Seasonal rains and flooding have killed more than 200 people and made thousands more homeless in Pakistan and eastern India. Zafar Qadir, the head of Pakistan’s disaster management authority, said Monday that at least 200 people have been killed and more than five million affected by monsoon rains in his country. The flooding has inundated […]
Heavy Flooding Kills Hundreds in Pakistan, India
Posted September 12th, 2011 at 2:51 pm (UTC-5)
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Heavy Flooding Kills Hundreds in Pakistan, India
Posted September 12th, 2011 at 10:57 am (UTC-5)
Seasonal rains and flooding have killed more than 200 people and made thousands more homeless in Pakistan and eastern India. Zafar Qadir, the head of Pakistan’s disaster management authority, said Monday that at least 200 people have been killed and more than five million affected by monsoon rains in his country. The flooding has inundated […]
ANC Youth Leader Malema Convicted of Hate Speech
Posted September 12th, 2011 at 8:36 am (UTC-5)
A South African judge has found the head of the ruling party’s youth league guilty of hate speech, for singing a song whose lyrics mean “shoot the white farmer.” Monday’s ruling bans Julius Malema and his supporters from singing the song, entitled “Shoot the Boer.” Judge Collin Lamont said the words of the song are […]
Rival Sudans Reach Deal on Abyei Troop Pullout
Posted September 8th, 2011 at 9:06 pm (UTC-5)
The governments of Sudan and newly independent South Sudan have reached a new agreement to withdraw their troops from the disputed Abyei region. The United Nations’ assistant peacekeeping chief, Edmond Mulet, says the two sides agreed in Addis Ababa Thursday to pull their forces out of Abyei between September 11 and 30. Sudan and South […]
South Korea Calls for Talks with Japan over ‘Comfort Women’
Posted September 8th, 2011 at 5:46 am (UTC-5)
South Korea says it will ask Japan to join it in talks about Korean women who were used by Japanese soldiers as sex slaves during World War Two. The Foreign Ministry announced its intentions Thursday, days after South Korea’s high court ruled the constitution requires the government to take specific action to settle a dispute […]
South Korean Court Affirms Life Sentence for Somali Pirate
Posted September 8th, 2011 at 3:36 am (UTC-5)
A South Korean appeals court has upheld a life sentence for a Somali pirate convicted in the hijacking of a South Korean ship in the Arabian Sea earlier this year. The conviction of 23-year-old Mahomed Araye was handed down in May by a district court in the southern city of Busan. Araye was one of […]
South Korea Has Highest Suicide Rate in OECD
Posted September 4th, 2011 at 10:20 pm (UTC-5)
South Korea has the highest suicide rate among the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). South Korean news reports say about 15,500 people in South Korea committed suicide in 2009. This represents about 28 deaths by suicide for every 100,000 people, or about 42 people on average daily. The country’s suicide […]
South Sudan Says It Will Move Capital
Posted September 4th, 2011 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
The government of South Sudan is planning to move its capital from the city of Juba to a less populated town in Lakes State. South Sudanese officials say the Cabinet has decided to move the capital to Ramciel, in the center of the new nation. Officials said Sunday that the government was having problems acquiring […]
South Africa’s ANC Denies Malema Bid to Drop Charges
Posted September 2nd, 2011 at 6:10 am (UTC-5)
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress said Friday it is not dropping disciplinary charges against its Youth League leader Julius Malema. Malema had sought to have the charges dropped. He is accused of sowing dissension within the ANC by undermining President Jacob Zuma and calling for the overthrow of the leader of neighboring Botswana. Malema […]
South Korean Police Disperse Protesters at Navy Base Construction Site
Posted September 2nd, 2011 at 12:50 am (UTC-5)
South Korea has resumed construction of a controversial naval base that has been the site of violent protests in recent weeks. Riot police early Friday ordered the eviction of nearly 100 protesters who were occupying the site, which is located in a small village on the southern island of Jeju. Police arrested 35 people following […]
