Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin has resigned following a conflict with President Dmitry Medvedev over apparent plans to have the president and prime minister swap jobs in next year’s election. Kudrin had criticized the government’s economic policies and said he would not serve in a new government if Mr. Medvedev became prime minister and Prime […]
Russian Finance Minister Quits After Dispute With Medvedev
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Burmese Protesters Hold Rare Gatherings
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
Small groups of democracy activists gathered Monday in Rangoon to mark the fourth anniversary of the so-called Saffron protests. Truckloads of riot police were seen in the city telling people not to assemble, but there were no reports of violence. Dozens of protestors gathered briefly for a prayer vigil in the city, but a planned […]
Sarkozy Confers With Allies After French Left Takes Majority in Senate
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 3:56 pm (UTC-5)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has met with his top political allies after the opposition Socialist Party and its left-leaning allies won a majority in the Senate for the first time in modern history. The results of Sunday’s parliamentary elections give the Socialists 177 Senate seats — two more than they needed for an absolute majority. […]
Kenyan Nobel Laureate Maathai Dies
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 3:35 pm (UTC-5)
Global leaders are honoring the late Wangari Maathai of Kenya, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Maathai died at a Nairobi hospital on Sunday after a long battle with cancer. She was 71. The Nobel Committee awarded Maathai the peace prize in 2004, citing her stand against Kenya’s former oppressive government […]
US Markets Advance in Midday Trading Monday
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 1:06 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock indexes advanced in midday trading Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 1.4 percent, while the S&P 500 is ahead nine-tenths of one percent. The NASDAQ is fractionally ahead from Friday’s close. European stock markets closed higher. London’s Financial Times 100 index ended up one-half of one percent at 5,089. The CAC-40 […]
Tribesman Kill Yemeni Commander in Base Attack
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 10:59 am (UTC-5)
Yemeni officials say anti-government tribesman have seized a base operated by troops loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, killing a commander and capturing 30 soldiers. The defense ministry said Monday’s attack on a base north of the capital, Sana’a, killed Ali al-Keleibi, a commander in the elite Republican Guard. Officials said four tribesman were also […]
US Citizen Killed in Kabul Attack
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 5:55 am (UTC-5)
A spokesman for the U.S. embassy in Afghanistan says an American citizen has been killed and another wounded in a shooting incident at a compound used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency . The spokesman ((Gavin Sundwall) said Monday an Afghan employee of the U.S. government carried out the attack late Sunday in Kabul, and […]
13 Militants, 2 Soldiers Killed in Philippines Clash
Posted September 25th, 2011 at 6:55 pm (UTC-5)
Authorities in the southern Philippines say 13 suspected Muslim militants and two soldiers were killed Sunday in a clash between members of a little-known rebel group and government troops on Jolo island. A military spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Randolph Cabangbang, said about 50 young gunmen attacked the Marine outpost in Sulu province, triggering a two-hour battle. […]
Libya Finds Mass Grave From 1996 Massacre
Posted September 25th, 2011 at 6:37 pm (UTC-5)
Libya’s interim rulers say they have found a mass grave believed to hold the remains of 1,270 inmates killed by Moammar Gadhafi’s security forces in a notorious 1996 massacre at Tripoli’s Abu Salim prison. Investigators found the site, a field scattered with bone fragments, using information obtained from witnesses and former Gadhafi officials. Authorities believe […]
Iran Held Us Because of Nationality, Not Actions
Posted September 25th, 2011 at 5:51 pm (UTC-5)
Two American hikers imprisoned two years ago in Iran on charges of espionage say they were held because they are Americans, not because they did anything wrong. Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer, who were arrested with their friend Sarah Shourd while hiking along the Iraq-Iran border in July 2009 — were freed Wednesday after Oman […]
