On the last day of the NATO summit in Chicago, protesters held more demonstrations a day after clashing with authorities. A VOA reporter at the scene estimated about 120 demonstrated Monday at the headquarters of aerospace giant Boeing, much smaller than the weekend protest that brought thousands into the streets. At least 45 protesters were […]
Mali Interim President Attacked, Taken to Hospital
Posted May 21st, 2012 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
Mali’s interim president has been rushed to a hospital after being beaten by protesters who broke into the presidential palace. VOA correspondent Anne Look in the capital, Bamako, reports that interim president Dioncounda Traore was taken away in an ambulance after Monday’s attack. She spoke to the president’s chief of staff, Souleymane Niafo, who said […]
Mali Interim President Attacked, Taken to Hospital
Posted May 21st, 2012 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
Mali’s interim president has been rushed to a hospital after being attacked by protesters who entered the presidential palace. VOA correspondent Anne Look in Bamako reports that interim president Dioncounda Traore was taken away in an ambulance after the incident Monday. The extent of Mr. Traore’s injuries was unknown. Look reports the protesters forced their […]
Mali Interim President Beaten, Taken to Hospital
Posted May 21st, 2012 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
Mali’s interim president has been rushed to a hospital after being attacked by protesters who entered the presidential palace. VOA correspondent Anne Look in Bamako reports that interim president Dioncounda Traore was taken away in an ambulance after the incident Monday. The extent of Mr. Traore’s injuries was unknown. Look reports the protesters forced their […]
UN Nuclear Chief Holds Talks in Tehran
Posted May 21st, 2012 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
The head of the U.N. nuclear agency has ended talks with Iranian officials in Tehran with no word of a breakthrough in a long-running dispute about access to Iranian facilities suspected of being used for a covert nuclear weapons program. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukio Amano held separate meetings on Monday with Iran’s top […]
NATO Leaders Focus on Afghanistan Transition Plan
Posted May 21st, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama expressed confidence in Afghanistan’s ability to take “full lead” for its security by 2014, as NATO leaders met for the second and final day of the alliance’s summit in Chicago. The president said the transition is “well underway.” But vowed that the international community would not abandon Afghanistan as it seeks […]
Facebook Stock Plunges in Second-Day Trading
Posted May 21st, 2012 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
The price of stock in social-media giant Facebook is plunging on its second day of trading. In the first hour on the Nasdaq exchange Monday, traders quickly started selling the stock with its price falling more than 11 percent to below $34. Facebook shares had edged slightly higher on the stock’s opening Friday, ending up […]
Zimbabwe Minister Rejects Torture Claims
Posted May 21st, 2012 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
Zimbabwe’s justice minister says there is no state-sponsored torture in the country, rejecting allegations by human rights groups. Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa spoke to reporters Monday after a meeting in Harare with visiting U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay. Zimbabwe invited Pillay in response to rights groups accusing state authorities of torture and violence against […]
NATO Leaders Focus on Afghanistan Transition Plan
Posted May 21st, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
NATO leaders are focusing on Afghanistan on the second and final day of the alliance’s summit in Chicago, as they chart the path forward after a decade of war. The officials are expected to finalize plans Monday to transition to Afghan-led security by the middle of next year, before the withdrawal of most foreign forces […]
Demonstrators March on Mali Presidential Palace
Posted May 21st, 2012 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
Hundreds of people marched in Mali’s capital Monday to protest a new agreement designed to end the country’s political crisis. A VOA reporter in Bamako says the demonstrators voiced support for the military junta leaders who seized power in March but have now agreed to let civilian interim president Diouncounda Traore remain in power. The […]
