U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron reaffirmed the “special relationship” between their countries with a glittering state dinner Wednesday night at the White House. More than 300 guests looked on as the two leaders praised their personal and diplomatic relationship in a separate toasts. Mr. Obama, quoting the late Winston Churchill, […]
Obama Hosts Cameron at Lavish White House Dinner
Posted March 15th, 2012 at 3:45 am (UTC-5)
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Rupert Murdoch’s Son Seeks Leniency from House of Commons Committee in Phone Hacking Scandal
Posted March 15th, 2012 at 3:35 am (UTC-5)
James Murdoch is appealing for leniency from a British parliamentary committee investigating phone hacking at News Corps’ defunct News of the World tabloid. On Wednesday, Murdoch submitted a seven page letter to the committee, offering an apology and shifting blame to his senior staffers, whom he claims hid the scandal from him. The heir to […]
Prominent Chinese Official is Fired in Chongqing Scandal
Posted March 15th, 2012 at 2:55 am (UTC-5)
Bo Xilai, the charismatic Communist Party leader of the Chinese city of Chongqing, has been removed from his post in the wake of a scandal involving a former aide. China’s official Xinhua news agency released a brief statement Thursday saying Bo is being replaced by Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang. The statement gave no reason for […]
Swiss Hostages Released in Pakistan
Posted March 15th, 2012 at 2:35 am (UTC-5)
A Swiss couple has been released after being held hostage by Pakistani Taliban militants since last July. Military officials in Pakistan said Thursday the hostages were found on a main road near a military checkpoint in North Waziristan, in Pakistan’s tribal region, where the militants had kept them captive. Officials say they have been taken […]
FAO Chief: Boost Food Production to Fight Rising Prices
Posted March 15th, 2012 at 1:55 am (UTC-5)
The head of the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization is calling for a boost in agricultural production to help counter soaring food prices and combat global hunger. Jose Graziano da Silva made his comments in Vietnam Thursday at a FAO regional conference for the Asia-Pacific region. The region is home to over 60 percent of […]
Official Deregisters Zambia’s Former Ruling Party
Posted March 15th, 2012 at 1:35 am (UTC-5)
A government official in Zambia says the main opposition party, which ruled the country for two decades, has been dissolved for failing to pay its registration dues. Clement Andeleke, the head of the registry office, Wednesday said the Movement for Multiparty Democracy’s 53 parliament seats would be nullified as a result of the party’s deregistration. […]
U.S. Lawmaker Slams China Over North Korean Defectors
Posted March 15th, 2012 at 1:35 am (UTC-5)
The co-chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Human Rights Commission, says that China is seriously infringing on the human rights of North Korean defectors by sending them back to their homeland. U.S. Representative James McGovern told VOA that Chinese officials realize North Koreans sent back home face a dismal fate. “I think anyone fleeing […]
No Resolution to Syrian Crisis After Year of Protests, Deadly Crackdown
Posted March 15th, 2012 at 1:35 am (UTC-5)
The wave of Arab Spring protests that swept across Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and other north African and Middle Eastern countries broke out a year ago in Syria, drawing a deadly crackdown from government forces and pledges of reforms from President Bashar al-Assad. The international community remains divided on how to bring an end to the […]
HRW Calls For Revisions of Burma’s Peaceful Assembly Law
Posted March 15th, 2012 at 12:55 am (UTC-5)
A leading human-rights group says Burma’s new law on peaceful assembly falls far short of international standards. New York-based Human Rights Watch says conditions under which authorities can prohibit demonstrations should be narrowed and that prison terms for violations of the law should be dropped. A statement from the group is urging the government to […]
US Soldier Who Allegedly Killed Civilians Flown Out of Afghanistan
Posted March 15th, 2012 at 12:55 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. soldier who allegedly carried out a deadly shooting spree in Afghanistan has been flown out of the country. An unidentified senior U.S. official said the soldier was flown late Wednesday to Kuwait, where the U.S. military has several detention facilities. A Pentagon spokesman said the soldier was being flown out of Afghanistan for […]
