The London exchange closed up nearly […]
World Stocks Advance Sharply
Posted October 27th, 2011 at 4:25 pm (UTC-5)
News that European leaders completed a debt-relief deal for Greece and expand the continent’s bailout fund encouraged investors, and stocks soared around the world on Thursday. U.S. stocks made strong gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.9 percent to close at 12,209. The S&P 500 moved up 3.4 percent to end at 1,285 while […]
Polish Authorities Reopen Auschwitz Investigations
Posted October 27th, 2011 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
Polish authorities have reopened investigations into crimes committed at Auschwitz and other concentration camps in the country during World War Two, in a final attempt to track down any remaining Nazi perpetrators. The announcement was made Thursday by the Institute of National Remembrance, the state body charged with investigating wartime crimes. If new perpetrators are […]
Oil Price Increases
Posted October 27th, 2011 at 4:05 pm (UTC-5)
Here are the prices of some key commodities traded in New York on Thursday: Crude oil prices jumped $3.76 to close at $93.96 a barrel. Coffee prices increased less than a penny to end at $2.35 per pound. Copper prices rose 20 cents to finish at $3.69 a pound. Cocoa futures advanced $63 to end […]
Study: Fukushima Fallout May be Much Higher Than Thought
Posted October 27th, 2011 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
Researchers from the United States and Europe say Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant may have released twice as much radioactive material as first thought. A study posted Thursday on the website for the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics says the plant likely spewed twice as much cesium-137 into the atmosphere than initially reported. The conclusion […]
For Greek Masses, Little Applause for Debt Deal
Posted October 27th, 2011 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
Greece’s debt may have been halved, but on the streets of Athens there is little applause for Thursday’s middle-of-the-night resolution of the European debt crisis. Greek leaders, including Prime Minister George Papandreou, praised the agreement that cut the government’s debt by $140 billion. But many Greeks view the deal as leading to outside control of […]
Massachussetts Man Goes on Trial on Charges of Supporting Al-Qaida
Posted October 27th, 2011 at 3:40 pm (UTC-5)
An American man is on trial in the northeastern state of Massachusetts on charges helping al-Qaida to promote holy war on the Internet. Prosecutors opened their case in a Boston court Thursday, accusing 29-year-old Tarek Mehanna of answering a call for violent jihad from former al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. They say Mehanna, a Muslim, […]
Bombings in Baghdad Kill 18
Posted October 27th, 2011 at 2:35 pm (UTC-5)
Iraqi police say twin bombings in Baghdad have killed 18 people and wounded at least 36. Police say the explosions Thursday took place a few minutes apart in a Shi’ite neighborhood of the Iraqi capital. The second bomb exploded when rescue workers were on the scene to treat victims of the first blast. There was […]
