Delegates at the Democratic National Convention are counting down the hours Thursday until President Barack Obama takes the stage to make his case for reelection. From the convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, VOA’s Sean Maroney reports on the last day’s excitement and last-minute changes. “You must vote and you must reelect President Barack Obama!… We […]
Delegates Anticipate Obama Speech as DNC Closes
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
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European Central Bank to Buy Government Bonds
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 3:25 pm (UTC-5)
The European Central Bank says it is going to buy the bonds of the debt-ridden countries in the euro currency union in hopes of easing their borrowing costs. The bank set no limit Thursday on the volume of the bonds it plans to buy, Europe’s latest effort to resolve the three-year debt crisis. The bank […]
British, French Police Investigate Shooting in French Alps
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
Police in the French Alps are investigating an apparent murder scene in which four adults were found shot to death and two young girls survived, one of them beneath the bodies of two of the victims. French President Francois Hollande, who is in London, has condemned the shootings and vowed that “everything will be done” […]
Obama To Sketch Economic Vision During Acceptance Speech
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 2:30 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama will use Thursday’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention to explain his economic vision for the country and attempt to woo undecided voters. Mr. Obama’s adviser David Plouffe told ABC television Thursday that, after the address, voters would have a “very clear sense” of where the president believes the country […]
US Removes Nepal’s Maoists from Terrorist List
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
The United States has removed the Communist Party of Nepal from its list of terrorist organizations. The State Department announced the move Thursday, saying the party is “no longer engaged in terrorist activity that threatens the security of U.S. nationals or U.S. foreign policy.” Nepal’s Maoist rebels carried out a decade-long insurgency that claimed more […]
Clinton’s Asia Tour Lands in Brunei
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Brunei, becoming the first top U.S. diplomat to visit all 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Clinton is on a six-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific that has largely focused on urging the ASEAN regional bloc to present a unified front in managing territorial […]
Obama To Sketch Economic Vision During Acceptance Speech
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama will use Thursday’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention to spell out his economic vision for the country and attempt to woo undecided voters. Mr. Obama’s adviser David Plouffe told ABC television Thursday that, after the address, voters would have a “very clear sense” of where the president believes the […]
European Central Bank to Buy Government Bonds
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
The European Central Bank says it is going to buy the bonds of the debt-ridden countries in the euro currency union in hopes of easing their borrowing costs. The bank set no limit Thursday on the volume of the bonds it plans to buy, Europe’s latest effort to resolve the three-year debt crisis. The bank […]
US Removes Nepal’s Maoists from Terrorist List
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
The United States has removed the Communist Party of Nepal from its list of terrorist organizations. The move was announced by the State Department, which said the communists had taken steps to dismantle their terrorist apparatus. The decade-long Maoist insurgency claimed more than 13,000 lives. The communists agreed to enter Nepal’s political arena in 2006 […]
60 Dead After Boat Capsizes Off Turkish Shore
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
Turkish officials say at least 60 people have drowned, about half of them children, after a boat carrying illegal immigrants sank in waters off western Turkey. The provincial government of Izmir said Thursday that 31 of the victims were children, and most of the others were women. The boat is believed to have been bound […]
