French officials say one person is dead after police carried out raids across France Saturday while investigating a grenade attack on a Jewish market outside Paris. Police conducted the raids after DNA on the grenade led police to a suspect in the eastern city of Strasbourg. When confronted, police say the suspect opened fire on […]
Suspect Dead in French Anti-Terrorism Raids
Posted October 6th, 2012 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
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North Korean Soldier Kills 2 Before Defecting to South
Posted October 6th, 2012 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
A South Korean official says a North Korean soldier has defected to the South after killing two officers. A South Korean Defense Ministry official says the defection took place around noon on Saturday across the western section of the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone separating the two countries. The South Korean military says the soldier used […]
Protest Follows Firing of 12,000 South African Miners
Posted October 6th, 2012 at 6:30 am (UTC-5)
Dozens of South African miners held a protest march Saturday in Rustenburg in a show of solidarity with thousands of fellow miners fired at the Anglo American platinum mine. The world’s largest platinum producer dismissed 12,000 mineworkers in Rustenburg Friday for staging an illegal strike. Anglo American Platinum said the workers from its Rustenburg mine […]
Five Terror Suspects Depart Britain to Face US Charges
Posted October 5th, 2012 at 11:20 pm (UTC-5)
Two U.S. planes carrying radical Muslim preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other suspected terrorists have left Britain for the United States, hours after Britain’s High Court cleared the way for their extradition. The planes departed a Royal Air Force base late Friday, after the British High Court rejected last-minute appeals by Hamza and the […]
Five Terror Suspects Depart Britain to Face US Charges
Posted October 5th, 2012 at 8:05 pm (UTC-5)
Two U.S. planes carrying radical Muslim preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other suspected terrorists have departed Britain for the United States, hours after Britain’s High Court cleared the way for their extradition. The planes departed a Royal Air Force base late Friday, after the High Court rejected last-minute appeals by al-Masri and the others. […]
Germany’s Merkel to Visit Greece Next Week
Posted October 5th, 2012 at 2:45 pm (UTC-5)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she will visit Athens next week, her first visit to debt-ridden Greece since the three-year eurozone governmental debt crisis threatened to undermine the world’s economic fortunes. Ms. Merkel has often drawn the anger of Greeks protesting in the streets against the austerity measures that she has demanded be imposed before […]
Turkish PM Warns Syria About Cross-Border Attacks
Posted October 5th, 2012 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is warning Syria against carrying out more cross-border attacks. In a fiery speech Friday in Istanbul, Mr. Erdogan said the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should not test Turkey’s ability to strike back. His remarks came two days after a Syrian attack on the Turkish town of Akcakale […]
Tibetan PM-in-Exile ‘Ready to Engage’ in China Talks
Posted October 5th, 2012 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
Rising tensions, including an ongoing Chinese crackdown on dissent, will not stop Tibet’s government-in-exile from seeking talks with Beijing. Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay told reporters in New Delhi Friday the next step is up to China. “We are ready to engage in dialogue with the Chinese government anytime, anywhere, this is where we stand. But […]
Romney, Obama Campaigns Spin New Jobless Report
Posted October 5th, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney have traded barbs over a new economic report that shows a better-than-expected drop in the nation’s jobless rate. The report, which was released on Friday, says the unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent in September, marking the first time the rate has dipped below the 8 […]
US Jobless Rate Dips to 7.8 Percent
Posted October 5th, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. jobless rate fell to 7.8 percent in September, the first time in 44 months it had dipped below the 8-percent level. In a key government report, one month ahead of the country’s presidential election, the U.S. said Friday the country’s labor market added 114,000 jobs last month. It also revised the estimate for […]
