Troops in the West African country of Guinea-Bissau have freed two top leaders who spent two weeks in custody after this month’s coup. Officials said former Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior and interim President Raimundo Pereira flew to Ivory Coast Friday. They were released a day after the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, said it […]
Rebels Free Guinea-Bissau Leaders Seized in Coup
Posted April 27th, 2012 at 9:25 pm (UTC-5)
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US Secret Service Tightening Conduct Standards
Posted April 27th, 2012 at 8:25 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. Secret Service has released new conduct guidelines for its agents after a recent scandal in Colombia and allegations that agents misbehaved in other countries as well. The new standards released Friday specify that agents on international trips may not allow foreigners into their hotel rooms, may not visit so-called “non-reputable” establishments, and may […]
US Expresses Concern About Blind Chinese Activist
Posted April 27th, 2012 at 7:55 pm (UTC-5)
The United States has expressed concern about the fate of blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, but refused all comment on his whereabouts amid reports he fled to the U.S. embassy in Beijing. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland declined to make any comment to reporters’ questions Friday about Chen’s whereabouts. But she said the U.S. had […]
Doctors Call for Tymoshenko to be Treated Abroad
Posted April 27th, 2012 at 5:45 pm (UTC-5)
German doctors who have examined jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko have appealed to the president to let her be moved abroad for treatment. Karl Einhaeupl, head of Berlin’s Charite university hospital, told reporters Friday that his team is skeptical that Ms. Tymoshenko can recover from her back problems if she remains in Ukraine. The […]
Pakistan Deports Bin Laden Family
Posted April 27th, 2012 at 3:25 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistan has deported Osama bin Laden’s family to Saudi Arabia, nearly a year after the al-Qaida leader was killed in a U.S. raid. Intelligence officials say bin Laden’s three widows — two Saudi nationals and a Yemeni — and their children were taken to the airport near Islamabad shortly after midnight Thursday, where a plane […]
Obama Attacks Colleges Targeting Veterans’ Benefits
Posted April 27th, 2012 at 2:35 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has signed an executive order to help protect active-duty troops and veterans from fraudulent and misleading college recruiting practices that target their federal education benefits. The president signed the order Friday after he and first lady Michelle Obama spoke to troops at Fort Stewart army post in the southern state of […]
Chinese Rights Activist Escapes House Arrest
Posted April 27th, 2012 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
One of China’s best-known human rights activists has escaped from house arrest, setting off a police search for him, his family and those who helped him. Blind dissident lawyer Chen Guangchen fled his closely guarded home on Sunday in a village in the eastern province of Shandong, although authorities did not realize he was missing […]
US Economic Growth Slows
Posted April 27th, 2012 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. economic growth slowed down in the first three months of this year, falling to an annual rate of 2.2 percent. Friday’s report from the Commerce Department says growth was cut eight-tenths of a percentage point as governments cut spending, and imports exceeded exports. These negatives outweighed consumer spending increases and some improvements in the […]
US Space Shuttle Enterprise Arrives in NY
Posted April 27th, 2012 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. space shuttle Enterprise has arrived in New York after hitching a ride on a jumbo jet — NASA’s second shuttle flyover in just two weeks after Discovery traveled to replace Enterprise at a Washington area museum. The U.S. space agency had planned to transport Enterprise earlier this week, but the trip had to […]
At Least 10 Dead After Explosions Rock Syrian Capital
Posted April 27th, 2012 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
Two explosions rocked Damascus on Friday, leaving at least 10 people dead, as international concerns mount over Syria’s deteriorating cease-fire. One blast occurred near a mosque where anti-government protesters gather after Friday prayers. The government called it a suicide bombing orchestrated by “terrorists.” Earlier, there was an explosion in a nearby industrial zone. The violence […]
