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 […]
Amnesty Reports Unlawful Detentions in Rwanda
Posted October 8th, 2012 at 4:45 am (UTC-5)
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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 […]
SpaceX Begins 1st Cargo Delivery Mission to Space Station
Posted October 7th, 2012 at 9:35 pm (UTC-5)
The first company to fly to the International Space Station has begun its first mission to deliver cargo to the orbiting lab as part of a $1.6 billion contract with the U.S. space agency NASA. The Falcon9 rocket built by California-based SpaceX lifted off from Cape Canaveral in the southeastern U.S. state of Florida late […]
Nigerian Army Says 30 Boko Haram Terrorists Killed in Gunbattle
Posted October 7th, 2012 at 8:25 pm (UTC-5)
Nigeria’s army says soldiers on Sunday killed 30 suspected Boko Haram members during a gunfight in northeastern Yobe state. A spokesman says a senior aide to Boko Haram’s leader was among those killed. Nigerian soldiers seized a number of weapons including rifles, knives and bows and arrows. The army says it arrested 10 Boko Haram […]
Romney to Make First Major Foreign Policy Speech of Campaign
Posted October 7th, 2012 at 7:45 pm (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 […]
France Beefs Up Security at Religious Sites After Anti-Jewish Attacks
Posted October 7th, 2012 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
French police carried out another raid Sunday in Cannes as part of a nationwide terrorist crackdown after attacks on a Jewish grocery store and a synagogue. So far, police have arrested 11 suspects in Cannes, Paris and Strasbourg, where a suspect was killed during a gunfight with police. French President Francois Hollande says he is […]
