The United States ambassador to Libya and three embassy staff were killed after a mob stormed the U.S. consulate in the eastern city Benghazi late Tuesday. Demonstrators reportedly angered over an amateur U.S.-made film that mocks Islam’s Prophet Muhammad shot at and set fire to the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens is […]
US Ambassador, 3 Staff Killed in Libya Attack
Posted September 12th, 2012 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
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Clinton: US Will Not Turn its Back on Libya
Posted September 12th, 2012 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Americans serving accross the world are a “force for peace and progress in the world” that believe “these aspirations are worth fighting for.” She said the questions arise, “How could this happen in a country we helped liberate? In a city we helped save from destruction?” She says […]
Clinton: Libya Attack Should Shock Conscience of All Faiths
Posted September 12th, 2012 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has condemned “in strongest terms” the mob attack in Benghazi that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other members of the embassy staff. She says “heavily armed militants” set fire to the consulate building, and the attack should “shock the conscience” of all faiths. In an address […]
Factory Fires Kill More Than 310 in Pakistan
Posted September 12th, 2012 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
The death toll from devastating factory fires in two Pakistani cities Tuesday has risen to more than 310. A Pakistani official says 289 people have died from the blaze that ripped through a garment factory in the southern port city of Karachi. The search continues at the charred building for more bodies. The cause of […]
Somali President Safe After Hotel Bombing
Posted September 12th, 2012 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
Somalia’s new president is safe after two suicide bombers attacked a Mogadishu hotel where he was speaking. VOA correspondent Gabe Joselow, who was at the site of the attack, says two bombs detonated outside the Jazeera Hotel Wednesday as Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Kenyan Foreign Minister Samson Ongeri talked to reporters inside. Militant […]
German Court Clears Permanent Europe Rescue Fund
Posted September 12th, 2012 at 9:25 am (UTC-5)
Germany’s top court has rejected attempts to block creation of a new permanent bailout fund for the 17-nation euro currency union, giving the eurozone a new financial firewall to contain the continent’s three-year debt crisis. The Federal Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that Germany can ratify the $644 billion European Stability Mechanism (ESM) as long as […]
US Ambassador, 3 Staff Killed in Libya Attack
Posted September 12th, 2012 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
The United States ambassador to Libya and three embassy staff were killed after a mob stormed the U.S. consulate in the eastern city Benghazi late Tuesday. Demonstrators reportedly angered over an amateur American-made film that mocks Islam’s Prophet Muhammad shot at and set fire to the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens is […]
West Africa Defense Chiefs to Finalize Mali Deployment Plans
Posted September 12th, 2012 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
West African defense chiefs will meet Friday to finalize plans to deploy troops in Mali, where Islamist militants control the north. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says the meeting follows an invitation from Mali’s government for the deployment of the troops. A French official reported such a request from Mali’s interim president […]
Indian Cartoonist Charged With Sedition Freed on Bail
Posted September 12th, 2012 at 8:30 am (UTC-5)
A political cartoonist has been released after being jailed on sedition charges for drawings that mocked corruption in India’s government. Aseem Trivedi left a prison in Mumbai Wednesday after a local high court granted him bail. Trivedi was arrested last week after a private complaint about his cartoons, one of which depicted India’s parliament building […]
Obama, Romney to Resume Full Campaigning After 9/11 Break
Posted September 12th, 2012 at 8:20 am (UTC-5)
The attacks on two U.S. diplomatic outposts in the Middle East will likely be a major topic as U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney return to the campaign trial. Mr. Romney issued a statement late Tuesday expressing his outrage over the attacks on the U.S. embassy in the Egyptian capital of Cairo […]
