France’s defense minister says an international military operation to help oust Islamic militants from northern Mali will get under way in a matter of weeks. Jean-Yves Le Drian spoke Tuesday, days after the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution clearing the way for the deployment of foreign troops to Mali. He said France will not […]
France Says International Intervention in Mali Weeks Away
Posted October 16th, 2012 at 5:50 am (UTC-5)
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39 Arrested in French Heroin Bust
Posted October 16th, 2012 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
French authorities say police have arrested 39 people in a sting on an Albanian and Kosovar heroin trafficking network. A local government official in eastern France said more than 200 security officers conducted a series of early-morning raids Tuesday near the border with Germany and Switzerland. The official said the drug ring accounts for hundreds […]
Karadzic Says He Should Be Rewarded for Trying to Avoid War
Posted October 16th, 2012 at 5:05 am (UTC-5)
Wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic said he should be rewarded for doing all he could to avoid war, as he began his defense Tuesday at the U.N. Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Karadzic is on trial for 10 counts of war crimes and genocide stemming from the Bosnian War that followed the […]
Vietnam’s Government Apologizes for Struggling Economy
Posted October 16th, 2012 at 4:45 am (UTC-5)
Vietnam’s Communist Party has issued a rare criticism of its own performance, apologizing to the nation for the mismanagement of its struggling economy. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong says the party has admitted it “made some big mistakes,” especially in not preventing “corruption and deterioration” among some of its members. Trong’s comments, which appeared […]
Bosnian Serb Commander Begins Defense at War Crimes Tribunal
Posted October 16th, 2012 at 3:15 am (UTC-5)
Bosnian Serb war commander Radovan Karadzic begins his defense Tuesday at the U.N. Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Karadzic is accused of masterminding the massacre of almost 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica in July 1995. He is also accused of responsibility for the three-year siege of the […]
Cambodians Mourn Revered ex-King Sihanouk
Posted October 16th, 2012 at 2:45 am (UTC-5)
Cambodians entered a second day of mourning Tuesday for their revered former king Norodom Sihanouk, as preparations were made to return his body from China. Tearful mourners placed a small wreath outside the royal palace in the Cambodian capital and offered prayers for the man they called “King-Father,” who died of a heart attack in […]
Tokyo: Seven Chinese Navy Ships Near Japanese Island
Posted October 16th, 2012 at 12:50 am (UTC-5)
Japan says it has spotted seven Chinese naval ships near one of its islands, as tensions between the two Asian powers remain high over a territorial dispute in the East China Sea. Japan’s Defense Ministry says the Chinese ships were spotted early Tuesday by Japanese aircraft about 50 kilometers outside Yonaguni Island, Japan’s westernmost island. […]
Clinton Takes Responsibility for Diplomatic Security
Posted October 16th, 2012 at 12:35 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is taking responsibility for a deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya last month, saying it is her job to be in charge of security for State Department employees working around the world. Clinton said in television interviews during a visit to Peru Monday that President Barack Obama […]
Former US Senator, Presidential Candidate McGovern in Failing Health
Posted October 16th, 2012 at 12:25 am (UTC-5)
The family of former U.S. senator and presidential candidate George McGovern says he has been placed into hospice care near his home in the state of South Dakota. McGovern’s daughter told the Associated Press her 90-year-old father is “coming to the end of his life.” Hospice care is a specialized living facility for terminally ill […]
Asian Powers Increase Military Spending
Posted October 15th, 2012 at 8:20 pm (UTC-5)
A new study shows that over the past decade, five Asian powers have increased military spending to levels among the highest in the world, with China leading the way. The study released Monday by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies says China has quadrupled its defense budget since 2000. It also says India, […]
