Rescue efforts are underway to search for 23 miners trapped by a gas leak that killed 20 others at an illegally operated coal mine in southwest China. China’s Xinhua news agency reported Thursday that ventilation machines were pumping methane gas out of a shaft, while hundreds of rescuers took turns descending into the mine to […]
Gas Leak Kills 20 in China Mine Accident
Posted November 10th, 2011 at 3:50 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. Mideast Envoy to Resign
Posted November 10th, 2011 at 3:35 pm (UTC-5)
One of U.S. President Barack Obama’s top Middle East advisers is stepping down from his post. In a statement Thursday, White House Middle East Envoy Dennis Ross noted that his term has covered, what he called, “a period of unprecedented change” in the Middle East. But he said he had promised his wife he would […]
UN’s Ban Urges Diplomacy in Iran Nuclear Dispute
Posted November 10th, 2011 at 3:25 pm (UTC-5)
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for Iran’s nuclear dispute with the West to be resolved through negotiations rather than military action. Mr. Ban’s spokesman said Thursday the U.N. chief believes diplomacy is the “only way” to settle the issue. Recent reports in the Israeli media say Israel’s government has been considering a military strike […]
New Greek PM Says Country Is at ‘Crucial Crossroads’
Posted November 10th, 2011 at 3:20 pm (UTC-5)
Greece’s newly named caretaker prime minister, Lucas Papademos, says his country is at a “crucial crossroads” and it won’t be easy to fix the huge problems facing the Greek economy. Greece’s feuding political leaders on Thursday named Mr. Papademos, a former vice president of the European Central Bank, to be the country’s interim leader until […]
Warplanes Bomb South Sudan Refugee Camp; Sudan Suspected
Posted November 10th, 2011 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
Warplanes bombed a refugee camp in South Sudan Thursday, an attack local officials blamed on neighboring Sudan. A local journalist told VOA that planes bombed the Yida refugee camp in South Sudan’s Unity state Thursday afternoon. The commissioner of local Pariang County, Miabek Lang, told reporters that 12 people were killed and at least 20 […]
Liberia’s Sirleaf Clear Winner in Boycotted Run-Off
Posted November 10th, 2011 at 2:35 pm (UTC-5)
Liberia’s President Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, Africa’s first democratically elected female leader, has easily won a second term in a run-off boycotted by her rival. With nearly all precincts reporting , the election commission said Thursday that Mrs. Sirleaf swept more than 90 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s poll. Earlier Thursday opposition candidate William Tubman […]
US Municipal Government Files Country’s Biggest Bankruptcy
Posted November 10th, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
A local government in the U.S. has filed the country’s biggest municipal bankruptcy, unable to pay back a $3 billion debt to build a sewer system. The Jefferson County government in Alabama attempted for three years to negotiate a repayment plan for the debt, with its creditors agreeing to cut the amount of money the […]
Activists Say 19 Killed in Syria Violence
Posted November 10th, 2011 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
Syrian rights activists say at least 19 people were killed Thursday as government forces cracked down on opposition protesters and fought with army deserters in several parts of the country. The activists say 13 civilians were among those killed, mostly in the central region of Homs. They say some of the dead were shot by […]
Monitor: Liberia Elections Democratic
Posted November 10th, 2011 at 1:40 pm (UTC-5)
Election observers from the Carter Center say Liberia’s presidential run-off this week was credible and met international standards for democratic elections. In a statement Thursday, the U.S.-based monitoring group said democracy in Liberia still faces “important challenges.” But the Carter Center dismissed as “unsubstantiated” claims by the opposition that the election process was seriously flawed. […]
James Murdoch Denies He Knew of Phone-Hacking
Posted November 10th, 2011 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
James Murdoch, the son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has told a committee of British lawmakers he was unaware how widespread phone-hacking practices were at the now-defunct News of the World tabloid. In more than two hours of testimony before the parliamentary ministers Thursday, the younger Murdoch denied having any knowledge of an e-mail that […]
