The leaders of the euro currency bloc’s four biggest economies have, for the first time, agreed to support new spending to try to boost the region’s stagnant economic fortunes. After meeting in Rome, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy agreed Friday to […]
Key Euro Leaders Call for Economic Growth Spending
Posted June 22nd, 2012 at 3:15 pm (UTC-5)
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US: Tibetan Self-Immolations ‘Desperate acts’ of Protest Against Chinese Repression
Posted June 22nd, 2012 at 2:45 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. State Department says the spate of self-immolations in Tibetan areas of southwestern China are not the work of outcasts or troublemakers as China contends, but rather the desperate acts of people who are being denied their basic human rights. U.S. Undersecretary of State Maria Otero spoke to VOA’s Tibetan service in a wide-ranging […]
Turkish PM: Turkish Warplane Missing Off Syria
Posted June 22nd, 2012 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says a Turkish air force jet has gone down over Syrian waters. However, the prime minister told reporters in Ankara on Friday he could not confirm media reports that Syria shot down the plane since there was insufficient information to determine whether it was downed or crashed. He said […]
In Northern Mali, Many Resent Islamist Restrictions
Posted June 22nd, 2012 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
VOA reporter Idriss Fall is one of the first journalists to reach Gao, northern Mali’s largest city, since Islamists seized control of the region several months ago and began enforcing a strict form of Sharia law – banning alcohol and smoking and insisting that women wear veils, among other measures. Fall, a member of VOA’s […]
US: Tibetan Self-Immolations ‘Desperate acts’ of Protest Against Chinese Repression, Tibet Service advis
Posted June 22nd, 2012 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. State Department says the spate of self-immolations in Tibetan areas of southwestern China are not the work of outcasts or troublemakers as China contends, but rather the desperate acts of people who are being denied their basic human rights. U.S. Undersecretary of State Maria Otero spoke to VOA’s Tibetan service in a wide-ranging […]
UN Environmental Summit Wraps Up in Rio
Posted June 22nd, 2012 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations environmental conference in Rio de Janeiro wraps up Friday, with representatives of more than 190 countries pledging to take action to promote sustainable development and lift billions of people out of poverty. Speaking on the third and final day of the Rio+20 summit, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for new […]
Pakistani Lawmakers Elect Ashraf New PM
Posted June 22nd, 2012 at 1:40 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani lawmakers have elected a new prime minister to replace ousted Yousuf Raza Gilani, in a bid to end the country’s political crisis. Parliament voted overwhelmingly Friday in favor of former water and power minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, who has been hit with corruption allegations and is partly blamed for the country’s electricity crisis. Mr. […]
Syrian Shoots Down Turkish Plane: Local Media
Posted June 22nd, 2012 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
Turkish and Lebanese media outlets say Syria has shot down a Turkish fighter jet, as the U.N. envoy for Syria says it is time for countries to “raise the level of pressure” on both Syria’s government and opposition to end violence in the country. Media reports quote Turkish officials as saying a search and rescue […]
Key Euro Leaders Call for Economic Growth Spending
Posted June 22nd, 2012 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
The leaders of the euro currency bloc’s four biggest economies have, for the first time, agreed to support new spending to try to boost the region’s stagnant economic fortunes. After meeting in Rome, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy agreed Friday to […]
Taliban Siege of Afghan Hotel Ends; 20 Killed
Posted June 22nd, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
Afghan officials say the militant siege of a lakeside hotel outside the capital has ended, with at least 20 people killed. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the nearly 12-hour attack on the Spozhmai Hotel outside Kabul that ended early Friday. Authorities say three hotel guards and one police officer were among the dead. Five militants […]
