The Washington Post reports the U.S. military has set up small air bases across Africa to conduct surveillance of terrorist groups. The newspaper, quoting U.S. and African officials, says about a dozen bases have been set up since 2007 in a number of countries. They include Burkina Faso, Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya and the Seychelles. […]
Report: US Expands Air Surveillance Across Africa
Posted June 14th, 2012 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
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British PM Says Relationship Between Media and Politicians Is Too Cozy
Posted June 14th, 2012 at 7:35 am (UTC-5)
British Prime Minister David Cameron has gone before a media ethics panel to testify about his relationship with media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Mr. Cameron told the government-funded, independent panel that politicians and the media have had a too close relationship for the past two decades. He says there needs to be more transparency and better […]
Obama, Romney to Visit Crucial Battleground State of Ohio
Posted June 14th, 2012 at 7:30 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the likely Republican presidential nominee, will travel to Ohio Thursday to deliver major speeches about their views on the sluggish U.S. economy. Mr. Obama will appear at a community college in Cleveland, where he is expected to argue that Romney’s plans to extend tax breaks to the wealthiest […]
British PM Says Relationship Between Media and Politicians is to Cozy
Posted June 14th, 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
British Prime Minister David Cameron has gone before a media ethics panel to testify about his relationship with media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Mr. Cameron told the government-funded, independent panel that politicians and the media have had a too close relationship for the past two decades. He says there needs to be more transparency and better […]
China Rejects Sanctions as Syria Solution
Posted June 14th, 2012 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
China says it does not approve of using sanctions to address the crisis in Syria, a day after France’s foreign minister discussed possible measures to enforce a faltering cease-fire plan. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said Thursday his country objected to using pressure, and instead backed the efforts of international envoy Kofi Annan. “Under […]
Aung San Suu Kyi Calls for International Investment in Burma
Posted June 14th, 2012 at 6:25 am (UTC-5)
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for international aid and investment that will help promote further democratic reform in Burma, as she kicked off her landmark European tour in Geneva. The newly elected lawmaker said in an address Thursday to the International Labor Organization that she would like to see the Burmese […]
US Envoy: Breaking ‘Information Blockade’ Key to Change in N. Korea
Posted June 14th, 2012 at 6:00 am (UTC-5)
A high-ranking U.S. diplomat says Washington is working to break the “information blockade” that allows North Korea to hide its human rights abuses and keep its citizens ignorant of the outside world. Robert King, the U.S. envoy for human rights in North Korea, said Thursday that ending media isolation in the tightly-controlled communist country is […]
China Rejects Sanctions as Syria Solution
Posted June 14th, 2012 at 5:50 am (UTC-5)
China says it does not approve of using sanctions to address the crisis in Syria, a day after France’s foreign minister discussed possible measures to enforce a faltering cease-fire plan. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said Thursday his country objected to using pressure, and instead backed the efforts of international envoy Kofi Annan. “Under […]
British PM Testifies in Phone Hacking Inquiry
Posted June 14th, 2012 at 5:50 am (UTC-5)
British Prime Minister David Cameron has gone before a media ethics panel to testify about his relationship with media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Prime Minister Cameron ordered the court inquiry last July after Murdoch’s News of the World tabloid was accused of hacking the phone of a murdered schoolgirl. Mr. Cameron’s relationship with Murdoch gained scrutiny […]
Aung San Suu Kyi Starts European Tour with Speech in Geneva
Posted June 14th, 2012 at 5:40 am (UTC-5)
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for international aid and investment that will help promote further democratic reform in Burma, as she kicked off her landmark European tour in Geneva. The newly elected lawmaker said in an address Thursday to the International Labor Organization that she would like to see the Burmese […]
