International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in Damascus Friday for talks with Syrian officials on securing a temporary cease-fire in the 19-month-old conflict between Syrian forces and rebel groups. The U.N.-Arab League envoy is scheduled to meet Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Saturday morning. He is also expected to meet with President Bashar al-Assad […]
International Peace Envoy Brahimi Arrives in Damascus
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 1:20 pm (UTC-5)
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Lawyer: Twitter Agrees to Pull Anti-Semitic Messages in France
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
The social media website Twitter has agreed to remove anti-Semitic messages written in France, following the threat of legal action by a French Jewish group. A lawyer for the Union of French Jewish Students said Friday the union will provide Twitter with a list of the posts, or “tweets,” it wants removed. The union had […]
Doctors: Wounded Pakistani Girl is Improving
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
British doctors treating a Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban say she has been able to stand with help for the first time and is also able to write. But the medical director of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham where Malala Yousafzai is being treated said Friday she is not yet out of […]
Yemen Militant Attack Kills 9 Soldiers
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
((New death toll in graf 1) Yemeni officials say suspected militants killed at least 13 soldiers in a suicide attack on an army base in southern Yemen Friday. Officials report that the militants drove a bomb-laden vehicle up to the gate of the base near the town of Shakra and detonated it. Friday’s attack in […]
Obama Nominates New Chief for U.S. Africa Command
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
President Barack Obama has nominated a new chief for the U.S. military’s Africa Command. Army General David Rodriguez is being tapped for the post to replace Army General Carter Ham. Ham has led the command, known as AFRICOM, since March of last year. The U.S. Senate must confirm the nomination. Rodriguez previously led the Joint […]
Gunmen Launch Deadly Attack on Kashmir Hotel
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Gunmen have killed one person and wounded two others in an attack at a popular hotel in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Security forces say the suspected militants opened fire Friday in front of the hotel in Kashmir’s main city, Srinagar, before they entered the building and continued shooting. A hotel bellboy was killed. Police say a search […]
International Peace Envoy Brahimi Arrives in Damascus
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in Damascus Friday for talks with Syrian officials on securing a temporary cease-fire in the 19-month-old conflict between Syrian forces and rebel groups. The U.N.-Arab League envoy is scheduled to meet Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Saturday morning. He is also expected to meet with President Bashar al-Assad […]
Huge Car Bomb in Beirut Kills 8
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
A massive car bomb in Beirut has killed at least eight people and injured about 80 others. The bomb exploded Friday near the office of the Christian Phalange Party headquarters. The group openly disapproves of the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Lebanese hospitals issued an urgent plea for blood donors to help treat the […]
Member of Russian Punk Rock Band Takes Case to European Court
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
The only freed member of the anti-Kremlin all-female punk band Pussy Riot has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights. Yekaterina Samutsevich’s lawyer, Irina Khrunova, said on Friday the complaint accuses Russia of violating Samutsevich’s right to free speech and illegally detaining her during her six months in jail. Khrunova says prison […]
Huge Car Bomb in Beirut Kills 8
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
A massive car bomb in Beirut has killed at least eight people and injured about 80 others injured after an explosion ripped through a neighborhood in the Lebanese capital. The bomb exploded Friday near the office of the Christian Phalange Party headquarters. The group openly disapproves of the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The […]
