A powerful typhoon is bringing heavy wind and rains to South Korea as it skirts up the coast, leaving at least four Chinese fisherman dead after their vessels slammed into rocks. Officials say nearly 200,000 households have lost power after Typhoon Bolaven knocked over street lights, ripped away signs and toppled a church spire. South […]
Republican Party Opens Shortened Convention as Storm Skirts Florida
Posted August 27th, 2012 at 9:30 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is set to arrive in Tampa, Florida Tuesday, as the storm-shortened Republican National Convention gets into full swing . Campaign aides confirmed that Mr. Romney will fly in Tuesday, although they refused to say whether he will be in attendance when his wife Ann speaks. The Republican Party formally […]
Republican Party Opens Shortened Convention as Storm Skirts Florida
Posted August 27th, 2012 at 9:25 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. Republican Party has formally opened its national convention to nominate presidential candidate Mitt Romney, but it postponed most of the first day’s proceedings Monday as a tropical storm skirted the coastline of Florida, the southeastern state hosting the event. “So it is my privilege to proclaim the 2012 Republican National Convention in session […]
Gambia Confirms 9 Death Row Executions
Posted August 27th, 2012 at 7:20 pm (UTC-5)
Gambian officials Monday said nine death row prisoners have been executed by firing squad, after President Yahya Jammeh said all death sentences would be carried out by mid-September. The interior ministry issued a statement saying nine people, including one woman, were executed on Sunday. The statement also warns the general public that criminal activities which […]
Burma President Promotes Reformers In New Government
Posted August 27th, 2012 at 6:10 pm (UTC-5)
Burma’s president has reshuffled his cabinet, promoting allies who back his reformist agenda. In the long-awaited shake-up, President Thein Sein Monday awarded several of his key ministers additional posts in the Office of the President. They include the ministers of Finance, Rail Transportation, and National Planning and Economic Development. The ministers are seen as allies […]
Deadly Car Bomb Rocks Kandahar
Posted August 27th, 2012 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
A car bomb has exploded in Afghanistan’s second-largest city, Kandahar, killing at least one person and wounding at least 14 others. Local authorities say Monday’s car bomb appeared to target Kandahar’s police chief, Abdul Razaq, who was driving by in his car at the time of the attack. He escaped unhurt. The attack comes after […]
More Tibetan Protesters Set Themselves on Fire
Posted August 27th, 2012 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
Two more Tibetans have set themselves on fire to protest China’s policies in Tibet. The latest in a long series of self-immolations took place Monday outside the gates of the Kirti Monastery in China’s Sichuan Province – an area Tibetans call Ngaba. Sources tell VOA’s Tibetan Service two men set themselves ablaze, calling for Tibet […]
Flooding Kills 10 in Nigeria, Displaces Thousands
Posted August 27th, 2012 at 3:50 pm (UTC-5)
Flooding in eastern Nigeria has killed at least 10 people and displaced thousands of others. Emergency officials say the flood resulted from the release of water from a dam in neighboring Cameroon. The head of the agency in Nigeria’s Adamawa state, Shadrach Daniel, told the French news agency Monday that flooding swept away more than […]
US Troops Disciplined For Koran Burning, Urination Video
Posted August 27th, 2012 at 3:35 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. military says it is disciplining troops in Afghanistan who were involved in burning Qurans and urinating on the corpses of Taliban insurgents. The Defense Department said Monday it has given administrative punishments to six Army soldiers and three Marines. The exact punishments were not disclosed, but could include demotions or docked pay. No […]
Republican Party Opens Shortened Convention as Storm Skirts Florida
Posted August 27th, 2012 at 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. Republican Party has formally opened its national convention to nominate presidential candidate Mitt Romney, but it postponed most of the first day’s proceedings Monday as a tropical storm skirted the coastline of Florida, the southeastern state hosting the event. Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus gaveled in the four-day convention in the city […]
