Rescuers looking for a young female Japanese student who was swept over Niagara Falls Sunday have instead found the body of an unidentified man. Canadian and U.S. authorities say they are working to identify the man and that the two incidents are unrelated. Police say the Japanese student was on the Canadian side of the […]
Japanese Tourist Swept Over Niagara Falls, Presumed Drowned
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 8:45 pm (UTC-5)
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Indian Activists Protest Bolivia Highway Project
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 8:05 pm (UTC-5)
At least 500 Indian activists have held a demonstration in Bolivia to protest a government plan to build a 300-kilometer highway through the Amazon rainforest. The protesters gathered Monday in the Amazon city of Trinidad for a 600-kilometer march, which is expected to culminate in the Bolivian capital, La Paz. The demonstrators say the $415 […]
Crude Oil Prices Rise
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 4:05 pm (UTC-5)
Here are the prices of some commodities traded in New York on Monday: Crude oil prices jumped $2.50 to close at $87.88 a barrel. Coffee prices gained more than 5 cents to end at $2.46 per pound. Copper prices rose 2 cents to finish at $4.03 a pound. Cocoa futures advanced $23 to end the […]
Argentine President Sweeps Open Primary
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 3:10 pm (UTC-5)
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner looks set to win a second term in October after defeating her rivals in an open primary Sunday. With nearly all the polling places reporting, President Fernandez had just over 50 percent of the vote, while her two closest rivals trailed by at least 37 percentage points. Voters chose […]
Biden Travels to China to Discuss Economic Issues
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 3:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden leaves Washington Tuesday on an overseas trip that will take him first to China and then to Mongolia and Japan. Biden’s talks in Beijing with his Chinese counterpart, Vice President Xi Jinping, will focus on the economy. They are expected to discuss China’s concern about the U.S. deficit and Washington’s […]
Iranian National in US Sentenced in Plot to Ship Goods to Iran
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
An Iranian national who had operated a business in California has been sentenced to more than four years in jail for attempting to export missile components and radio equipment to Iran. Davoud Baniameri pleaded guilty in May to two felony charges of conspiring to export goods, technology and defense articles to Iran without a license […]
Tropical Storm Gert Approaches Bermuda
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
Bermuda’s weather service has canceled a tropical storm warning, as Tropical Storm Gert begins to turn north and is now expected to pass well east of the British territory in the Atlantic Ocean. At last report, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm had maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometers an […]
Indiana Fair Reopens After Deadly Stage Collapse
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
Officials in the U.S. state of Indiana held a memorial service Monday for five people who died in the collapse of a concert stage at the Indiana State Fair on Saturday. Governor Mitch Daniels gave an emotional address, saying the “our hearts are broken” over the deaths. But he praised the people who rushed to […]
Tropical Storm Gert Approaches Bermuda
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
Tropical Storm Gert is expected to drop 2 to 7 centimeters of rain on Bermuda Monday as it passes just east of the British territory in the Atlantic Ocean. At last report, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm had maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometers per hour as its outer […]
Tropical Storm Gert Approaches Bermuda
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 3:45 am (UTC-5)
Tropical Storm Gert is expected to drop 2 to 7 centimeters of rain on Bermuda Monday as it passes by the Atlantic island. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said early Monday the storm had maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour as its outer edge neared Bermuda. The storm is expected […]
