Kenya’s largest referral hospital is on high alert after a woman with symptoms of hemorrhagic fever died on arrival at the Nairobi facility, where she had been rushed for treatment. Doctors say 29-year old Gladys Muthoni was bleeding from the nose, ears and mouth when she arrived at Kenyatta National Hospital in a taxi at […]
Kenyan Hospital on Alert After Woman Dies of Hemorrhagic Fever Symptoms
Posted December 22nd, 2011 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Arab League Team Arrives in Syria, Violence Continues
Posted December 22nd, 2011 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
An advance team of Arab League observers has arrived in Syria, amid a mounting death toll from a crackdown on opposition unrest. The team arrived on Thursday to lay the groundwork for Arab League monitors who arrive over the coming weeks. The monitors will see whether Syria follows through on a pledge to stop attacks […]
Gabon President’s Party Wins Election Largely Boycotted by Opposition
Posted December 22nd, 2011 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
Gabonese President Ali Bongo’s ruling party has won a landslide victory in a parliamentary election largely boycotted by the opposition. Official results from Saturday’s vote, released late Wednesday, show Mr. Bongo’s Gabonese Democratic Party and its allies secured 114 of 120 seats in parliament, an increase from their 98 seats in the outgoing assembly. Opposition […]
Ukraine’s Tymoshenko to Boycott Appeals Hearing
Posted December 22nd, 2011 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko and her lawyers said Thursday they will boycott her appeals hearing on her conviction of abuse of power. The former Ukrainian leader released a statement Thursday saying she decided not to take part in what she called “this shameful process.” Instead, she and her attorneys plan to press her […]
Transit Strikes Impact Holiday Travelers Across Europe
Posted December 22nd, 2011 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
) Transport strikes to protest austerity measures have paralyzed traffic in Belgium and France and are impacting holiday travelers across Europe. Belgian public transit workers walked off the job Thursday, idling the Thalys rail line, which provides service to France, Germany and the Netherlands, and the Eurostar rail link to Britain. The Brussels Airport announced […]
US Job Market Improves
Posted December 22nd, 2011 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. job market improved slightly last week as the number of people signing up for unemployment compensation fell to the lowest level in more than three years. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department says initial jobless claims fell 4,000 to a nationwide total of 364,000. An improved job market will probably boost consumer confidence […]
Russian President Proposes Political Reforms Amid Fraud Allegations
Posted December 22nd, 2011 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has proposed political reforms, following recent protests against alleged election fraud. In his State of the Union address Thursday, Mr. Medvedev proposed easing registration requirements for political parties and presidential candidates. He also said he supports a proposal under consideration by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that allows direct election of governors […]
French Parliament Approves Armenian Genocide Bill
Posted December 22nd, 2011 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
France’s lower house of parliament has easily approved a controversial draft bill making it a crime to publicly deny as genocide the killing of Armenians by troops of Turkey’s former Ottoman Empire nearly a century ago. Turkey had warned of “grave consequences” to economic and political relations between the two countries if the law passes. […]
Dying Lockerbie Bomber Says New Evidence Will Clear His Name
Posted December 22nd, 2011 at 9:40 am (UTC-5)
British newspapers have published an interview with convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, in which he claims his innocence and says he has new evidence that will clear his name. The interview, which al-Megrahi says will be his last, was conducted by a friend, George Thomson, and was reported in British papers Thursday. In the […]
11 Killed in Syria Ahead of Arrival of Arab League Team
Posted December 22nd, 2011 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
Syria’s death toll mounted on Thursday, ahead of the arrival of an advance team of Arab League observers. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told VOA that nine civilians were killed during security force raids in the Homs region. The group says two other civilians died during unrest in northern Idlib province. The violence unfolded […]
