Somalia’s militant group al-Shabab says it has withdrawn from Kismayo, its last stronghold in the country, following a military strike by Kenyan forces. The group said Saturday it had abandoned the Somali port city. On Friday, Kenyan forces attacked Kismayo in an operation designed to drive out the militant group. Al-Shabab vowed to strike back […]
Al-Shabab Withdraws From Kismayo, Its Last Somali Stronghold
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
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Violence Breaks Out on Anniversary of Guinea Massacre
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Reports from the capital of Guinea say violence broke out among mourners and security officers during a funeral procession, on the third anniversary of the Conakry stadium massacre. The reports say many people were wounded during Friday’s clashes and at least one person suffered a gunshot wound. The Associated Press reports police used tear gas […]
Battles Rage in Syria’s Aleppo for Third Day
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
Battles are raging in Syria’s most populous city, Aleppo, as rebels continued their offensive to take the city that began three days ago. Mataz Suheil, of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told VOA Saturday clashes broke out in Aleppo’s Arkub and Azzizia neighborhoods. At least three rebel fighters were killed in fighting in […]
Battles Rage in Syria’s Aleppo for Third Day
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
Battles are raging in Syria’s most populous city, Aleppo, as rebels continued their offensive to take the city that began three days ago. Mataz Suheil, of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told VOA Saturday clashes broke out in Aleppo’s Arkub and Azzizia neighborhoods. At least three rebel fighters were killed during clashed in […]
Al-Shabab Withdraws From Kismayo, Its Last Somali Stronghold
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
Somalia’s militant group al-Shabab says it has withdrawn from Kismayo, its last stronghold in the country, following a military strike by Kenyan forces. The group said Saturday it had abandoned the Somali port city. On Friday, Kenyan forces attacked Kismayo in an operation designed to drive out the militant group. Al-Shabab vowed to strike back […]
Pope’s Butler Goes on Trial
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 9:05 am (UTC-5)
The former butler of Pope Benedict has appeared in a short hearing, the first stage of his trial for aggravated theft of personal papers of the pope. Paolo Gabriele, a 46-year-old father of three, appeared Saturday in a Vatican courtroom as a three-judge tribunal threw out some evidence and ruled that his co-defendant, a Vatican […]
China’s Manufacturing Declines
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 7:15 am (UTC-5)
A business survey in Beijing shows September marks the 11th straight month of decline for Chinese manufacturing. Export orders also fell in September at the sharpest rate in 42 months amid weak international demand. The HSBC Managers Index measures manufacturing activities on a 100-point scale on which numbers below 50 show a contraction. The index […]
Renoir Painting Found in Box of Junk
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
Museum officials and police in the U.S. city of Baltimore are trying to unravel the mystery of how a Renoir painting, stolen from the museum more than 60 years ago, ended up in a box of junk sold for $7 two years ago. The woman who bought the “junk box” at a flea market had […]
China Claims Islands in NY Times Ad
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
China has published an expensive, two-page color advertisement in a prominent U.S. newspaper, defending its claim to disputed islands in the East China Sea. The ad in The New York Times Friday says China has “indisputable sovereignty” over the Diaoyu islands. The tiny islands and rock formations are at the center of an ongoing dispute […]
New US Jobs Report Alters Presidential Campaigns
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 6:35 am (UTC-5)
(updates from Friday, new lede, edits) The latest U.S. jobs report shows the country now has more people employed than when President Barack Obama took office in January, 2009. The latest Labor Department figures issued Friday counters one of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s key talking points – that the nation has lost hundreds of […]
