Colombia’s main leftist rebel group — battered by a years-long government military offensive — says it will seek a cease-fire next month at the start of preliminary talks with the Bogota government. Thursday’s cease-fire announcement by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia — better known as FARC — comes just days after President Juan Manuel […]
Colombian Rebels to Press for Cease-Fire with Government
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 7:15 pm (UTC-5)
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Putin: Moscow Won’t Change Position on Syria
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 6:45 pm (UTC-5)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signaled that Moscow is not ready to shift its stance on supporting Syria, and suggested that Western nations are relying on militant groups like al-Qaida to help topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Speaking on Russia Today television, Mr. Putin called this a “dangerous and very shortsighted” policy, but he did […]
US Rover, Probe Make Marks in Space
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 6:20 pm (UTC-5)
While the eyes of many Americans have been on the presidential nominating conventions, the United States is continuing to make its mark in space. The U.S. space agency NASA Thursday released satellite photos showing track marks left on Mars by the Curiosity robotic rover. In the one month since it landed, Curiosity has zig-zagged its […]
Boko Haram Threatens VOA Reporters
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 6:20 pm (UTC-5)
A radical Nigerian sect is again threatening reporters working with Voice of America. The warning issued Thursday by Boko Haram came in the same statement in which it claimed responsibility for attacking and destroying mobile phone towers in the northern part of the country. Boko Haram spokesman Abu Qaqa said in the statement the group […]
African American Trailblazer Harvey Gantt Addresses Democratic National Convention
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 5:55 pm (UTC-5)
Before U.S. President Barack Obama speaks Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, delegates and viewers heard from a man who once inspired him — the city’s first African-American mayor Harvey Gantt. Born in South Carolina in 1943, Gantt became the first African American admitted to an all-white college in the […]
Boko Haram Threatens VOA Reporters
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
A radical Nigerian sect is again threatening reporters working with Voice of America. The warning issued Thursday by Boko Haram came in the same statement in which it claimed responsibility for attacking and destroying mobile phone towers in the northern part of the country. Boko Haram spokesman Abu Qaqa said in the statement the group […]
Colombian Rebels to Press for Cease-Fire with Government
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 5:20 pm (UTC-5)
Colombia’s main leftist rebel group — battered by a decade-long government military offensive — says it will seek a cease-fire next month at the start of preliminary talks with the Bogata government. Thursday’s cease-fire announcement by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia — better known as FARC — comes just days after President Juan Manuel […]
Rights Group Alleges More Waterboarding By US
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 5:05 pm (UTC-5)
A human rights group says it has uncovered new evidence that U.S. personnel used torture, including waterboarding, while interrogating Libyan Islamists during the Bush administration. The report released Thursday by the New York-based Human Rights Watch features interviews with 14 Libyan dissidents captured and detained in foreign countries, including Afghanistan. Human Rights Watch says the […]
VP Biden to Address Democratic National Convention
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 4:25 pm (UTC-5)
Before President Barack Obama takes the stage at the Democratic National Convention , U.S. voters will hear from Vice President Joe Biden. Four years ago, many Democrats saw then-Senator Biden as the voice of experience on a presidential ticket headed by the young Barack Obama. And supporters say the 69-year-old vice president has excelled in […]
Europe Moves to Bolster Economy; Stocks Soar
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
A key U.S. stock index soared to the highest level since the Great Recession began four years ago, after the European Central Bank moved to bolster the continent’s troubled economies Thursday. Spanish stocks gained nearly five percent, while French and German shares gained around three percent. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said policy makers […]
