U.S. stocks advanced in Monday’s midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up eight-tenths of one percent. The S&P 500 is ahead 1.1 percent while the NASDAQ is up 2.1 percent. European stocks closed higher. London’s Financial Times 100 index advanced 1.1 percent to close at 5,548. The CAC-40 in Paris gained 1.6 percent […]
Death Toll Rises in Turkey Quake
Posted October 24th, 2011 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
Rescuers in Turkey dug through piles of rubble Monday searching for survivors of Sunday’s earthquake that officials say killed more than 260 people and injured at least 1,000 more. The Turkish news agency Anatolia reports one man was pulled from a collapsed building after he managed to call police from his cell phone. Officials say […]
Libyan Transitional Leader: New Government in 2 Weeks
Posted October 24th, 2011 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
Libya’s transitional leader says he hopes talks to form a new interim government will be finished in about two weeks. National Transitional Council head Mustafa Abdel Jalil made the remark in the eastern city of Benghazi Monday, a day after he declared the country liberated from Moammar Gadhafi’s 42-year rule at a ceremony attended by […]
Panetta, in Japan, Says US to Maintain Pacific Presence
Posted October 24th, 2011 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told American forces in Japan Monday that the United States is determined to maintain and strengthen its military presence in Asia. Panetta was speaking at an air base west of Tokyo, where he arrived after delivering a similar message to Southeast Asian defense ministers in Indonesia. During a town hall […]
Libya Declares Liberation From 42-Year Gadhafi Rule
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 9:45 pm (UTC-5)
Libya’s provisional leaders have declared the country liberated from the 42-year rule of Moammar Gadhafi, at a ceremony attended by tens of thousands of people in the eastern city of Benghazi. National Transitional Council leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil told the crowd Sunday that Islamic law will shape the new constitution in post-Gadhafi Libya. He promised […]
Huge Turnout in Tunisia’s First Democratic Polls
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 3:05 pm (UTC-5)
Tunisia has held its first democratic elections, just months after a revolution that sparked the Arab Spring uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East. Tunisians turned out to vote in huge numbers Sunday, expressing excitement and pride at the chance to choose among multiple political parties for the first time since independence in 1956. […]
Huge Turnout in Tunisia’s First Democratic Polls
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
Tunisia has held its first democratic elections, just months after a revolution that sparked the Arab Spring uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East. Tunisians turned out to vote in huge numbers Sunday, expressing excitement and pride at the chance to choose among multiple political parties for the first time since independence in 1956. […]
Quake Kills at Least 60 in Southeastern Turkey
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
Turkish state television reports at least 60 people killed and 150 injured after a strong earthquake in southeastern Turkey near the border with Iran. The magnitude 7.2 quake struck Van province Sunday afternoon . Several strong aftershocks were recorded. The town of Ercis is the hardest hit. Authorities in Ercis are quoted as saying the […]
Clashes in Yemeni Capital Kill 12
Posted October 22nd, 2011 at 8:55 pm (UTC-5)
Fierce clashes Saturday between Yemeni forces loyal to embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh and opposition fighters in the capital Sana’a killed at least 12 people, including five civilians. Medical officials said several loyalists of Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, a Yemeni general who broke with the government and joined the opposition, were also among the dead in […]
Iraqi PM: Immunity Key Issue in US Withdrawal
Posted October 22nd, 2011 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday the U.S. decision to withdraw troops from Iraq by the end of 2011 came after his government refused to grant immunity from prosecution to U.S. troops in Iraq. Mr. Maliki said the pull-out was according to schedule and that both sides were obliged to carry it out, but […]
