South Sudanese rebel leader George Athor Deng says peace talks with the country’s ruling party have broken down, and that his forces are prepared to continue fighting against the government. Speaking in Nairobi Sunday, Athor said key demands of his South Sudanese Democratic Movement were not met during talks last week with South Sudanese President […]
South Sudan Rebel Leader Says Peace Talks Failed, Violence Likely
Posted November 20th, 2011 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
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Pope Benedict Celebrates Mass Before Thousands on Final Day in Benin
Posted November 20th, 2011 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Pope Benedict has celebrated mass before tens of thousands of jubilant Roman Catholics in Benin, closing out a three-day trip to the small West African nation. A crowd of at least 50,000 faithful, many dressed in colorful robes and dresses, danced in praise at a stadium in Benin’s largest city, Cotonou. During the mass, the […]
Pakistan’s US Envoy Returns Home In Memo Dispute
Posted November 20th, 2011 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States returned to Islamabad Sunday to explain a controversial memo appealing to the United States to help rein in the country’s powerful military. Ambassador Husain Haqqani has been the focus of a political dispute over the letter sent in May to Admiral Mike Mullen, the top U.S. military official at […]
Spain Votes; Conservatives Poised for Victory
Posted November 20th, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
Spaniards are voting Sunday in parliamentary elections dominated by the country’s economic crisis, and which are expected to sweep the opposition conservatives into power after nearly eight years of Socialist rule. Pre-election polls say Mariano Rajoy’s center-right Popular Party could win its largest victory ever – likely an absolute majority – in Spain’s 350-member parliament. […]
Pope Benedict Celebrates Mass Before Thousands on Final Day in Benin
Posted November 20th, 2011 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
Pope Benedict has celebrated mass before tens of thousands of jubilant Roman Catholics in Benin, closing out a three-day trip to the small West African nation. A crowd of more than 50,000 faithful, many dressed in colorful robes and dresses, danced in praise at a stadium in Benin’s largest city, Cotonou. During the mass, the […]
Grenade Attack on Baath Party Building in Damascus
Posted November 20th, 2011 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
Syrian activists say several rocket-propelled grenades hit a ruling Baath Party building in Damascus Sunday, not long before the Arab League rejected amendments from President Bashar al-Assad’s government to a plan that would end Syria’s deepening crisis. The Local Coordination Committees activist network and several residents reported numerous explosions in the center of the Syrian […]
Violence Mars Protests in Cairo
Posted November 20th, 2011 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
Egyptian police have fired tear gas for a second day at thousands of anti-government protesters trying to re-establish a protest camp in Cairo to press for quicker democratic reforms by military rulers. Our VOA correspondent says demonstrators in Cairo’s Tahrir Square ran for cover Sunday, as police fired American-made tear gas canisters to try to […]
Grenade Attack on Baath Party Building in Damascus
Posted November 20th, 2011 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
Syrian activists say several rocket-propelled grenades hit a ruling Baath Party building in Damascus Sunday, not long before the Arab League rejected amendments from President Bashar al-Assad’s government to a plan that would end Syria’s deepening crisis. The Local Coordination Committees activist network and several residents reported numerous explosions in the center of the Syrian […]
Grenade Attack on Baath Party Building in Damascus
Posted November 20th, 2011 at 7:50 am (UTC-5)
Syrian activists say several rocket-propelled grenades hit a ruling Baath Party building in Damascus Sunday, as President Bashar al-Assad vowed he will not “bow down” to international pressure to ease his brutal crackdown on dissent. The Local Coordination Committees activist network and several residents Sunday reported numerous explosions in the center of the Syrian capital. […]
Spain Votes; Conservatives Poised for Victory
Posted November 20th, 2011 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
Spaniards are voting Sunday in parliamentary elections dominated by the country’s economic crisis that are expected to sweep the opposition conservatives into power after nearly eight years of Socialist rule. Pre-election polls say Mariano Rajoy’s center-right Popular Party could win its largest victory ever – likely an absolute majority – in Spain’s 350-member parliament. Rajoy […]
