The U.N. is set to vote Saturday on a plan to send 300 unarmed observers to Syria where anti-government unrest has continued in spite of a week-old ceasefire agreement. Activists say explosions rocked a military airport near the capital on Saturday. Meanwhile, the government says “armed terrorists” planted an explosive device near a pipeline in […]
UN Decision Looms for Syria, Unrest Continues
Posted April 21st, 2012 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
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Bahrain Probes Death at Protest Site
Posted April 21st, 2012 at 7:55 am (UTC-5)
Opposition groups in Bahrain are accusing security forces of killing a protester during a violent scuffle. The groups, including the country’s largest Shi’ite party, al-Wefaq, said the body of the man was found Saturday. Al-Wefaq identified him as Salah Abbas Habib. Bahrain’s interior ministry confirmed the body of a man was found in an area […]
Kenyan Rangers Kill Five Poachers
Posted April 21st, 2012 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
Kenya’s Wildlife Service says rangers killed five poachers during a shootout Saturday in the western Rift Valley region. A spokesman for the wildlife service says two rangers were wounded in the gunbattle. The rangers confiscated 50 kilograms of elephant tusks along with three AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition. The KSW says six other poachers were […]
UN Decision Looms on More Monitors for Syria
Posted April 21st, 2012 at 6:05 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations is to consider more observers in Syria, where a U.N. brokered cease-fire is showing signs it could unravel. The Security Council is set to vote later Saturday on a resolution to send 300 unarmed observers to monitor the increasingly fragile truce between the government and pro-democracy groups. The council has already approved […]
PAKISTAN PLANE CRASH – V 2ND UPD
Posted April 21st, 2012 at 6:05 am (UTC-5)
Pakistan is prohibiting the owner of an airline from leaving the country following the crash of one of its planes that killed 127 people. Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Farooq Bhoja has been barred from leaving Pakistan while aviation officials investigate Friday’s crash that killed all on board. Witnesses say the Boeing 737 crashed during […]
Afghan Forces Seize 10 Tons of Explosives
Posted April 21st, 2012 at 5:35 am (UTC-5)
Afghan security forces have detained five insurgents – three Pakistanis and two Afghans – with 10 tons of explosives authorities say the militants intended to use in attacks in the capital, Kabul. A National Directorate of Security spokesman, Shafiqullah Tahiri, said if the explosives had been used, the result would have been “large scale bloodshed.” […]
Bhoja Air Owner Banned From Leaving Pakistan Following Deadly Crash
Posted April 21st, 2012 at 4:40 am (UTC-5)
Pakistan is prohibiting the owner of an airline from leaving the country following the crash of one of its planes that killed 127 people. Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Farooq Bhoja has been barred from leaving Pakistan while aviation officials investigate Friday’s crash that killed all on board. Witnesses say the Boeing 737 crashed during […]
Obama Makes Appeal for Peace to People in South Sudan, Sudan
Posted April 21st, 2012 at 3:35 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama made a videotaped message to the people of Sudan and South Sudan that aired Saturday, saying “conflict is not inevitable,” and their leaders have a chance not to drag them into a war. In a YouTube Internet message, Mr. Obama called on both countries to end military actions against the other. […]
Bhoja Air Owner Banned From Leaving Pakistan
Posted April 21st, 2012 at 3:15 am (UTC-5)
Pakistan is prohibiting the owner of an airline from leaving the country following the crash of one of its planes that killed 127 people. Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Farooq Bhoja has been barred from leaving Pakistan while aviation officials investigate Friday’s crash that killed all on board. Officials say the Bhoja Air jet was […]
Obama Makes Appeal for Peace to People in South Sudan, Sudan
Posted April 21st, 2012 at 2:50 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama made a videotaped message to the people of Sudan and South Sudan that aired Saturday, saying “conflict is not inevitable,” and their leaders have a chance to note drag them into a war. In a YouTube Internet message, Mr. Obama called on both countries to end military actions against the other. […]
