A new feature on the popular online social network Facebook appears to be driving a sharp increase in the number of would-be organ donors. The organ donation group Donate Life America says more than 100,000 people had used the feature by late Tuesday . The group’s California branch reported donor sign-up jumped 800 percent Tuesday […]
Facebook Driving Interest in Organ Donations
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 12:50 pm (UTC-5)
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Hundreds of Pakistanis Rally on Bin Laden Death Anniversary
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
Hundreds of Pakistanis took to the streets Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden’s death. U.S. special forces killed bin Laden during a covert raid in the garrison Pakistani town of Abbottabad on May 2, 2011. In the southwestern city of Quetta, members of the pro-Taliban Jammat-e-Ulema Party condemned bin […]
Five Charged in Killing of Macedonian Fishermen
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
Macedonian police say they have filed criminal charges against five people suspected of involvement in the murder of five fishermen in early April. Police said Wednesday that the murders at Smilkovsko Lake qualify as terrorism and that the charges will reflect that. They said two of the suspects are still at large. On Tuesday, Interior […]
GPS on Airline Flights Out of South Korea Jammed
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
South Korean officials say more than 250 airline flights into and out of the country have experienced GPS signal jamming over the past few days. The transport ministry in Seoul says the interference began last Saturday and has affected flights out of the capital’s two main airports. It said the affected planes have relied on […]
Russian President Signs Election Reform Law
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed into law a bill restoring the direct election of regional governors, part of a series of political reforms promised after mass protests following disputed parliamentary elections in December. Under the law signed Wednesday, Russian citizens will be able to elect their own regional governors independently, a practice Russia abolished […]
Shooting in Mali Capital as Junta Hunts Opponents
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
Gunfire erupted Wednesday in Mali’s capital, Bamako, as troops who toppled the country’s president search for those responsible for an attempted counter-coup earlier this week. Junta troops on Wednesday emptied buildings across the city as they looked for fighters loyal to ousted president Amadou Toumani Toure. Shooting was heard outside of the state broadcaster, although […]
Security Council Calls on Sudans to Stop Fighting
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution calling on Sudan and South Sudan to stop fighting and resolve their issues, or face possible sanctions. The 15-nation Council voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of the resolution, which demands both sides “immediately cease all hostilities” and reach an agreement on oil, border and citizenship issues. […]
Eurozone Unemployment at Record High
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
Employment figures from the European Union show the jobless rate for countries using the euro has climbed to a 15-year high. The Eurostat data agency reported Wednesday that unemployment reached 10.9 percent in March, up from 10.8 percent in February. The March figure translates to 17.4 million people unemployed in the eurozone. Unemployment was the […]
Pre-Election Violence Kills At Least 11 in Egypt’s Capital
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Pre-election violence has erupted in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, killing at least 11 people, wounding more than 100 others, and prompting several presidential candidates to suspend their campaigns. Egyptian medical and security sources confirmed the death toll in Wednesday’s fighting, which began at dawn when assailants raided a protest camp occupied by hundreds of activists […]
Taliban Kills 7 in Kabul After Obama Visit
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
Insurgents killed at least seven people in an attack targeting foreigners in Kabul Wednesday, just two hours after U.S. President Barack Obama left Afghanistan following a brief unannounced visit. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the assault on the heavily secured compound housing hundreds of international workers on the eastern outskirts of the capital. They said […]
