A coal mine collapsed Friday in northern China, trapping at least 12 workers in the latest accident in the industry. Chinese official news agency Xinhua reported that the mine is in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, but did not give other information. Coal mine accidents are common in China, where work safety standards are lax […]
12 trapped in Collapsed Mine in China
Posted November 17th, 2011 at 11:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Japan’s Finance Minister Calls On Germany To Rein In Eurozone Crisis
Posted November 17th, 2011 at 10:40 pm (UTC-5)
Japan has called on Germany to make more effort to rein in the spiraling debt crisis in the eurozone. Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi told a news conference Friday that it is important for Germany to create what he called a “firewall” to contain the crisis. Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting in Tokyo, […]
Occupy Protesters Take to Streets on ‘Day of Action’
Posted November 17th, 2011 at 9:50 pm (UTC-5)
Thousands of Occupy Wall Street protesters have held demonstrations in the United States and other cities around the world as part of a day of action marking the two-month anniversary of the start of the movement in a Manhattan park. In New York Thursday, thousands of protesters marched across the Brooklyn Bridge, hours after anti-capitalist […]
Panetta Cautions Israel Against Iran Military Strike
Posted November 17th, 2011 at 9:25 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says he is cautioning Israel not to take military action against Iran, as the U.N. nuclear agency prepares to debate a resolution expressing “deep and increasing concern” about Iran’s nuclear program. Panetta said on the eve of his meeting Friday with his Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak, that a military strike […]
Alleged White House Shooter Charged with Trying to Assassinate Obama
Posted November 17th, 2011 at 9:20 pm (UTC-5)
A 21-year-old man accused of firing shots at the White House last week has been charged with attempting to assassinate U.S. President Barack Obama or his staff. Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez made his first federal court appearance Thursday in Pennsylvania. He was detained in a hotel in the state just one day earlier after someone recognized […]
US Congress Approves Temporary Spending Measure
Posted November 17th, 2011 at 9:00 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. Congress has approved a stopgap measure that funds the federal government through December 16. By a vote of 298 to 121, lawmakers in the House of Representatives Thursday passed the bill that allows the government to keep operating when current funding levels expire Friday. The Senate then approved the measure by a 70 […]
World Powers Seek More Pressure on Nuclear Iran
Posted November 17th, 2011 at 8:35 pm (UTC-5)
A new resolution from the U.N. Security Council and Germany expresses “deep and increasing concern” that Iran is using its nuclear program to develop military weapons. The resolution was put forward Thursday at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. The watchdog agency’s board of governors is expected to debate the measure […]
Suspected Zetas Drug Cartel Leader Arrested in Mexico
Posted November 17th, 2011 at 8:30 pm (UTC-5)
Mexican authorities have arrested a suspected leader of the country’s Zetas drug cartel. Officials said Thursday that Alfredo Aleman Narvaez, known as “The German Commander,” was arrested at a horse race he organized in the northern state of Zacatecas. He is accused of trafficking marijuana both in Mexico and the United States. The announcement comes […]
Spain, France Face Higher Borrowing Costs
Posted November 17th, 2011 at 8:25 pm (UTC-5)
The European debt crisis touched Spain and France Thursday, with both countries now forced to pay more to finance their governments. Spain, Europe’s fourth biggest economy, sold nearly $5 billion in government bonds Thursday at a big 7 percent interest rate. That is the same rate that Greek, Irish, and Portuguese bonds hit before those […]
5 Killed in Syria, Pressure Mounts on Government
Posted November 17th, 2011 at 7:35 pm (UTC-5)
Syrian rights groups say security forces killed five more people across the country Thursday, as tensions escalate in an eight-month government crackdown on protesters. News of the deaths in Deir Ezzor, Homs, and Idlib, came Thursday from the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. There was no independent confirmation of the casualties. Meanwhile, international pressure […]
