U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged India to use its economic power to boost commerce across Central Asia, including Afghanistan and India’s long-time adversary Pakistan. In a speech in Chennai, India, Wednesday, Clinton said India, which has been working to broaden economic and political ties in East Asia, also has the potential to […]
Clinton Urges India to Boost Economic Activity
Posted July 20th, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
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Afghan Forces Take Security Control Despite Deadly Attacks
Posted July 20th, 2011 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
Afghan insurgents launched deadly attacks in key cities Wednesday, even as the coalition continued to transfer security control to Afghan forces. Afghan officials said a gunbattle between local forces and insurgents killed three police officers, including the district chief, and two militants in Kandahar city Wednesday. Separately, a bomb planted on a bicycle killed at […]
Activists: Pro-Assad Forces Kill 13 People in Central Syria
Posted July 19th, 2011 at 4:50 pm (UTC-5)
Syrian rights activists and witnesses say pro-government forces have shot and killed at least 13 people since Monday in the central city of Homs, a center of recent protests against President Bashar al-Assad. The activists and residents of Homs say Syrian troops and pro-Assad militiamen opened fire on a funeral procession outside the city’s Khaled […]
Afghan Forces Take Security Control of Provincial Capital
Posted July 19th, 2011 at 3:35 pm (UTC-5)
Afghan forces have taken security control of the capital of eastern Laghman province from NATO troops, the latest step in the transition process as international forces begin leaving the country. During a ceremony in Mehterlam Tuesday, U.S. forces handed control of the relatively-peaceful city to Afghan troops. The provincial capital is one of seven areas […]
Obama: No More Time ‘to Posture’ on US Debt
Posted July 19th, 2011 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is warning Congress it is running out of time to cut the government deficit and raise the debt ceiling. Mr. Obama told reporters at the White House Tuesday lawmakers “don’t have any more time to posture.” He said failure to reach a deal on raising the country’s debt limit would soon […]
Israel Tows Gaza Activists’ Yacht to Port
Posted July 19th, 2011 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
Israel’s navy has towed a French yacht carrying pro-Palestinian activists to an Israeli port after stopping the activists’ attempt to break Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Israeli seized the Dignity al-Karama in the Mediterranean and towed it to Ashdod’s port on Tuesday. Israeli officials say the activists will be deported. Sixteen people, including […]
Arrests Made After Attack on Guinean President
Posted July 19th, 2011 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
Authorities in Guinea have made at least two arrests following the assassination attempt on President Alpha Conde. President Conde told French radio Tuesday that the two main leaders of the attack, both of them military figures, have been taken into custody. Media reports say one of the two is the former head of the Guinean […]
US Stocks Higher on Earnings, Housing Data
Posted July 19th, 2011 at 12:50 pm (UTC-5)
Profits at some top U.S. companies and an increase in new home construction helped push the major U.S. stock indexes higher in midday trading Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained nine-tenths of a percent. The S&P 500 index jumped eight-tenths of a percent. And the NASDAQ advanced about 1.5 percent. European stock prices closed […]
Murdoch: ‘Humbled’ by Phone-hacking Scandal but Not Personally Responsible
Posted July 19th, 2011 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
Media baron Rupert Murdoch says he is humbled by the phone-hacking scandal engulfing his British press operations but adds he is not personally responsible for it. The 80-year-old Murdoch answered questions before a Parliament investigative committee on Tuesday alongside his son James, his chief deputy at his global media company, News Corporation. The elder Murdoch […]
Clinton Says US, India United in Terror Fight
Posted July 19th, 2011 at 9:10 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States and India are united in fighting “violent extremist networks,” and that the two nations are increasingly working together on homeland security issues. Her comments came Tuesday in the Indian capital, New Delhi, as she began two days of talks with Indian officials aimed at strengthening […]
