Italy is demanding NATO investigate whether an alliance warship ignored a distress call from a boat full of refugees trying to flee Libya. Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Friday Italy was also asking NATO to consider changing its mission to mandate alliance forces in the region rescue and protect migrants fleeing the conflict by sea. […]
Italy Demands NATO Investigate Response to Distressed Refugee Boat
Posted August 5th, 2011 at 5:45 pm (UTC-5)
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UN Peacekeeper Killed in Darfur
Posted August 5th, 2011 at 3:40 pm (UTC-5)
A United Nations spokesman says one U.N. peacekeeper was killed and another seriously wounded Friday when their vehicle was attacked by gunmen in the Darfur region of Sudan. The U.N. says the peacekeepers were part of the Joint United Nations-African Union force in Darfur (UNAMID) and were ambushed in the village of Duma, northeast of […]
World Stock Indexes Continue to Fall
Posted August 5th, 2011 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
World stock indexes continued to fall on Friday. After rallying in early trading, U.S. stock indexes fell sharply, adding more losses for investors beyond Thursday’s steep declines. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 1.7 percent in midday trading. The broader S & P 500 index is off 2.2 percent, with the NASDAQ dropping by […]
Government Reports Improved US Job Market
Posted August 5th, 2011 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. economy had a net gain of 117,000 jobs in July, and the unemployment rate declined slightly to hit 9.1 percent. Friday’s report from the Labor Department was better than economists had predicted. The data also show the unemployment rate declined because some unemployed people gave up their job hunt in the belief that […]
7 Killed in Looting at Somalia Aid Camp
Posted August 5th, 2011 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
Witnesses at a refugee camp in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, say seven people were killed during a looting spree that broke out as food was being distributed to famine and drought victims. People at the scene say the violence began Friday when men dressed as government troops began stealing food at the Badbaado camp, the largest […]
Four Killed in Syria’s Anti-Government Protests
Posted August 5th, 2011 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
At least four people have been killed in Syria when security forces opened fire on protesters who poured onto the streets Friday, in spite of a government crackdown on dissent. Witnesses and activists say forces used live ammunition and tear gas, as thousands of demonstrators renewed calls for President Bashar al-Assad’s resignation. Activists say at […]
Stocks Plunge in US, Europe, Asia Amid New Worries of Global Downturn
Posted August 5th, 2011 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
Stock markets plunged again Friday, amid new concerns that the world may be headed for another sharp economic downturn. Key European markets were as much as two percent lower at midday Friday, after falling nearly four percent Thursday. In Asia, markets fell Friday, with Tokyo’s Nikkei closing down 3.72 percent and hitting its lowest level […]
Urges ‘Unfettered’ Aid to Shabab-controlled Somalia
Posted August 4th, 2011 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is calling on the al-Shabab militant group to allow aid groups “unfettered” access to bring food assistance to the more than a million people facing famine in the part of Somalia they control. At a press conference Thursday, Clinton said this would allow aid groups to save as many […]
Haitians Bracing for Tropical Storm Emily
Posted August 4th, 2011 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
Haitians living in makeshift tent camps are bracing for possible life-threatening flash floods and mudslides as a result of Tropical Storm Emily. Some rain is already falling on southern Haiti, but forecasters say the brunt of the storm is not expected to hit until later in the day. At last report , the storm was […]
Syria Announces Reforms; Hama Remains Under Siege
Posted August 4th, 2011 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has issued a decree that allows citizens to form political parties. The decree comes as the death toll continues to rise in the government’s crackdown on political dissent. The state-run SANA news agency said Thursday the presidential decree gives citizens the right to establish and join political parties as long as […]
