Investors have pushed stock markets higher across Asia and Europe following an agreement by eurozone countries to provide up to $125 billion to rescue Spain’s ailing banks. Markets in Britain, Germany and France jumped about 2 percent in early trading Monday, although later edged off their high points. Shares in Spain — led by financial […]
World Markets Advance After Spanish Bank Rescue
Posted June 11th, 2012 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
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Troops, Riot Police Patrol NW Burma after Deadly Rioting
Posted June 11th, 2012 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
A tense calm settled over Burma’s western Rakhine state Monday, as riot police intervened to curtail nearly a week of deadly violence between Muslims and Buddhists. Ethnic Rohingya Muslims, speaking to VOA’s Burmese service described scenes of devastation and fear in the border town of Maungdaw. Right now (Monday), it is unsafe to go outside […]
Russian Police Raid Opposition Leaders’ Homes Ahead of Protest
Posted June 11th, 2012 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
Russian police and investigators have raided the homes of several opposition leaders on the eve of a planned protest against President Vladimir Putin. The Federal Investigative Committee says the searches targeted the organizers of an anti-Putin rally held last month. They were Alexei Navalny and Sergei Udaltsov, who both spent 15 days in jail last […]
World Markets Surge After Spanish Bank Rescue
Posted June 11th, 2012 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
Investors have pushed stock markets across Asia and Europe higher following an agreement by eurozone countries to provide up to $125 billion to rescue Spain’s ailing banks. Markets in Britain, Germany and France jumped about 2 percent in early trading Monday, although later edged off their high points. Shares in Spain — led by financial […]
US Commerce Secretary Investigated for Car Accidents
Posted June 11th, 2012 at 9:20 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson is under investigation for two separate hit-and-run car crashes in southern California. Officials with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department say early Saturday evening Bryson was driving a car that struck the back of another vehicle waiting at a railway crossing in the city of San Gabriel. It says he […]
French Socialists Lead in Parliamentary Election
Posted June 11th, 2012 at 9:05 am (UTC-5)
French President Francois Hollande’s Socialist party and its allies are on track to win a solid majority in parliament after winning the largest bloc of seats in the first round of voting for the country’s lower house of parliament. Official results for Sunday’s vote show the left wing parties with about 46 percent of the […]
Nadal Wins Record Seventh French Open
Posted June 11th, 2012 at 9:00 am (UTC-5)
Rafael Nadal of Spain has captured a record seventh men’s French Open tennis crown, defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in four sets, 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5. Nadal had to wait until Monday to make history in Paris because the match was suspended early in the fourth set Sunday evening because of rain. Nadal broke his […]
Israeli Authorities Detain Dozens of African Migrants
Posted June 11th, 2012 at 8:50 am (UTC-5)
Israeli immigration authorities say they have detained dozens of African migrants as part of a new operation to deport illegal immigrants. Officials say immigration police arrested at least 55 migrants, mostly South Sudanese, during raids in the southern city of Eilat and parts of central Israel. Rights activists criticized the raids, saying they create fear […]
French Socialists Lead in Parliamentary Election
Posted June 11th, 2012 at 8:25 am (UTC-5)
French President Francois Hollande’s Socialist party and its allies are on track to win a solid majority in parliament after winning the largest bloc of seats in the first round of voting for the country’s lower house of parliament. Official results for Sunday’s vote show the left wing parties with about 46 percent of the […]
NATO Agrees to Restrict Airstrikes on Afghan Homes
Posted June 11th, 2012 at 7:45 am (UTC-5)
NATO says it has agreed to restrict the use of airstrikes in Afghan residential areas following last week’s deadly strike in the east that Afghan officials say killed 18 civilians. Coalition officials told U.S. newspapers that troops would continue to conduct operations against insurgents who hide in residential compounds but that “when there is concern […]
