Egyptians are still waiting for final results of voting after a record turnout in parliamentary elections. Preliminary results from the first round of voting suggest victories for Islamist parties. Figures released Saturday indicate the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party came out on top in Monday and Tuesday’s polling and the conservative al-Nour Salafi Islamist […]
Russians Begin Voting in Parliamentary Elections
Posted December 3rd, 2011 at 11:10 pm (UTC-5)
Voters Russia are casting ballots in parliamentary elections that are expected to favor Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party. Polling stations opened starting in the Russia’s far east. The voting Sunday comes amid claims of campaign fraud and unprecedented intimidation of observers. Members of Russia’s only independent election monitoring group say their leader Lilya […]
German City to Evacuate 45,000 for WW II Bomb Removal
Posted December 3rd, 2011 at 10:20 pm (UTC-5)
Officials in the western German city of Koblenz have ordered the evacuation of about 45,000 people as part of preparations to defuse a World War Two bomb found in the Rhine River. The 1.8 ton bomb, believed to have been dropped by Britain’s Royal Air Force more than six decades ago, was uncovered after water […]
Iraqi PM Confirms Assassination Attempt
Posted December 3rd, 2011 at 9:30 pm (UTC-5)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has confirmed that a car bomb explosion inside of Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone last Monday was an assassination attempt against him. In a Saturday interview with the Associated Press, Mr. Maliki said preliminary information indicated the blast was supposed to take place as he entered parliament. Iraqi security officials said […]
Crocker: Pakistan’s Absence from Afghan Conference Would be ‘Unfortunate’
Posted December 3rd, 2011 at 9:25 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, says Pakistan’s absence from the upcoming international conference on Afghanistan would be “unfortunate,” but will not derail Afghan progress or change the outcome of the gathering. In an interview with VOA Saturday, Crocker said it will be Pakistan’s loss if it boycotts the talks on Afghanistan’s future, scheduled […]
Iraqi PM Confirms Assassination Attempt
Posted December 3rd, 2011 at 9:15 pm (UTC-5)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has confirmed that a car bomb explosion inside of Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone last Monday was an assassination attempt against him. In a Saturday interview with the Associated Press, Mr. Maliki said preliminary information indicated the blast was supposed to take place as he entered parliament. Iraqi security officials said […]
Islamists, Secularists Protest Outside Tunisian Parliament
Posted December 3rd, 2011 at 9:10 pm (UTC-5)
Thousands of Tunisian Islamists and secularists gathered near the parliament building in the capital, Tunis, Saturday in rival protests. Separated by barriers and police, the two sides shouted slogans and waved flags outside the Bardo Palace where a new constitution is being drawn by lawmakers. The latest round of protests was sparked when a group […]
German City to Evacuate 45,000 for WW II Bomb Removal
Posted December 3rd, 2011 at 8:45 pm (UTC-5)
Officials in the western German city of Koblenz have ordered the evacuation of about 45,000 people as part of preparations to defuse a World War Two bomb found in the Rhine River. The 1.8 ton bomb, believed to have been dropped by Britain’s Royal Air Force more than six decades ago, was uncovered after water […]
Iraqi PM Confirms Assassination Attempt
Posted December 3rd, 2011 at 7:45 pm (UTC-5)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has confirmed that a car bomb explosion inside of Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone last Monday was an assassination attempt against him. In a Saturday interview with the Associated Press, Mr. Maliki said preliminary information indicated the blast was supposed to take place as he entered parliament. Iraqi security officials said […]
Congo Opposition Rejects Partial Vote Results
Posted December 3rd, 2011 at 7:45 pm (UTC-5)
The main opposition party in the Democratic Republic of Congo says it rejects early election results that give incumbent President Joseph Kabila some 50 percent of the vote. Opposition candidate Etienne Tshisekedi is estimated to have about 34 percent of the vote so far. In a show of unity, the 10 opposition parties on Saturday […]
