Five Burmese monks staged a rare protest Tuesday in the city of Mandalay, drawing a crowd of supporters that numbered in the hundreds. Residents said the monks locked themselves into a pagoda in the city center and remained there for several hours, using banners and loudspeakers to voice their demands for the release of political […]
Burmese Monks Stage Protest Demanding Release of Prisoners
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 8:20 am (UTC-5)
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Australia to Send Afghan Refugee Home for First Time
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 7:50 am (UTC-5)
Australia says it will for the first time send home an Afghan asylum seeker whose application has been rejected. Immigration Minister Chris Bowen said Tuesday that 26-year-old Ismail Mirza Jan will be deported Saturday under a new agreement with Afghan authorities. Jan, a member of Afghanistan’s minority Hazara ethnic group, says he fears for his […]
Bomb Targets Police Vehicle in Northern Nigeria
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 7:35 am (UTC-5)
Police in northeastern Nigeria say a bomb targeting a police vehicle exploded in the city of Maiduguri as a governor’s motorcade approached from the airport. The blast happened Monday after the governor of Borno state, Kasim Shettima, arrived from the capital, Abuja, where he won a legal challenge to his election. No one claimed responsibility […]
Chinese Artist Pays $1.3 Million for Tax Bill Appeal
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 7:35 am (UTC-5)
Outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says he has deposited $1.3 million into a bank account designated by Chinese tax authorities, avoiding a threat of having his case turned over to criminal investigators. Tax authorities had demanded the payment by Wednesday in order for him to go ahead with an appeal against a $2.4 million bill […]
ASEAN Ministers Endorse Burma’s Bid to Chair Group in 2014
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 7:35 am (UTC-5)
Southeast Asian foreign ministers have endorsed a bid by Burma to serve as chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2014. The ministers met Tuesday on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, opening a four-day diplomatic extravaganza that will peak with an 18-nation summit later in the week. Burmese Foreign Minister Wunna Maung […]
Syrian Group: 69 People Killed in Anti-Government Violence Monday
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 7:20 am (UTC-5)
A Syrian rights group says a wave of violence killed at least 69 people in southern Syria Monday, making it one of the deadliest days of an eight-month-old uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Tuesday it documented the killings of 34 Syrian soldiers in battles with suspected […]
Afghan Finance Minister: IMF to Reinstate Credit Program
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 7:10 am (UTC-5)
Afghan officials say the International Monetary Fund has reached a deal to restore a credit program for Afghanistan, over a year after the country lost millions of dollars in international funding due to the Kabul Bank scandal. The Afghan Ministry of Finance said Tuesday that the IMF has approved a three-year, $129 million loan to […]
South Korea To Provide Vaccines for Children in the North
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 6:35 am (UTC-5)
South Korea says it will provide vaccines against the hepatitis B virus for more than one million North Korean children. A South Korean official at Seoul’s Unification Ministry said Tuesday the vaccines, worth more than $932,000, will be delivered to the North through international relief agencies in the South as early as this month. The […]
New York Police Arrest 70 ‘Occupy’ Protesters
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 6:20 am (UTC-5)
Police in New York have arrested 70 protesters who refused to leave a public park in Lower Manhattan that has become the focal point for the “Occupy Wall Street” movement since it began two months ago. A large team of police officers wearing helmets and carrying shields forced hundreds of protesters to evacuate New York’s […]
IAEA Team Lauds Japanese Nuclear Effort, Recommends New Steps
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 6:10 am (UTC-5)
The U.N. nuclear agency commends Japanese efforts to clean up radiation from its crippled Fukushima nuclear reactor in a report Tuesday, but urges the country to consider several additional steps. The International Atomic Energy Agency based its report on a fact-finding visit to Japan last month by 12 international experts. The report highlights several positive […]
