A Syrian rights group says government security forces in Syria have killed more than 80 people in the last 24 hours, making it one of the deadliest spans of an eight-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told VOA Tuesday it documented the killings of 38 civilians and 18 […]
Syrian Activists: 83 People Killed in Anti-Government Uprising
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
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UNICEF: Many Somali Kids Killed, Wounded in Fighting
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations says the Somalia conflict is having a grave impact on the country’s children. The U.N. children’s agency, UNICEF, says 24 Somali children were killed and another 58 were seriously injured in October, the highest numbers for any month this year. In a statement Tuesday, UNICEF says increasing numbers of Somali children are […]
Syrian Activists: 83 Killed in Single Day
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
A Syrian rights group says government security forces in Syria have killed more than 80 people in the last 24 hours, making it one of the deadliest spans of an eight-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told VOA Tuesday it documented the killings of 38 civilians and 18 […]
Hong Kong Customs Seizes Record Amount of Rhino Horns, Ivory
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
Hong Kong customs officials say they have confiscated a record amount of rhino horns and ivory products hidden in a container shipped from South Africa. Officials say the shipment, valued at $2 million, included 33 rhino horns, 758 ivory chopsticks and 127 ivory bracelets. It arrived in Hong Kong’s port from Cape Town on Monday. […]
Eurozone Economy Barely Advances in Third Quarter
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
The eurozone economy barely advanced in the July-to-September period, weighted down by the financial woes in debt-ridden Greece and Italy. The European Union said Tuesday that the economy in the 17-nation bloc that uses the euro currency expanded just two-tenths of one percent in the third quarter, largely supported by bigger growth in the continent’s […]
NY Mayor: ‘Occupy’ Protesters Will Be Allowed to Return
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg “Occupy Wall Street” protesters will be allowed to return to a downtown park where they have camped out for the past two months, but they will not be allowed to bring tents or sleeping bags back in. Bloomberg spoke Tuesday, after police cleared Zuccotti Park of “Occupy Wall Street” protesters […]
British Police Arrest 4 More in Terror Plot
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 9:40 am (UTC-5)
British police have arrested four more men in connection with a major terrorism operation linked to Pakistan. The four men were arrested in their Birmingham homes Tuesday on suspicion of raising funds to finance terrorism and traveling to Pakistan to be trained as terrorists. The men are between 19 and 24 years of age. Police […]
Survey: Afghan Support of Taliban on the Decline
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 9:20 am (UTC-5)
A new public opinion poll finds that Afghan support for the Taliban is at an all-time low. The survey released Tuesday by the U.S.-based nonprofit Asia Foundation says 29 percent of those polled sympathize with the motivations of the insurgent group, down nearly half from two years ago. And while 46 percent of Afghan citizens […]
IOM Transports Thousands of South Sudanese Home
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
A global migration agency is intensifying its effort to bring thousands of South Sudanese home from the north. The International Organization for Migration, or IOM, says a convoy of 12 river barges carrying more than 3,000 southerners left the town of Kosti on Monday, bound for South Sudan’s capital, Juba. It says two IOM-supported trains […]
Ukraine’s Parliament Rejects Amendments; Tymoshenko to Remain in Prison
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 8:30 am (UTC-5)
Ukraine’s parliament has rejected proposed amendments that could have downgraded abuse-of-power charges against former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to a misdemeanor, allowing her to be freed from prison. Last month, the opposition leader was sentenced to seven years in prison for exceeding her power as prime minister when she signed a 2009 gas deal with […]
