North Korea on Tuesday announced the completion of preparations for a rocket launch that is being roundly condemned by the international community. The deputy director of North Korea’s space program told reporters in Pyongyang that the rocket is now ready for a launch date as early as Thursday. International journalists including a VOA reporter were […]
Pyongyang Declares Rocket Ready for Launch
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 5:50 am (UTC-5)
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Activists Report Attacks in Syria as Government Claims Pullout
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 5:15 am (UTC-5)
Syrian activists reported military attacks on two towns and no large-scale troop pullout Tuesday, the day President Bashar al-Assad was to halt the use of heavy weapons and withdraw his forces from urban areas under an internationally brokered truce. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government forces shelled the central city of Hama […]
Kenya to Investigate Alleged PM Assassination Plot
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 5:15 am (UTC-5)
Kenya’s chief prosecutor says police are beginning an investigation into an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko told VOA the allegations made by member of parliament, — ODM Whip Jakoyo Midiwo — are “very serious” and pledged to carry out justice if they found to be true. […]
Twin Suicide Bombings Kill at Least 18 in Afghanistan
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 5:05 am (UTC-5)
Afghan officials say suicide bombers have attacked a police station in the southern province of Helmand, just hours after a deadly suicide attack on a government facility in the western part of the country. Officials say at least eight policemen were killed when three bombers stormed the police compound Tuesday in the district of Musa […]
Pyongyang Declares Rocket Ready for Launch
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 4:35 am (UTC-5)
North Korea on Tuesday announced the completion of preparations for a rocket launch that is being roundly condemned by the international community. The deputy director of North Korea’s space program told reporters in Pyongyang that the rocket is now ready for a launch date as early as Thursday. International journalists including a VOA reporter were […]
Suicide Bombing Kills 10 in Western Afghanistan
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 4:10 am (UTC-5)
Afghan officials say a suicide car bombing killed at least 10 people early Tuesday outside a local government facility in the western province of Herat. Police say the driver of the car detonated the explosives after being ordered to stop his vehicle at the gate of the compound. At least one other person, including one […]
Malaysian PM Introduces Changes to Draconian Security Law
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 3:45 am (UTC-5)
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has introduced new legislation that would prevent police from indefinitely detaining suspects without trial or arresting people for their political beliefs. The bill presented Tuesday to the lower house of parliament would replace the notorious Internal Security Act, a draconian, 52-year-old law that has long been used to hold opposition […]
China Jails Disabled Rights Activist
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 2:40 am (UTC-5)
China has sentenced disabled human rights lawyer Ni Yulan to two years and eight months in prison on charges of causing a disturbance and committing fraud, prompting complaints by rights activists. A Beijing court sentenced the 51-year-old lawyer on Tuesday. Her husband, Dong Jiqin, was also jailed for two years on similar charges. Both deny […]
Syria Cease-Fire Unlikely After Cross-Border Attacks
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 2:35 am (UTC-5)
Tuesday is the deadline for Syrian government troops to begin a cease-fire, but a quick end to the violence looked dim after Syrian forces opened fire across two tense borders the day before. The violence killed a television cameraman in Lebanon and at least two people at a refugee camp in Turkey. Activists reported more […]
Suicide Bomber Kills 9 in Western Afghanistan
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 2:15 am (UTC-5)
Afghan officials say at least nine people were killed early Tuesday when a suicide bomber blew up a car filled with explosives outside a local government facility in the western district of Herat. Police say the driver detonated the explosives after being ordered to stop his vehicle at the gate of the compound. The blast […]
