The United States has imposed heavier than expected anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese solar panels, prompting Beijing to complain Friday of “protectionist” policies by Washington. The U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday announced duties of between 31 and 250 percent on Chinese made solar panels, ruling they are being “dumped” in the U.S. market at prices below […]
China Rejects Anti-Dumping Tariffs on Solar Panels
Posted May 18th, 2012 at 7:50 am (UTC-5)
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Syrian Opposition Rocked by Internal Dissension
Posted May 17th, 2012 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
Syria’s opposition movement is in disarray as the newly re-elected head of the main exile coalition has offered to resign amid criticism of his leadership and infighting that has plagued groups trying to oust President Bashar al-Assad. Syrian National Council chief Burhan Ghalioun said Thursday he does not want to be a cause of division […]
Defiant Mladic Goes on Trial at The Hague
Posted May 16th, 2012 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
Prosecutors are making their case against the infamous military commander blamed for helping engineer the genocide of Bosnian Muslims two decades ago. Former Bosnian Serb army commander General Ratko Mladic gave a thumbs-up and clapped his hands as he entered the courtroom at The Hague. The defiant 70-year-old taunted survivors, looking at one Muslim woman […]
Syrian Activists Say Government Attacks Kill 9 People
Posted May 16th, 2012 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
Syrian activists say government shelling and gunfire killed at least nine people across the country on Wednesday, most of them in a region where U.N. military observers were caught up in a deadly shooting and bomb blast the day before. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said security forces opened fire for a second […]
Greece to Hold Repeat Elections June 17
Posted May 16th, 2012 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
Greece has set June 17 as the date for the country’s repeat elections, after major political parties failed to form a coalition government on Tuesday following several attempts to broker a deal. The date was announced Wednesday after Greek President Karolos Papoulias met with party leaders to create a caretaker government. State television announced that […]
Charles Taylor Speaks at War Crimes Trial Sentencing
Posted May 16th, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor has said he has “deepest sympathies” for those who suffered during Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war — but stopped short of apologizing for atrocities committed by rebels he armed in exchange for diamonds. Instead, Taylor told judges in The Hague Wednesday that his actions during the bloody conflict were “done […]
UN Urges Uganda to Prosecute Captured LRA Commander
Posted May 15th, 2012 at 2:45 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations is urging Uganda to prosecute a captured field commander of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army. Ugandan forces captured Caesar Acellam, one of the LRA’s top military leaders, in the Central African Republic on Saturday. Since then, multiple Ugandan officials have said Acellam could receive a pardon under the country’s Amnesty Act. Radhika […]
Greek Talks Fail, Prompting a New Election
Posted May 15th, 2012 at 1:25 pm (UTC-5)
Talks aimed at resolving the political crisis hanging over debt-plagued Greece have fallen apart. A statement Tuesday from the office of Greek President Karolos Papoulias declared the talks a failure. And Socialist PASOK party leader Evangelos Venizelos says the country will now have to hold fresh elections. That vote could be held next month. Political […]
Activists Say Syrian Forces Kill 20 at Funeral
Posted May 15th, 2012 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
Syrian activists say government forces have shot and killed at least 20 people at a funeral procession in central Syria while U.N. military observers were in the area. The activists say the shootings happened Tuesday in Khan Sheikhoun, near the city of Hama. There was no independent confirmation of the casualties. A spokesman for international […]
German Trip Postponed for France’s Hollande
Posted May 15th, 2012 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
The plane carrying newly installed French President Francois Hollande to Germany is heading back to France after it was struck by lighting. French officials say the plane turned around and is now returning to Paris. Mr. Hollande’s visit to Berlin for key talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel was his first order of business Tuesday […]
