U.S. stocks advanced in Wednesday’s early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.2 percent, while the S&P 500 gained nine-tenths of a percent. The NASDAQ moved up six-tenths of a percent. European stock markets were higher in Wednesday’s afternoon trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index was up seven-tenths of a percent, with the CAC-40 […]
US Stocks Higher in Early Wednesday Trading
Posted October 26th, 2011 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
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Libya’s NTC Urges NATO To Stay Through December
Posted October 26th, 2011 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
Libya’s interim leader has urged NATO to continue its mission in the country until at least the end of the year. National Transitional Council head Mustafa Abdel Jalil said Wednesday the move would help prevent Moammar Gadhafi’s loyalists from regrouping and posing a security threat. He made the appeal in Qatar, at the first international […]
Karzai to Announce Next Round of Afghan Security Transition
Posted October 26th, 2011 at 8:30 am (UTC-5)
Afghan security forces will soon take control of security in 17 areas of Afghanistan, ahead of the complete withdrawal of foreign combat troops from the country by 2014. A senior Afghan official said Wednesday that Afghan President Hamid Karzai will announce the second phase of the security transition at a conference in Turkey on November […]
11 Killed in Syrian Violence Ahead of Arab League Meeting
Posted October 26th, 2011 at 7:35 am (UTC-5)
At least 11 people died in Syrian violence on Wednesday, ahead of a meeting of an Arab League delegation. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says nine soldiers were killed in the central Hama region after a rocket hit their vehicle. The group says army deserters who now back the opposition may have fired the […]
Tunisian Islamists, Liberal Partners in Talks to Form Unity Govt.
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 9:55 pm (UTC-5)
Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party has begun talks to form an interim unity government with a pair of liberal rivals, after preliminary election results showed the Islamists winning more than 40 percent of the vote. Partial tallies released Tuesday support the Ennahdha party’s claim that it has won the most seats in a 217-member assembly. Its […]
Flooding Closes Bangkok Airport
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 7:40 pm (UTC-5)
Floodwaters in Thailand reached Bangkok’s domestic airport Tuesday, halting commercial flights and forcing people who had taken refuge there to head further south for safety. Bangkok’s main international airport, southeast of the city, was not affected. But the Don Muang airport, located near flooded districts in the city’s northern suburbs, has been operating as the […]
Somali Gunmen Kidnap 3 Aid Workers
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 6:00 pm (UTC-5)
Gunmen in central Somalia have kidnapped three aid workers – an American woman, a Danish man and their Somali colleague. The three work for the Danish Demining Group, which says they were kidnapped Tuesday afternoon in the city of Galkayo, while on their way to the airport. It is not clear who carried out the […]
Somali Gunmen Kidnap 3 Aid Workers
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
Gunmen in central Somalia have kidnapped three aid workers – an American woman, a Danish man and their Somali colleague. The three work for the Danish Demining Group, which says they were kidnapped before Tuesday afternoon in the city of Galkayo, while on their way to the airport. It is not clear who carried out […]
Europe Scrambling to Complete Debt-Relief Plan
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 3:45 pm (UTC-5)
European leaders are scrambling to finalize a plan aimed at resolving the continent’s government debt contagion, ahead of a Wednesday summit in Brussels. The outline of a package of reforms is emerging, but details have yet to be set, and a pre-summit meeting of European finance ministers was called off. That left some analysts questioning […]
NTC: Gadhafi Buried in Unmarked Grave
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
Libyan provisional authority officials say the body of late ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi has been buried in an unmarked grave in a secret location. The officials said Gadhafi, his slain son Mutassim and former defense minister Abu Bakr Younis were buried early Tuesday during the same ceremony. Gadhafi’s body had been on public display since […]
