(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 […]
New US Jobs Report Alters Presidential Campaigns
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 6:35 am (UTC-5)
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Pope’s Butler Goes on Trial
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 6:30 am (UTC-5)
The trial of Pope Benedict’s former butler is under way. A three-judge Vatican tribunal began the trial Saturday. Paolo Gabriele, a 46-year-old father of three is facing up to four years in prison for aggravated theft in a trial that is unprecedented in the modern history of the world’s smallest state. He has confessed to […]
Al-Shabab Withdraws From Kismayo, Its Last Somali Stronghold
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 6:25 am (UTC-5)
Somlia’s militant group al-Shabab says it has withdrawn from its last stronghold in the country. The group said Saturday it has abandoned the Somali port city of Kismayo, a day after Kenyan forces attacked the port city in an operation designed to drive out the militant group. Al-Shabab vowed to strike back. The Kenyan military […]
Iran Vows to Retaliate Against Any Attack
Posted September 28th, 2012 at 5:20 pm (UTC-5)
Iran has vowed to retaliate against any attack, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the world to draw a “clear red line” on Tehran’s nuclear program. Iran’s deputy U.N. ambassador, Eshagh al-Habib, accused Mr. Netanyahu of making “baseless allegations” against Tehran, which insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. World powers say […]
US Takes Iranian Group Off Terror List
Posted September 28th, 2012 at 4:25 pm (UTC-5)
The United States has taken the Iranian group Mujahedin-e Khalq and its aliases off its list of foreign terrorist organizations. The State Department announced the decision Friday, saying that the government has also revoked the group’s designation as a global terrorist. Both decisions are effective immediately. The written statement explains that U.S. entities may now […]
Mine Strikes Spread in South Africa
Posted September 28th, 2012 at 2:35 pm (UTC-5)
More strikes have hit South Africa’s mining industry, a week after striking workers at a platinum mine won a 22 percent pay raise. Workers walked off their jobs this week at mines run by AngloGold Ashanti, one of the world’s largest gold producers. The workers are reportedly demanding a pay raise in line with the […]
Iran Vows to Retaliate Against Any Attack
Posted September 28th, 2012 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
Iran has vowed to retaliate against any attack, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the world to draw a “clear red line” on Tehran’s nuclear program. Iran’s deputy U.N. ambassador, Eshagh al-Habib, accused Mr. Netanyahu of making “baseless allegations” against Tehran, which insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. World powers say […]
US Man Linked to Anti-Islam Film Detained Without Bail
Posted September 28th, 2012 at 1:55 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. federal judge has ordered the arrest and detention of the alleged filmmaker behind a crudely produced anti-Islam video that has sparked weeks of deadly protest across the Muslim world. Chief Magistrate Judge Suzanne Segal on Thursday ordered Nakoula Basseley Nakoula held without bail for violating the terms of his probation on a 2010 […]
Iranian News Agency Runs Fake Ahmadinejad-Obama Poll
Posted September 28th, 2012 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
The results of one poll proved too good for an Iranian news service to pass up, even though they were not true. Iran’s semi-official Fars news service Friday published a story on its website titled “Gallup Poll: Rural Whites Prefer Ahmadinejad to Obama.” The story claims a poll by the Gallup Organization finds “the overwhelming […]
Two More Journalists Killed in Somalia
Posted September 28th, 2012 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
Two more journalists have been killed in Somalia, which has become one of the most dangerous places for media professionals in the world. Residents and witnesses say the beheaded body of online sportswriter Abdirahman Mohamed Ali was found dumped near a restaurant north of Mogadishu on Thursday. On Friday, local reporters told VOA that another […]
