U.S. stock market indexes declined in Thursday’s midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost four-tenths of a percent, the S&P 500 moved down three-tenths, while the NASDAQ slid one-tenth of a percent. European stock markets were lower at the close of trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index lost 1.4 percent to end at 5,848. […]
Clinton: Feds Probe Google Hacking Allegations
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says federal agents are investigating accusations from Internet giant Google that computer hackers in China broke into the e-mail accounts of hundreds of people, including senior U.S. officials, Chinese political activists and journalists. Clinton, speaking Thursday in Washington, called the allegations “very serious,” but offered no details of the […]
NATO Says Forces Capture Bin Laden Associate in Afghanistan
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
NATO says Afghan and coalition troops have captured an al-Qaida facilitator who was a former associate of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. In a statement Thursday, NATO said the man was captured in the Nahr-e Shahi area of northern Balkh province, but did not give his name. The coalition said the Pakistan-based man planned attacks […]
NATO Says Forces Capture Bin Laden Associate in Afghanistan
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
NATO says Afghan and coalition troops have captured an al-Qaida facilitator who was a former associate of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. In a statement Thursday, NATO said the man was captured in the Nahr-e Shahi area of northern Balkh province, but did not give his name. The coalition said the Pakistan-based man planned attacks […]
US Senator Meets Aung San Suu Kyi in Burmese Capital
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Senator John McCain — in Burma to assess prospects for democratic reforms — has promised opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi continued U.S. support for efforts to bring democracy to the Southeast Asian nation. McCain met Thursday with the pro-democracy leader in Rangoon for about an hour. Afterward, in comments to reporters, Aung San […]
US Stocks Rise
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes rose in Thursday’s early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 moved up one-tenth of a percent while the NASDAQ gained two-tenths of a percent. European stock markets were lower in afternoon trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index lost eight-tenths of a percent, the CAC 40 in Paris […]
Death Toll Rises From Deadly European Bacteria
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 9:25 am (UTC-5)
The World Health Organization says a deadly outbreak of E. coli bacteria that has now killed 18 Europeans is a new strain that has never been seen before. The latest victim died overnight in Germany. The United Nations agency said Thursday that preliminary genetic tests suggest the strain is a mutant of two different E. […]
Yemeni Tribesman Push to Enter Capital
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 9:15 am (UTC-5)
Yemeni security forces and loyalists of an opposition tribal chief have clashed on the outskirts of the capital, Sana’a. Witnesses say hundreds of tribesmen loyal to Sheikh Sadeq al-Ahmar are trying to make their way to his Sana’a neighborhood , which is being pounded by government forces. They say dozens of people have been killed […]
Cross-Border Attack Kills 65 in Northwest Pakistan
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 9:05 am (UTC-5)
At least 65 people have been killed in a militant attack on a checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan along the Afghan border. Police say the fighting, which began Wednesday and continued into Thursday, occurred in a remote village in Pakistan’s Dir tribal area when about 200 militants crossed the border from Afghanistan’s Kunar province. Officials say […]
Death Toll Mounts from Crackdown in Central Syria
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
Syrian activists say at least 15 people were killed on Thursday as Syrian security forces pound the central town of Rastan. Witnesses say a number of buildings in the town have been destroyed as the government continues its crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. On Wednesday, rights groups put the civilian death toll from the crackdown in […]
