Hundreds of Buddhist monks demonstrated in Sri Lanka Thursday to protest a recent wave of violence targeting their religious community in Bangladesh. Reverend Galagodawatte Ghanasara told the crowd in Colombo that Buddhists are hiding in jungles in fear of their lives after rampaging Muslims reportedly torched more than 20 temples and over 100 businesses in […]
Sri Lanka’s Buddhist Monks Protest Bangladesh Violence
Posted October 4th, 2012 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
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European Central Bank Chief Praises Spain Economic Effort
Posted October 4th, 2012 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi is praising debt-ridden Spain’s efforts to control its spending even as investors fear Madrid will be forced into an international bailout. Draghi offered his assessment of the Spanish austerity program Thursday, just after the central bank’s governing council decided to keep its benchmark lending rate at a record-low three-quarters […]
Russia Sides with Pakistan on US Drone Strikes
Posted October 4th, 2012 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
Russia says it supports Islamabad’s position that U.S. drone strikes targeting suspected militants within Pakistan’s borders are a violation of the country’s sovereignty. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters in the Pakistani capital Thursday that Moscow believes no one has the right to violate a country’s sovereignty. He spoke alongside his Pakistani counterpart, Hina […]
Georgia’s Ivanishvili Urges Supporters to Stop Protests
Posted October 4th, 2012 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
Georgia’s Bidzina Ivanishvili is urging supporters of his coalition to stop street protests against the country’s outgoing government. Ivanishvili told reporters Thursday all election-related disputes should be resolved in courts. He said his Georgian Dream coalition is now in power and will soon take control of parliament. Ivanishvili’s coalition defeated the United National Movement of […]
Ex-Philippine President Arrested for Plunder
Posted October 4th, 2012 at 9:25 am (UTC-5)
Philippine police have descended on a Manila hospital, and placed former president Gloria Arroyo under arrest for plunder. The onetime Philippine leader is already on trial for fraud and corruption. Mrs. Arroyo suffers from a long-term spinal illness. Police said she will be detained at the hospital, where she was also being treated for dehydration. […]
Afghan President Says No Delay in 2014 Vote
Posted October 4th, 2012 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says that the country’s 2014 presidential elections will take place on time despite the scheduled exit of international troops from the country. During a news conference Thursday in the capital, Kabul, Mr. Karzai said the vote will “100 percent happen on time,” adding that any prolonging of his tenure would be […]
Afghan President Says No Delay in 2014 Vote
Posted October 4th, 2012 at 6:35 am (UTC-5)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says that the country’s 2014 presidential elections will take place on time despite the scheduled exit of U.S. and NATO troops from the country. During a news conference Thursday in the capital, Kabul, Mr. Karzai said the vote will “100 percent, happen on time” adding that any prolonging of his tenure […]
Searing Cambodian Genocide Film Grips US Audiences
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 8:50 pm (UTC-5)
A groundbreaking Cambodian film depicting the life of a woman who lost most of her family four decades ago in the genocidal reign of the Khmer Rouge is touring the United States and stirring profound reflection and grief in Khmer-speaking audiences. “Lost Loves,” co-written by Chhay Bora and his actress wife Kauv Sotheary, is the […]
Turkey Strikes Syria After Syrian Mortars Kill 5 Civilians in Turkish Town
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 6:25 pm (UTC-5)
Turkey says its armed forces have fired on targets inside Syria in retaliation for a Syrian mortar attack that killed five Turkish civilians in a Turkish border town. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office said Turkish forces responded “immediately” by using radar to shell the sources of the Syrian mortar fire. Mr. Erdogan said […]
Obama, Romney Facing High Stakes in First Debate
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 4:25 pm (UTC-5)
Both campaigns attempted to take advantage of inadvertent remarks and new revelations Tuesday. The Romney campaign said Vice President Joe Biden’s remarks at a campaign rally in North Carolina that middle income Americans have been “buried” by the anemic U.S. economy over the last four years was an admission that the Obama administration’s economic policies […]
