Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has appeared in court for the first time in three months on charges related to the deaths of hundreds of anti-government protesters early this year. Mr. Mubarak arrived at the Cairo court by ambulance on Wednesday, as he has done for previous appearances. He was wheeled inside on a hospital […]
Egypt’s Mubarak Appears in Court After Three-Month Break
Posted December 28th, 2011 at 9:25 am (UTC-5)
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China: Design Flaws, Lax Safety Standards to Blame for July Train Crash
Posted December 28th, 2011 at 9:20 am (UTC-5)
Chinese officials have blamed lax safety standards and design flaws for the deadly crash of a bullet train in July. The accident sparked widespread anger over the condition of the country’s public transit system. Forty people were killed when the train traveling in the eastern province of Zhejiang crashed into another train that had stalled […]
Rights Group Says Syria Hid Prisoners Ahead of Observer Visit
Posted December 28th, 2011 at 8:20 am (UTC-5)
A human rights group says Syria transferred prisoners to military facilities in order to hide them from Arab League observers now visiting the country, while state media has announced the release of hundreds of prisoners. New York-based Human Rights Watch said the Arab League should insist on gaining access to any detention site and must […]
Thai ‘Red Shirt’ Protest Leader Freed on Bail
Posted December 28th, 2011 at 7:55 am (UTC-5)
A Thai court has granted bail to a top leader of Thailand’s “Red Shirt” protest movement who was being held on terrorism charges related to last year’s deadly opposition protests. Arisman Pongruangrong, who surrendered to authorities earlier this month to fight the charges, was freed Wednesday on $190,000 bail. Arisman narrowly escaped arrest in April […]
Kim Jong Il’s Funeral Held in Snowy Pyongyang
Posted December 28th, 2011 at 7:45 am (UTC-5)
Tens of thousands of weeping North Koreans bade a final farewell to longtime leader Kim Jong Il Wednesday as a black hearse carried his coffin through the capital Pyongyang. Snow filled the gray skies as the funeral procession began early Wednesday. A black limousine with a huge portrait of the late leader led the procession […]
Bomb Wounds 7 at Nigerian Arabic School
Posted December 28th, 2011 at 7:45 am (UTC-5)
Police in southern Nigeria say assailants have thrown a bomb into an Arabic school in the south, wounding seven people days after a string of deadly church bombings across the country. Authorities said the blast happened late Tuesday in Delta state when the homemade bomb was thrown from a car. Six children were among the […]
Rights Group Says Syria Hid Prisoners Ahead of Observer Visit
Posted December 28th, 2011 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
A human rights group says Syria transferred prisoners to military facilities in order to hide them from Arab League observers now visiting the country. New York-based Human Rights Watch said the Arab League should insist on gaining access to any detention site and must speak out when Syria prevents the monitors from doing their work. […]
Nigerian Supreme Court Upholds Jonathan’s Win
Posted December 28th, 2011 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has upheld President Goodluck Jonathan’s election victory in April, rejecting challenges by the opposition who claimed the vote was marred by irregularities. The high court issued its ruling Wednesday, nearly two months after a lower court dismissed a petition to overturn the election filed by the opposition Congress for Progressive Change. Mr. […]
China, Afghanistan Sign Historic Oil Deal
Posted December 28th, 2011 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
Afghanistan has signed its first major oil exploration contract with a state-owned Chinese company to develop three oil fields in northeastern Afghanistan. The deal, signed Wednesday in Kabul, will allow the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) to research oil and natural gas blocks along the along the Amu Darya River in the northeastern Afghan provinces […]
China Derides ‘Meaningless’ Currency Debate with US
Posted December 28th, 2011 at 6:35 am (UTC-5)
China’s state news agency on Wednesday praised the U.S. Treasury for refusing to label Beijing as a currency manipulator, saying it is time to move beyond what it calls a “useless, meaningless” quarrel over the value of its yuan currency. Although the U.S. Treasury on Tuesday said the yuan was significantly undervalued, it refused to […]
