Americans celebrating the nation’s Independence Day Wednesday are facing more extreme heat, continued power outages from Friday’s violent storms in the east and a threat of more fires in the country’s dry west. Tens of millions of people are lining parade routes and attending picnics, concerts and family gatherings to mark the 4th of July […]
Americans Celebrate Independence Day
Posted July 4th, 2012 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
Americans celebrating the nation’s Independence Day Wednesday are facing more extreme heat, continued power outages from Friday’s violent storms and wildfires. Tens of millions of people are lining parade routes and attending picnics, concerts and family gatherings to mark the 4th of July holiday. But with more than one million people still without power, many […]
Turkey Locates Bodies of Downed Jet’s Pilots
Posted July 4th, 2012 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
Turkey’s military said Wednesday that the bodies of both pilots of an F-4 jet shot down by Syrian forces last month have been found at the bottom of the eastern Mediterranean sea as violence continued across Syria. Relations between Ankara and Damascus deteriorated after Syria shot down the Turkish reconnaissance plane on June 22, with […]
Kenyan Musicians Charged With Hate Speech
Posted July 4th, 2012 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
Three Kenyan musicians have been charged with hate speech under laws adopted following the country’s post-election violence in 2008. Kamande wa Kioi, Muigai Wa Njoroge and John DeMathew appeared in a Nairobi court Wednesday to answer charges that their songs were intended to cause hatred and hostility between Kenya’s Kikuyu and Luo ethnic groups. The […]
Burma’s VP Resigns in Reshuffle That Could Boost Reforms
Posted July 4th, 2012 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
Burma has confirmed the resignation of a conservative vice president as part of a Cabinet reshuffle that reformist lawmakers hope will reduce the influence of anti-reform figures in the government. The speaker for Burma’s two houses of parliament announced the departure of Vice President Tin Aung Myint Oo for health reasons on Wednesday, as the […]
Spanish Bank Fraud Investigation Targets Ex-IMF Chief
Posted July 4th, 2012 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
A Spanish court has launched a fraud investigation against former executives of key lender Bankia, including the one-time chief of the International Monetary Fund. Spain’s top National Court said Wednesday it would examine fraud, embezzlement and stock price manipulation charges against 33 officials. Among them is Rodrigo Rato, the bank’s former chairman and the IMF’s […]
South African Double-Amputee to Compete in London Olympics
Posted July 4th, 2012 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
South African runner Oscar Pistorius is set to become the first amputee to compete in the Olympics. The South African Olympic committee said Wednesday that it had selected Pistorius — a double amputee — to run in the individual 400 meters and the 4-by-400 relay. The 25-year-old athlete is nicknamed “the Blade Runner” because he […]
Pakistan Reopens NATO Supply Lines
Posted July 4th, 2012 at 9:25 am (UTC-5)
Trucks carrying NATO supplies are resuming shipments to Afghanistan through Pakistan, following a U.S.-Pakistani deal that ended Islamabad’s lengthy blockade. In Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, drivers and other workers put once-idle trucks in position to transport supplies. But as the drivers prepared to resume shipments, the country’s trucker’s association made a plea to the […]
Rights Group: Bangladesh Mutiny Suspects Are Being Tortured
Posted July 4th, 2012 at 7:35 am (UTC-5)
A leading international rights group says suspects accused of involvement in Bangladesh’s 2009 border guard mutiny are being subjected to widespread abuse, torture and deaths in custody. The 2009 revolt resulted in the deaths of 74 people, including 57 army officers. The mutineers said they were protesting low pay and other grievances. More than 4,000 […]
Scientists Discover Particle Consistent with Elusive Higgs Boson
Posted July 4th, 2012 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
Scientists at the world’s largest atom collider say they have discovered a subatomic particle that resembles an elusive unproven piece of the standard model of physics. Two independent teams working at the European Center for Nuclear Research said Wednesday they have observed a particle of the same type as the theoretical Higgs boson, which is […]
