Greek police clashed with hooded youths hurling firebombs at them Wednesday in Athens after 50,000 workers demonstrated against the government’s latest round of austerity measures. Officers fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades back at the youths, with the booming noise and smoke filling the streets near the central square . Workers walked off their […]
Greek Workers Hold General Strike
Posted September 26th, 2012 at 8:35 am (UTC-5)
Greek police have fired tear gas at protesters in Athens after some demonstrators hurled gasoline bombs at them, as tens of thousands of people demonstrate against the latest round of austerity measures. Workers walked off the job Wednesday, closing schools, canceling flights and shutting down shops and services across the country. Greece is required to […]
India Floods Displace Nearly Two Million
Posted September 26th, 2012 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
Flooding has killed at least 18 people and displaced nearly two-million others in India’s northeastern Assam state. Military and disaster relief teams have launched rescue and relief operations delivering food and medicine and moving others to higher ground. The state’s disaster management officials say hundreds of relief camps have been set up across the to […]
Tibetans Hope China’s New Leaders Bring New Policies
Posted September 26th, 2012 at 7:50 am (UTC-5)
Tibetan exiles from around the world are meeting this week in the northern Indian town of Dharamsala to discuss the plight of Tibetan people under Chinese rule of their homeland. The four-day meeting comes just weeks before China holds a once-a-decade transfer of power. And some wonder if the man slated to become China’s next […]
Romney, Obama to Campaign in Ohio
Posted September 26th, 2012 at 7:10 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney will each hold campaign rallies in Ohio Wednesday. Mr. Romney began a two-day bus tour of the industrial state Tuesday, joining U.S. Representative Paul Ryan, his vice-presidential running mate, at a rally near the city of Dayton. In their first joint campaign appearance in several days, […]
Greek Workers Hold General Strike
Posted September 26th, 2012 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
Workers in Greece are holding a nationwide, 24 hour strike to protest the latest round of austerity measures – the first such action a coalition government took control in June. Thousands of workers walked off the job Wednesday, closing schools, canceling flights and shutting down shops and services across the country. Police are deploying across […]
S.Korea ‘Disappointed’ at No Economic Reforms in Pyongyang
Posted September 26th, 2012 at 2:05 am (UTC-5)
South Korea says it is disappointed that North Korea failed to announce any economic reforms that some expected to be passed during a rare session of parliament held this week in Pyongyang. Sources said to be close to North Korean leadership tell Western news agencies that the impoverished, authoritarian state may soon allow farmers to […]
Pakistani, Afghan Presidents Deplore Violence
Posted September 25th, 2012 at 9:45 pm (UTC-5)
The presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan have deplored the loss of life in their countries as a result of terrorist attacks and international military intervention. Pakistan’s Asif Ali Zardari told the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday that safety and security has been his administration’s primary concern, as tens of thousands of people have been killed […]
Syrian Rights Group: Dozens ‘Arbitrarily’ Detained in Banias
Posted September 25th, 2012 at 7:10 pm (UTC-5)
A Syrian human rights group says security forces have arrested at least 68 people, including three children, over the past few days in and around the coastal city of Banias. Mataz Suheil of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told VOA Tuesday the “arbitrary detentions” of 25 women, three children and at least 40 […]
Obama Weighs in on US Football Controversy
Posted September 25th, 2012 at 5:30 pm (UTC-5)
It is a controversy that is the talk of the nation, from corner taverns all the way up to the White House. The U.S. National Football League has been using replacement referees because of a labor dispute that has kept the regular officials off the playing field. Those replacements have made a number of questionable […]
