Pakistani officials say a bomb blast near a minority Shi’ite religious procession has killed seven people, including at least three children, and wounded more than a dozen other people. Authorities say the attack happened Saturday in the city of Dera Ismail Khan, located near the South Waziristan tribal region. Pakistan has temporarily suspended mobile phone […]
7 People Killed in Pakistan Shiite Procession
Posted November 24th, 2012 at 3:25 am (UTC-5)
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Thai Police Fire Tear Gas at Bangkok Rally
Posted November 24th, 2012 at 2:05 am (UTC-5)
Thai riot police have fired tear gas to control an anti-government crowd that has massed in downtown Bangkok. Thousands of police were deployed for the rally Saturday, organized by the royalist group Pitak Siam, which wants Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s government to step down. The government has invoked the Internal Security Act, allowing police to […]
US Congratulates Sierra Leone President’s Reelection
Posted November 24th, 2012 at 1:05 am (UTC-5)
Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has been sworn into office for a second term after winning last week’s election. In a speech Friday to cheering supporters in Freetown, President Koroma promised to fight corruption and attract foreign investment. The United States congratulated President Koroma in a statement, saying the election has shown the progress […]
UN Slams Russia on Torture
Posted November 24th, 2012 at 12:35 am (UTC-5)
The U.N. Committee Against Torture has strongly criticized Russia for failing to investigate widespread allegations of torture and intimidation, and reprisals against human rights activists and journalists. In a report presented Friday at the committee’s 49th session in Geneva, a panel of 10 independent experts said they are seeing very few effective investigations that lead […]
