A 21-year-old American is now the youngest triple jump world champion in history. Christian Taylor, an athlete from the University of Florida, struck gold at the last day of the International Association of Athletics Federations World Championship in Daegu, South Korea. He leapt 17.96 meters to take the gold medal, the fifth-best triple jump of […]
American Becomes Youngest Triple Jump World Champ In History
Posted September 4th, 2011 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
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Swiss media Report US Ultimatum on Tax Cheats
Posted September 4th, 2011 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
Swiss news reports say the United States has presented an ultimatum to Switzerland, demanding that it provide detailed information about thousands more U.S. citizens suspected of using Swiss banks to cheat on their taxes. The reports quote an August 31 letter from U.S. Deputy Attorney General James Cole requesting detailed data on suspected tax evasion […]
Chinese Mines Claim More Victims
Posted September 3rd, 2011 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
Another coal-mine accident in China has claimed the lives of 10 workers in the country’s southwestern Sichuan province. China’s official Xinhua news agency said two more miners remain missing at the Zengjiagou mine , which flooded on Monday . The mine’s owner and a safety manager have been arrested. This past Tuesday, emergency crews rescued […]
Buddhist Monks Arrive in North Korea
Posted September 3rd, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
South Korean monks are in Pyongyang to help celebrate the creation of a religious relic important to Buddhists on both sides of the demilitarized zone. The 37 South Korean monks arrived by plane Saturday, greeted at the airport by their North Korean brethren. The monks are scheduled to participate in a service at a North […]
Cambodian Tribunal Challenges VOA News Report
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 12:50 pm (UTC-5)
Cambodia’s U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal says it has begun contempt proceedings against VOA’s Khmer service for disclosing confidential documents about the prosecution of Khmer Rouge defendants with suspected links to genocide in the 1970s. The tribunal’s move drew an immediate statement of concern Thursday from VOA administrators, who said the probe is unwarranted and could […]
World Leaders Discuss Libya After Gadhafi
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 4:40 am (UTC-5)
World leaders are gathering in France Thursday to discuss Libya’s future after Moammar Gadhafi, as Russia became the latest country to recognize the National Transitional Council as the country’s legitimate authority. The conference in Paris brings together officials from 60 countries, including those that have backed the NTC for months as well as those that […]
Car Bomb Kills 10 After Eid Prayers in Pakistan
Posted August 31st, 2011 at 9:45 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani police say a suspected suicide car bomber killed 10 people, including women and children, after morning prayers Wednesday at the start of Eid al-Fitr in southwestern Baluchistan province. Authorities say hundreds of people were leaving a Shi’ite mosque in Quetta when the bomb exploded in a nearby parking lot. Eid al-Fitr is a three-day […]
Bomb Kills 5 After Eid Prayers in SW Pakistan
Posted August 31st, 2011 at 2:35 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani police say a car bomb has killed at least five people and wounded 10 others, as the country celebrates the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Authorities said the blast occurred Wednesday in the southwestern city of Quetta, as hundreds of people were leaving a mosque following Eid al-Fitr prayers. The festival […]
China Calls for Crackdown on Internet Rumors
Posted August 31st, 2011 at 12:20 am (UTC-5)
China’s state news agency has called for a crackdown on what it calls the spread of toxic rumors over the Internet. In an article Tuesday, published only in Chinese, Xinhua criticized the increasingly popular social networking sites for spreading rumors like cancer, and urged preventive action. The Xinhua article comes just days after a senior […]
Acclaimed Khmer Rouge Prison Survivor Reported Near Death
Posted August 30th, 2011 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
Family members say Cambodia’s Vann Nath, one of only seven survivors of a vast and notorious Khmer Rouge torture center, is in a coma and near death at a Cambodian hospital. The 66-year-old human rights icon and artist survived the infamous Tuol Sleng prison, where more than 12,000 people died in the 1970s under Khmer […]
