The parents of slain teenager Trayvon Martin spoke out Thursday at a rally in Sanford, Florida, calling for the arrest of the neighborhood watchman who shot their son to death last month. Noting that the Sanford police chief temporarily stepped down earlier in the day, the victim’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, said that move was “temporary […]
Rally in Florida Over Shooting Death of Teenager
Posted March 22nd, 2012 at 5:15 pm (UTC-5)
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Fresh Clashes in Syria Defy UN Peace Call
Posted March 22nd, 2012 at 9:00 am (UTC-5)
Fresh clashes broke out across Syria on Thursday, a day after the United Nations Security Council called for the government and opponents to enact a peace plan proposed by a U.N. envoy. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said a Security Council statement has sent a “clear” message to the Syrian government to stop its crackdown on […]
UN Chief ‘Deeply Concerned’ at North Korean Missile Launch Plans
Posted March 22nd, 2012 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed “deep concern” about North Korea’s plan to launch a satellite into orbit, and vowed to raise the issue at next week’s nuclear security summit in Seoul. Mr. Ban, speaking Thursday, said the missile launch — widely seen outside the North as a pretext for testing a nuclear weapons delivery […]
Mali Renegade Soldiers Say Have Dissolved Government
Posted March 22nd, 2012 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
Renegade soldiers in Mali say they have overthrown President Amadou Toumani Toure, just weeks before the scheduled end of his term. A group of soldiers appeared on state television Thursday morning after a night of gunfire around the presidential palace. A spokesman for the soldiers said they had ended the president’s “incompetent regime,” suspended the […]
French Officials Say Shooting Suspect is Dead
Posted March 22nd, 2012 at 6:20 am (UTC-5)
French officials say the suspect in the killing of seven people is dead after a more than 24-hour standoff in the southern city of Toulouse. French Interior Minister Claude Gueant said Thursday police stormed the apartment where 24-year-old Mohammed Merah had been holed up, and were met with gunfire before he jumped out the window. […]
Gunfire Reported Outside Mali’s Presidential Palace
Posted March 21st, 2012 at 5:40 pm (UTC-5)
Reports from Mali say mutinous soldiers are firing weapons outside the presidential palace, after troops launched a protest Wednesday against the government’s handling of a rebellion. The U.S. embassy in the capital, Bamako, has announced it is monitoring the situation closely. It advised U.S. citizens to stay indoors. State radio and television went off the […]
Romney Wins Illinois, Santorum Focuses on South
Posted March 21st, 2012 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has increased his lead in the race for the party nomination, while his closest rival focuses on an upcoming contest in the conservative South, where Romney has struggled to win support. Romney scored a convincing victory Tuesday in the Republican primary in the state of Illinois. With nearly all […]
British Hostage Freed in Somalia
Posted March 21st, 2012 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
A British woman is free and has arrived in Kenya’s capital after being held captive in Somalia for more than half a year. Somali gunmen kidnapped 56-year-old Judith Tebbutt from a remote Kenyan beach resort last September. Witnesses say Tebbutt was released in the Somali town of Addado Wednesday and put on a plane to […]
UN Security Council Endorses Syria Peace Plan
Posted March 21st, 2012 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations Security Council has adopted a statement supporting U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan’s plan to try to end Syria’s year-long unrest. The statement says Syria will face “further steps” if Mr. Annan’s six-point peace proposal is rejected. The plan calls for a cease-fire, political dialogue between the government and opposition, and access for […]
Burma Invites US, EU to Observe April 1 Balloting
Posted March 21st, 2012 at 7:50 am (UTC-5)
U.S. and European officials say they have been invited to send teams to observe Burma’s April 1 by-elections. An official at the U.S. Embassy in Rangoon confirmed the invitation to VOA and other news organizations Wednesday — at the same time a Bangkok-based elections monitoring group said its top coordinator was expelled from Burma. The […]
