Four members of the U.S. Congress have asked Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade not to seek another term in elections next year. In a letter obtained by VOA , the two senators and two representatives take note of street clashes in Senegal’s capital earlier this year and tell Mr. Wade that the country could experience more […]
U.S. Congress Members Ask Senegal’s President Not to Run
Posted December 21st, 2011 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
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US Senators Ask Senegal’s President to Not Run
Posted December 21st, 2011 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
A group of United States senators has asked Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade not to seek another term in elections next year. In a letter obtained by VOA , the four senators take note of street clashes in Senegal’s capital earlier this year and tell Mr. Wade that the country could experience more unrest if he […]
Bosnian Serb Woman Arrested for Suspected War Crimes
Posted December 21st, 2011 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
Police in Bosnia-Herzegovina have arrested a Bosnian Serb woman suspected of committing brutal crimes against non-Serbs during the war in the Balkans in the 1990s. Officials said Wednesday the woman was detained in the northern Bosnian town of Brcko. Local media have identified her as Monika Ilic. She was a wartime girlfriend of Goran Jelisic, […]
Syrian Opposition Urges UN to Act After ‘Massacre’
Posted December 21st, 2011 at 1:20 pm (UTC-5)
The opposition Syrian National Council has urged the United Nations Security Council and the Arab League to take action after reports that government troops “massacred” more than 200 people in two days. The opposition council on Wednesday called for an emergency U.N. meeting to discuss the recent “massacres” in Zawiyah mountain, Idlib and Homs. The […]
European Central Bank Makes Massive Loans to 523 Banks
Posted December 21st, 2011 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
The European Central Bank is lending a record amount of money to banks in the 17 nations that use the euro in hopes of limiting the widespread effects of the governmental debt crisis. The central bank said Wednesday it would make $638 billion in three-year loans to 523 banks in an effort to encourage them […]
US Newspaper Says Chinese Hacked American Business Group
Posted December 21st, 2011 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. business newspaper says that a Chinese group hacked into the computer files of America’s largest corporate lobbying group. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the Chinese hackers infiltrated computers at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which represents the interests of more than three million businesses of all sizes throughout the country. The […]
US Asks Journals to Conceal Bird Flu Research Details
Posted December 21st, 2011 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
Two scientific journals are considering whether to publish details of controversial influenza research after a U.S. advisory committee asked them to withhold some information because of security concerns. The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, a U.S. government entity that monitors biological threats, on Tuesday asked the U.S.-based journal Science and the British journal Nature […]
Throngs of North Koreans Mourn Death of “Dear Leader”
Posted December 21st, 2011 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
Tens of thousands of North Korean mourners, many of them bearing white flowers, packed central Pyongyang Wednesday to grieve the death of Kim Jong Il. Television footage showed masses of people packed into a central square in front of a huge portrait of Mr. Kim, who died Saturday. North Korean state media said millions of […]
Russia Sends Three-Man Crew to Space Station
Posted December 21st, 2011 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
A multinational crew bound for the International Space Station has blasted off from Russia’s launch facility in the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Wednesday’s launch of the Soyuz spacecraft went smoothly — free of the technical problems that have plagued the Russian space program in recent months. Officials say the spacecraft went into orbit as planned […]
Somali Lawmakers Draw Blood in Latest Fistfight
Posted December 21st, 2011 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
For the second time in a week, Somali lawmakers have traded punches on the floor of parliament amid a dispute over who holds the post of speaker. Witnesses told VOA that lawmakers also wrestled and threw chairs at one another during Wednesday’s brawl in Mogadishu. A photo taken at the scene showed a lawmaker bleeding […]
