Residents in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo have clashed with police while protesting the proposed expansion of a chemical factory they say will spew pollution and damage public health. The Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy says at least 10 people were injured when around 1,000 people clashed with police in […]
Residents Clash with Police in Eastern China
Posted October 27th, 2012 at 3:45 am (UTC-5)
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Suicide Bomber Kills 40 in Afghan Mosque
Posted October 26th, 2012 at 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber struck a mosque in northern Afghanistan Friday, killing at least 40 people in one of the deadliest such attacks in recent months. Authorities say the bomber struck the mosque in Maymana, the capital of Faryab province, at the start of the three-day Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. Local officials say the young […]
EU Awards Rights Prize to 2 Iranian Dissidents
Posted October 26th, 2012 at 3:00 pm (UTC-5)
The European Parliament has awarded its prestigious Sakharov Prize for human rights and freedom of thought to two Iranian dissidents. European Parliament President Martin Schulz announced Friday in Strasbourg, France, that human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and filmmaker Jafar Panahi received the annual prize. Schulz said the award is a message of “solidarity and recognition […]
Italy’s Berlusconi Guilty of Tax Fraud
Posted October 26th, 2012 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been convicted of tax fraud and sentenced to a year in prison. A Milan court Friday found the 76-year-old media magnate guilty in a case linked to the purchase of U.S. film and television rights on behalf of Mediaset, Italy’s largest private television company that he controls. Prosecutors […]
Russian Activist Udaltsov Charged in Plotting Riots
Posted October 26th, 2012 at 12:50 pm (UTC-5)
Russian investigators have charged another opposition activist with plotting riots as part of an apparent Kremlin crackdown on the anti-Putin protest movement. Russia’s State Investigations Committee filed charges Friday against Sergei Udaltsov, who faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. He was not detained but has been ordered to stay in Moscow pending […]
Suicide Bomber Kills 40 in Afghan Mosque
Posted October 26th, 2012 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber struck a mosque in northern Afghanistan Friday, killing at least 40 people in one of the deadliest such attacks in recent months. Authorities say the bomber struck the mosque in Maymana, the capital of Faryab province, at the start of the three-day Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. Local officials say the young […]
Italy’s Berlusconi Guilty of Tax Fraud
Posted October 26th, 2012 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been convicted of tax fraud and sentenced to four years in prison. A Milan court Friday found the 76-year-old media magnate guilty in a case linked to the purchase of U.S. film and television rights on behalf of Mediaset, Italy’s largest private television company that he controls. Prosecutors […]
Family of Wounded Pakistani Girl Visits Her in Britain
Posted October 26th, 2012 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
The father of the 15-year-old Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban says her setback was temporary, and that she will “rise again.” Ziauddin Yousafzai spoke to reporters about his daughter, Malala Yousafzai, while visiting her Friday in the British hospital where she is being treated for serious injuries. He said the gunmen who attacked Malala […]
Report: US Expands Anti-Terrorism Operations in Djibouti
Posted October 26th, 2012 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
A Washington newspaper reports the United States has sharply escalated its counter-terrorism operations at a military base in the East African nation of Djibouti. The Washington Post says unmanned drones on missions over Somalia and Yemen take off or land at the base an average of 16 times per day. It says about 300 personnel […]
US Economy Advanced 2 Percent in Third Quarter
Posted October 26th, 2012 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
The United States says its economy grew by 2 percent in the July-to-September period, a slightly faster pace than economists had projected. The government said Friday that increased consumer spending, accounting for 70 percent of the world’s largest economy, led the advance. American economists had projected growth of 1.8 percent in the third quarter, up […]
