Indian police have attacked protesters observing the 27th anniversary of the world’s worst industrial accident. Police armed with sticks attacked the demonstrators Saturday in Bhopal, where a Union Carbide pesticide plant leaked lethal gas in 1984, killing thousands of people and maiming thousands more. The protesters, who were attempting to block rail lines, pelted the […]
Indian Protesters Mark Anniversary Of Bhopal Disaster
Posted December 3rd, 2011 at 8:15 am (UTC-5)
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Guinea-Bissau President Hospitalized in Paris
Posted December 3rd, 2011 at 8:00 am (UTC-5)
Guinea-Bissau President Malam Bacai Sanha has been hospitalized in Paris. Media reports say the leader of the West African country has been in France for several days after being transported from Senegal, where he underwent a check up for an undisclosed condition. President Sanha’s health has been a concern since taking office two years ago. […]
Russian Election ‘Watchdog’ Detained
Posted December 3rd, 2011 at 7:50 am (UTC-5)
Members of Russia’s only independent election monitoring group say their leader was detained for 12 hours at a Moscow airport overnight, on the eve of Sunday’s parliamentary vote. Customs officials held Golos leader Lilya Shibanova at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport after she refused to hand over her laptop to security officers who said they wanted to […]
ECOWAS Observers to Monitor Ivory Coast Elections
Posted December 3rd, 2011 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
The West African group ECOWAS says it will send 60 observers to Ivory Coast next week to oversee parliamentary elections. The Economic Community of West African States said Saturday, the election monitors are being sent at the request of the Ivorian government. More than 1,000 candidates representing three dozen political parties are vying for 255 […]
Syrian Troops, Army Defectors Clash in North
Posted December 3rd, 2011 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
Clashes between government troops and army defectors in northern Syria have left at least 15 people dead. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Saturday’s pre-dawn fighting in the city of Idlib, near the border with Turkey, killed seven government troops, five army defectors and three civilians. The latest deaths come just one day […]
Former SAF Police Commissioner to Begin Jail Sentence
Posted December 3rd, 2011 at 2:35 am (UTC-5)
The former South African national police commissioner is set to begin a 15-year jail sentence after losing an appeal to his corruption conviction. The Supreme Court of Appeals in Johannesburg Friday said there was no evidence to nullify the verdict that Jackie Selebi had taken money from a convicted drug trafficker. Selebi, who collapsed after […]
Panetta to Israel: ‘Get to the Damn Table’ for Peace Talks
Posted December 3rd, 2011 at 1:05 am (UTC-5)
The top U.S. defense official is warning Israel it cannot afford to further isolate itself from Arab neighbors in the Middle East. During a forum in Washington late Friday, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Israel needs to start by getting back “to the damn table” and negotiating peace with the Palestinians. He also called […]
Election Official: Kabila Ahead in Early, Partial Vote Tallies
Posted December 2nd, 2011 at 9:55 pm (UTC-5)
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has taken an early lead in the vote count from this week’s presidential election. Mathieu Mpita, a spokesman for Congo’s Independent National Election Commission, told VOA Friday that President Kabila has 1.5 million votes so far, while veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi is running second with 996,000 votes. […]
ESA Abandons Attempts to Contact Stranded Russian Space probe
Posted December 2nd, 2011 at 9:40 pm (UTC-5)
The European Space Agency says it is abandoning efforts to contact an unmanned Russian space probe that failed to reach its intended course to Mars. The agency issued a statement Friday saying that it is halting attempts to contact the probe which has been stranded in Earth orbit since its November 9 launch. The spacecraft […]
Panetta: Israel Must Work to End Regional Isolation
Posted December 2nd, 2011 at 8:50 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has urged Israel to make diplomatic efforts to rebuild regional support and stop the Jewish state’s growing isolation from traditional partners like Turkey and Egypt. In remarks that he was due to deliver in Washington on Friday evening, Panetta said the United States continues to be committed to safeguarding Israel’s […]
