A suicide bomber has struck a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least six people. Friday’s attack in Kunar province comes just three days after a suicide attack killed 55 people in the Afghan capital as Shi’ite pilgrims gathered near a shrine to mark the holy day of Ashura. Authorities in Kunar say the blast […]
Suicide Bomber Attacks Mosque in Afghanistan
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 8:10 am (UTC-5)
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UN Chief Makes Landmark Visit to Somalia
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the U.N. will move its Somalia office to the capital, Mogadishu, next month. On Friday, Mr. Ban made the first visit to Somalia by a U.N. secretary-general since 1993, two years after the government collapsed. Mr. Ban said he was honored to be in Somalia and to show […]
Philippines’ Arroyo Transferred to Military Hospital
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 7:30 am (UTC-5)
Former Philippine President Gloria Arroyo was transferred Friday from a private hospital to a military medical facility to await trial on charges of rigging the country’s 2007 senatorial elections. The 64-year-old Ms. Arroyo has been under guard since being arrested last month in her hospital room where she was receiving treatment for a bone disease. […]
Hospital Fire Kills More Than 70 in Eastern India
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 6:45 am (UTC-5)
A fire has killed more than 70 people at a private hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata. Authorities say the blaze swept through the AMRI Hospital early Friday in the capital of West Bengal state. Local television channels showed patients being rolled out on stretchers and distraught relatives waiting outside the hospital as […]
Chinese Dairy Farmer Sentenced to Death for Poisoning Milk
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 6:20 am (UTC-5)
A Chinese court has sentenced a dairy farmer to death for poisoning her competitor’s milk supply with an industrial chemical that left three young children dead and another 36 sick. The court in the northwestern province of Gansu found that Ma Xiuling deliberately added nitrite, an industrial salt, to fresh milk produced by her rival […]
Hackers Deface India’s Sonia Gandhi’s Internet Profile
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 6:05 am (UTC-5)
Hackers have broken into the official website of India’s ruling Congress party and have defaced the profile page of party president Sonia Gandhi with a pornographic message. The website was shut down after the attack. The hacking coincided with Gandhi’s 65th birthday and came just days after the Indian government had called on social media […]
Netherlands Apologizes for 1947 Indonesia Massacre
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 5:40 am (UTC-5)
The Dutch government has formally apologized for the 1947 massacre of up to 430 young men and boys during Indonesia’s war for independence. The Netherlands ambassador to Indonesia, Tjeerd de Zwaan, apologized to families of the victims at a tearful ceremony on Friday in the Indonesian town of Rawagede. “The Dutch government recently reached a […]
Hospital Fire Kills More Than 70 in Eastern India
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 5:20 am (UTC-5)
A fire has killed more than 70 people at a private hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata. Authorities say the blaze swept through the AMRI Hospital early Friday in the capital of West Bengal state. Local television channels showed patients being rolled out on stretchers and distraught relatives waiting outside the hospital as […]
China Defends Imprisonment of Nobel Winner
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 4:55 am (UTC-5)
China is rejecting international calls to release imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiabao. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei said Friday that the dissident writer “broke Chinese laws and should be punished as a consequence by law.” On Thursday, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch issued statements calling for Liu’s release, almost a year […]
Australian Court Lifts Ban on Samsung Tablet
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 4:35 am (UTC-5)
An Australian court has lifted the ban on the sale of Samsung’s latest tablet computer, rejecting an attempt by rival Apple to have the ban extended because of alleged patent infringement. Samsung executive Tyler McGee says the ruling allows the South Korea technology giant to offer its Galaxy 10.1 device to Australian customers in time […]
