The International AIDS Conference opened Sunday with a call for the world’s governments not to let tight budgets slow the fight against the disease. San Francisco AIDS specialist Dr. Diane Havlir told delegates to the conference in Washington, D.C. that the world has a chance to “start to end AIDS.” She said it would be […]
International AIDS Conference Opens in Washington
Posted July 22nd, 2012 at 9:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Colorado Massacre Suspect to Make Court Appearance
Posted July 22nd, 2012 at 9:30 pm (UTC-5)
VIDEO: Oates video below, shotlist in asset manager WEB: TYPE: CN )) The gunman who allegedly killed 12 people and wounded 58 others in a Colorado movie theater is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Monday. Prison authorities are keeping James Holmes in solitary confinement in Aurora, Colorado, near Denver. Holmes is accused […]
Colorado Massacre Suspect to Make Court Appearance
Posted July 22nd, 2012 at 8:55 pm (UTC-5)
VIDEO: Oates video below, shotlist in asset manager WEB: TYPE: CN )) The gunman who allegedly killed 12 people and wounded 58 others in a Colorado movie theater is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Monday. Prison authorities are keeping James Holmes in solitary confinement in Aurora, Colorado, near Denver. Holmes is accused […]
Arab Leaders Call on Assad to Step Down
Posted July 22nd, 2012 at 7:55 pm (UTC-5)
Arab leaders are calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, promising him safe passage if he leaves the country. Arab League ministers held an emergency meeting on Syria in Doha Sunday. They said they regret that all Arab and international efforts to stop the bloodshed in Syria have failed. They said Mr. Assad […]
Study: Pakistan Must Reform Police
Posted July 22nd, 2012 at 6:45 pm (UTC-5)
A new study says Pakistan needs to overhaul its police force to make it more effective in the fight against growing violence. The report, to be issued Monday by the U.S.-based Asia Society, urges Pakistan to step up police training and invest in better equipment. It also calls for reforms to reduce corruption within the […]
Libyan Olympics Chief Freed by Kidnappers
Posted July 22nd, 2012 at 5:30 pm (UTC-5)
The president of Libya’s Olympic Committee has been set free, one week after gunmen grabbed him from his car in the capital, Tripoli. Ahmad Nabil al-Alam was released Sunday and returned home. Libyan officials said it was not clear who kidnapped him, why he was released or where he was held. The Libyan Olympic delegation […]
China Approves City Council, Military Base in Disputed Islands
Posted July 22nd, 2012 at 5:20 pm (UTC-5)
China says it has formed a municipal council for a newly established city in a disputed part of the South China Sea, and has authorized the deployment of a military base in the area. In a report published Sunday, China’s official Xinhua news agency says 1,100 residents of several islands known in Chinese as Xisha, […]
Turkish Forces Put Down Riots in 2 Syrian Refugee Camps
Posted July 22nd, 2012 at 4:45 pm (UTC-5)
Turkish security forces on Sunday fired in the air and used tear gas to put down a riot in a Syrian refugee camp near the Turkish-Syrian border. Turkish media say at least seven refugees and officers were hurt. Fighting also was reported at a second camp farther south. More than 43,000 Syrians have taken refuge […]
Madagascar Military Quells Mutiny
Posted July 22nd, 2012 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
Madagascar’s army says it has taken back a military camp that was captured early Sunday by renegade soldiers. The army says it stormed the camp, located near the main airport in Antananarivo, killed the rebel leader and arrested several mutineers. Madagascar’s defense ministry says it mounted the attack after the rogue soldiers shot an officer […]
Members of International Forces in Afghanistan Killed In Terrorist Attacks
Posted July 22nd, 2012 at 3:25 pm (UTC-5)
A man dressed in a police uniform has killed three members of the NATO security force in Afghanistan. The joint command in Kabul said the three civilian contractors were killed in the attack Sunday in western Afghanistan. The attacker was later killed. Separately, at least five NATO soldiers have been killed in roadside bombings over […]
