A top Syrian general and one-time confidante of President Bashar al-Assad has defected from Syria and is believed to be in Turkey, a potentially serious blow to Mr. Assad’s regime. Sipan Hassan of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told VOA his activist group learned from journalists and security sources in Syria that Manaf Tlas […]
Judge Sets New Bail in Trayvon Martin Case
Posted July 6th, 2012 at 4:50 am (UTC-5)
A judge in Florida has set a $1 million bond for a neighborhood watch volunteer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager earlier this year. The judge revoked George Zimmerman’s initial $150,000 bond and ordered him back to jail last month, after prosecutors alleged he and his wife misled the court about […]
Syrian Activist Group: Top General Defects
Posted July 6th, 2012 at 3:25 am (UTC-5)
An official with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says a Syrian general and one-time confidante of President Bashar al-Assad has defected from Syria and is believed to be in Turkey. Sipan Hassan told VOA his activist group learned from journalists in Syria that Manaf Tlas has left the country. Tlas served as a brigadier […]
No Improvement Expected in US Employment Report
Posted July 6th, 2012 at 2:30 am (UTC-5)
The unemployment rate in the United States is expected to remain stalled at 8.2 percent when the Labor Department releases its jobs report for June on Friday. But economists believe the government report may show employers added anywhere between 90,000 and 100,000 jobs last month, better than the 69,000 jobs added in May. Recent reports […]
