French police have made an arrest after raiding a house in Toulouse where a suspect in the deadly Jewish school shooting is holed up. Police say the man taken into custody is the alleged shooter’s brother and the siege of the house continues. French Interior Minister Claude Gueant says the suspect claims he belongs to […]
French Police Make Arrest in School Shooting
Posted March 21st, 2012 at 1:30 am (UTC-5)
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French Police Raid House inJewish School Shooting
Posted March 20th, 2012 at 11:05 pm (UTC-5)
French police have raided a house in Toulouse to arrest suspects in connection with Monday’s Jewish school shooting. There are no details on the raid or word if anyone has been arrested. Hundreds of police joined in the manhunt for the suspect in Monday’s fatal shooting deaths of a rabbi and three children at the […]
Polls Close in Illinois Republican Primary
Posted March 20th, 2012 at 7:10 pm (UTC-5)
Polls in Illinois have closed after a day in which Republicans cast their ballots to select their candidate to take on President Barack Obama, a Democrat, in November. Heading into the primary, Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney appeared positioned to widen his lead over top rival Rick Santorum. Opinion polls released a day ahead of the […]
Tibetan Activist Stages Hunger Strike From NY Hospital
Posted March 20th, 2012 at 2:45 pm (UTC-5)
A Tibetan activist staging a nearly monthlong hunger strike outside the United Nations is continuing his protest from a New York hospital Tuesday. The Tibetan Youth Congress said in a press release that Tibetan-American Dorjee Gyalpo was forced by police to seek medical care late Monday after he was unable to stand up on the […]
Russia Willing to Back Annan Plan for Syria at UN Security Council
Posted March 20th, 2012 at 8:10 am (UTC-5)
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Bomb Blasts Across Iraq Kill 38
Posted March 20th, 2012 at 4:15 am (UTC-5)
A series of near simultaneous bombings in nearly a dozen Iraqi cities has killed at least 38 people and wounded 160. Iraqi police say car and roadside bombs went off early Tuesday in a number of places, including Baghdad, Kirkuk, and the holy Shi’ite city of Karbala. It is unclear who was targeted by the […]
North Korea Invites UN Nuclear Monitors to Return
Posted March 19th, 2012 at 6:50 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations nuclear watchdog said Monday it has received an invitation from North Korea to visit, three years after its inspectors were expelled from the communist country. A spokeswoman for the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency said the invitation was received Friday — the same day Pyongyang announced it would launch a rocket carrying […]
Former Khmer Rouge Jailer Testifies Against Former Bosses
Posted March 19th, 2012 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
A former chief jailer for the notorious Khmer Rouge jailer has testified against the top three surviving members of the group that imposed a reign of terror on Cambodia during the late 1970s. Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch , testified Monday in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. During questioning, he said he was […]
Romney, Santorum Prepare for Illinois Primary
Posted March 19th, 2012 at 2:35 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are campaigning in the central state of Illinois ahead of Tuesday’s nominating contest. Former Massachusetts governor Romney, fresh off his victory in the U.S. island territory of Puerto Rico, met with voters at a diner in the capital, Springfield, before heading to Chicago to deliver an […]
Guinea Bissau Election Marred by Assassination
Posted March 19th, 2012 at 1:40 pm (UTC-5)
The head of Guinea Bissau’s election commission has asked for more security at election offices after a top military official was killed the same day of presidential polling. Desejado Lima da Costa tells VOA that the military has agreed to provide the extra security. He says the country’s army chief has also given assurances that […]
