Police and prosecutors in Germany say a letter addressed to Deutsche Bank chief Josef Ackermann was a fully-functional letter bomb. Officials released a statement Thursday, but did not give additional details. The bank’s security personnel intercepted the letter Wednesday at the bank’s headquarters in the city of Frankfurt. The New York City Police Department said […]
Police: Deutsche Bank Letter Bomb ‘Operational’
Posted December 8th, 2011 at 7:40 am (UTC-5)
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Southeast Asia Commission Postpones Decision on Mekong Dam
Posted December 8th, 2011 at 7:35 am (UTC-5)
Government ministers from four Southeast Asian countries on Thursday decided to postpone a decision on whether to endorse the construction of a controversial hydroelectric dam on the Lower Mekong River in Laos. The Mekong River Commission said after meeting Thursday in Cambodia that further study was needed to assess the “sustainable development and management” of […]
NATO, Russia Still at Odds over Missile Shield
Posted December 8th, 2011 at 7:20 am (UTC-5)
NATO foreign ministers failed to ease Russian fears over a proposed missile defense shield in Europe. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday the sides still have differences over the proposal but plan to keep talking. He also rejected Moscow’s claims that the shield could be used against Russia. Rasmussen spoke following a meeting […]
Europe Faces Financial Reckoning in Brussels
Posted December 8th, 2011 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
European leaders are preparing to meet in Brussels Thursday for the start of a summit that could determine the fate of the euro. Some officials have described the European summit as a moment of reckoning for the common currency, under siege by the continent’s ballooning debt crisis. But as the opening of the meeting draws […]
Putin Accuses US of Provoking Unrest
Posted December 8th, 2011 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is lashing out at the United States, accusing Washington of riling up the opposition. Mr. Putin said Thursday that remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton “gave a signal” to his opponents. Clinton said Tuesday that Russia’s parliamentary elections were neither free nor fair, and that the results raised […]
US Citizen Jailed for Insulting Thai Monarch
Posted December 8th, 2011 at 6:20 am (UTC-5)
A court in Thailand has sentenced an American citizen to 30 months in prison for insulting the country’s royal family by translating and posting online excerpts from a banned biography about the Thai monarch. Thai-born U.S. citizen Joe Gordon made the postings on his blog two years ago from his home in Colorado. The 55-year-old […]
DRC Scheduled to Release Final Election Results
Posted December 8th, 2011 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
The Democratic Republic of Congo is scheduled to release the final results of last week’s presidential election amid threats of violence from supporters of the top candidates. The country’s election commission was supposed to give the results on Tuesday, but announced a 48-hour delay. Preliminary results from nearly 90 percent of polling places showed incumbent […]
Japanese Nuclear Plant Operator May Release More Contaminated Water
Posted December 8th, 2011 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
Officials at Japan’s troubled Fukushima nuclear power plant said Thursday they are considering releasing more low-level radioactive water into the ocean. Tokyo Electric Power Company warned that by March it may no longer have space to store the massive amount of water used to cool the damaged reactors at the plant. TEPCO says it would […]
China Executes Filipino Drug Smuggler
Posted December 8th, 2011 at 4:05 am (UTC-5)
Chinese authorities have executed a Filipino man convicted of drug trafficking, despite appeals by rights groups and the Philippine government. Philippine officials said the 35-year-old defendant, who has not been publicly identified, was given a lethal injection Thursday after being allowed to briefly meet with members of his family and a priest. The man was […]
US Citizen Receives 30 Months in Prison for Insulting Thai Monarchy
Posted December 8th, 2011 at 3:10 am (UTC-5)
A Thai court on Thursday sentenced a U.S. citizen to 30 months in prison for posting material deemed offensive to the country’s royal family on his blog. The 55-year-old Thai-born American citizen Joe Gordon was charged with insulting Thailand’s royal family by translating and posting excerpts of a locally banned biography of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. […]
