Striking Greek transport workers brought Athens to a standstill Thursday in a new protest against austerity measures imposed by the government to secure international financing for the debt-ridden country. Public transport workers and taxi drivers walked off their jobs, as well as air traffic controllers and teachers. Some newspapers also reacted angrily to the demands […]
Striking Greek Workers Protest New Austerity Cuts
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
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9 Killed in Violence in Yemen’s Capital
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 11:29 am (UTC-5)
The death toll from five days of clashes between pro- and anti-government forces in Yemen neared 100 on Thursday after renewed fighting erupted in the capital, Sana’a. Witnesses and medical officials say at least nine people were killed in Thursday’s unrest in the capital. Witnesses say several of those killed were bystanders who were caught […]
Global Markets Plunge on Economic Recovery Doubts
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 11:11 am (UTC-5)
Global stock markets plunged Thursday in reaction to the U.S. central bank’s dim prospects for the world’s largest economy and fears that its latest move to boost the economy will not prove effective. Asian markets dropped sharply, major European markets were all off more than 4 percent in afternoon trading and U.S. stock markets also […]
European Stocks Lower in Midday Trading
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 11:06 am (UTC-5)
The major U.S. stock indexes plunged in early trading Thursday on investor concerns that U.S. policy makers are running out of ways to spark the country’s struggling economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 2.6 percent. The S&P 500 index fell almost 2.3 percent. And the NASDAQ slid 1.8 percent. European stock prices also tumbled […]
Karzai: Rabbani Killer Used Fake Peace Message for Access
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the suicide bomber who killed former president Burhannuddin Rabbani used a fake peace message from the Taliban to gain access to the peace broker. Mr. Rabbani, the head of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, was killed Tuesday at his Kabul home when the attacker detonated explosives in his turban. Mr. Rabbani […]
International Outcry over Execution in U.S. State of Georgia
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 10:02 am (UTC-5)
There has been international condemnation of the execution in the U.S. of a man convicted in the 1989 murder of a police officer. Defense lawyers for Troy Davis, as well as a number of high-profile world figures, said he was innocent and should not have been put to death. Davis died by lethal injection late […]
Pakistan Arrests Extremist Leader for Inciting Sectarian Violence
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 8:57 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani police say they have placed a prominent Islamist militant under house arrest after accusing him of trying to incite sectarian hatred. Officials say Malik Ishaq, the head of the banned Sunni Muslim extremist group Laskhar-e-Jhangvi, is under house arrest for 10 days in the city of Rahim Yar Khan. Police accuse Ishaq of making […]
Riots Break Out in Zambia as Country Nervously Awaits Election Results
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
Zambia’s High Court has barred three private media organizations from publishing speculative reports on the outcome of Tuesday’s presidential and parliamentary elections, as the country’s electoral commission scrambles to finish counting votes ahead its self-imposed Thursday deadline. The court issued an injunction Wednesday banning one of the country’s leading privately-owned, pro-opposition newspapers, The Post of […]
US Death Row Inmate Put to Death
Posted September 21st, 2011 at 11:30 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. death row inmate Troy Davis, who was convicted for the 1989 shooting death of a police officer, was put to death late Wednesday in the southern state of Georgia, after the Supreme Court rejected a last minute appeal to stay his execution. Davis died by lethal injection just after 11 p.m. local time as […]
South Sudan President Meets With Obama
Posted September 21st, 2011 at 9:51 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged to remain committed to helping the people of South Sudan, but called on President Salva Kiir to work on resolving issues remaining with neighboring Sudan. Mr. Obama met with the leader of the newly-independent South Sudan Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session. The two […]
