The World Bank has issued a report predicting an economic growth slowdown in Asia this year. Monday’s report says economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region may slow down by a full percentage point, from 8.2 percent in 2011 to 7.2 percent this year, before recovering to 7.6 percent in 2013. The new report also says […]
World Bank Predicts Slowdown for Asian Economies
Posted October 8th, 2012 at 8:00 am (UTC-5)
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2 Afghan Intelligence Officers Killed in Bomb Blast
Posted October 8th, 2012 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
Officials in southern Afghanistan say a car bomb has killed at least two intelligence officers. Authorities say three intelligence officers and four civilians were wounded in the explosion Monday near a security forces office in Lashkar Gah. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility.
Medicine Prize Kicks Off Nobel Week
Posted October 8th, 2012 at 6:25 am (UTC-5)
The 2012 Nobel Prize for medicine has been won by Japan’s Shinya Yamanaka and Britain’s John Gurdon for their work on stem cells. The winners of the prestigious prize were announced Monday in Stockholm. The scientists won for their research in nuclear reprogramming, a process that instructs adult cells to form early stem cells, which […]
UN Chief Warns of Escalating Syria Conflict Dangers
Posted October 8th, 2012 at 6:00 am (UTC-5)
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is warning of the dangers of the escalating conflict along the Syria-Turkey border, as well as the effects of the Syrian crisis on neighboring Lebanon. Turkey has launched retaliatory mortar fire at Syria for five days after shells from Syria killed five Turkish civilians in the southeastern border village of Akcakale. […]
Amnesty Reports Unlawful Detentions in Rwanda
Posted October 8th, 2012 at 4:45 am (UTC-5)
Amnesty International says it has documented cases of unlawful detention and allegations of torture by Rwanda’s military intelligence department, known as “J2”. The London-based rights group issued a report Monday with accounts of civilians who said they were detained for between 10 days and nine months without being able to speak to lawyers, doctors or […]
Maldives Arrests Former President Nasheed
Posted October 8th, 2012 at 3:35 am (UTC-5)
Police in Maldives have arrested former president Mohamed Nasheed. He was arrested Monday for failing to appear at a hearing to face charges that he illegally ordered the arrest of a judge. Police say Mr. Nasheed, the country’s first democratically elected leader, will remain in custody until he is taken to court in the capital, […]
Families of Kidnapped Sailors Plea for South Korean Help
Posted October 8th, 2012 at 3:05 am (UTC-5)
The families of four South Korean sailors taken hostage by Somali pirates last year are pleading for help in securing their release. The sailors were among the crew of the tanker MT Gemini who were captured on April 30, 2011, while traveling from Kenya to Malaysia. The pirates released most of the crew after the […]
Romney to Make First Major Foreign Policy Speech of Campaign
Posted October 8th, 2012 at 1:45 am (UTC-5)
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney makes his first major campaign speech on foreign policy Monday. Mr. Romney will speak to students at the Virginia Military Institute in the town of Lexington – the country’s oldest military academy. So far, he has focused mostly on the economy and his plans to repeal President Barack Obama’s […]
World Bank Predicts Slowdown for Asian Economies
Posted October 8th, 2012 at 1:25 am (UTC-5)
The World Bank has issued a report predicting an economic growth slowdown in Asia this year. Monday’s report said economic grown in the Asia – Pacific region may slow down by a full percentage point, from 8.2 percent in 2011 to 7.2 percent this year, before recovering to 7.6 percent in 2013. The new report […]
SpaceX Begins 1st Cargo Delivery Mission to Space Station
Posted October 8th, 2012 at 12:55 am (UTC-5)
A capsule built by the first private company to fly to the International Space Station is on its way to the orbiting lab on the first official mission to deliver cargo. California-based SpaceX launched its Dragon capsule late Sunday from Cape Canaveral on the U.S. Atlantic Coast. The capsule is scheduled to dock with the […]
