Chinese prosecutors have charged the wife of former senior Communist Party official Bo Xilai and a family aide with the murder of a British businessman. China’s official news media say Bo Gu Kailai and Zhang Xiaojun were charged Thursday with the intentional homicide of Neil Heywood in the eastern city of Hefei. The trial date […]
Chinese Politician’s Wife Charged with Murder
Posted July 26th, 2012 at 11:20 pm (UTC-5)
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London Readies For Olympic Games Opening
Posted July 26th, 2012 at 11:10 pm (UTC-5)
London is welcoming around 10,000 athletes, hundreds of thousands of visitors and a worldwide television audience for the formal opening of the Olympic Games Friday. Organizers have dealt with a series of last-minute problems, including scrambling to deploy enough security personnel, after a private contractor reported problems putting together a large enough force. Britain’s Queen […]
US: Syrian Forces Preparing for a ‘Massacre’ in Aleppo
Posted July 26th, 2012 at 10:40 pm (UTC-5)
The United States says it is concerned that Syrian forces are preparing to carry out a massacre in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Thursday there are columns of tanks outside the city that seem to be massing for an attack. She said Syrian forces already have hit the city with […]
US: Syrian Forces Preparing for a ‘Massacre’ in Aleppo
Posted July 26th, 2012 at 7:10 pm (UTC-5)
The United States says it is concerned that Syrian forces are preparing to carry out a massacre in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Thursday there are columns of tanks outside the city that seem to be massing for an attack. She said Syrian forces already have hit the city with […]
London Readies For Olympic Games Opening
Posted July 26th, 2012 at 6:45 pm (UTC-5)
London is preparing to welcome some 10,000 athletes, hundreds of thousands of visitors and a worldwide television audience when the Olympic Games formally open Friday. Organizers have dealt with a series of last-minute problems, including scrambling to ensure enough security personnel after a private contractor reported problems putting together a large enough force. There was […]
Chinese Politician’s Wife Charged with Murder
Posted July 26th, 2012 at 5:40 pm (UTC-5)
Chinese prosecutors on Thursday charged the wife of former senior Communist Party official Bo Xilai and a family aide with the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood. China’s official news media say Bo Gu Kailai and Zhang Xiaojun were charged with intentional homicide in the eastern city of Hefei. The trial date has not been […]
Facebook Loses Money Despite 30% Increase in Revenue
Posted July 26th, 2012 at 5:15 pm (UTC-5)
Facebook, the world’s most popular social network website, says it lost money during the second quarter of the year, despite higher than expected revenue. In its first earnings report since its initial public offering of stock last May, Facebook posted a net loss of $157 million on revenue of $1.18 billion — up more than […]
Mandela Assassination Plotter Convicted of Treason
Posted July 26th, 2012 at 4:35 pm (UTC-5)
The leader of a 2002 plot to assassinate Nelson Mandela and push blacks out of South Africa has been found guilty of treason. Mike du Toit, a former university lecturer who headed a militia known as the Boeremag, was convicted Thursday by the high court in North Gauteng province. The militia supported apartheid, the now-defunct […]
Romney Responds to Olympics Comments on Overseas Tour
Posted July 26th, 2012 at 3:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney tried to backtrack Thursday from comments he made that seemed to question Britain’s ability to host the Olympic Games. Within hours of his arrival in the British capital Wednesday, NBC News aired an interview with the presumptive Republican nominee in which he said that last-minute concerns over London’s security staffing […]
New Hope, New Concerns Dominate AIDS Conference
Posted July 26th, 2012 at 2:30 pm (UTC-5)
Former U.S. first lady Laura Bush is helping energize the 2012 International AIDS Conference in Washington, reminding those in the audience of the progress in the fight against the deadly disease. The wife of former President George W. Bush received enthusiastic applause Thursday as she spoke about the impact billions of dollars in U.S. funding […]
