The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour took to the skies of California Friday for its final flight before heading to its retirement home — a Los Angeles museum. Endeavour flew over California landmarks atop a 747 transporting jet. The shuttle’s planned flight path included San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, Disneyland and the Hollywood sign. The shuttle […]
Space Shuttle Endeavour Takes Final Flight
Posted September 21st, 2012 at 3:10 pm (UTC-5)
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Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi Welcomes Lifting of US Sanctions
Posted September 21st, 2012 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she is “happy” that the United States has lifted sanctions against her country. The democracy activist spoke Friday at a news conference at United Nations headquarters in New York, where she appeared alongside U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Aung San Suu Kyi’s return to New York, where she […]
One Israeli, Three Militants Killed in Border Attack
Posted September 21st, 2012 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
An Israeli soldier and three suspected militants have been killed in a clash near the Sinai peninsula, the latest in a series of violent attacks in the region. Israeli security forces say heavily armed gunmen wearing explosives infiltrated the border from Egypt on Friday and opened fire on soldiers who were guarding workers building a […]
French High Court Clears Way for More Bullfights
Posted September 21st, 2012 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
France’s highest court Friday rejected a challenge from animal rights groups asking that the practice of bullfighting be banned throughout the country. The groups argued bullfighting should be banned based on French laws that prohibit cruelty to animals. But the French Constitutional Court cited sections of the country’s constitution that allows for exceptions to such […]
New iPhone Hits Stores Across the Globe
Posted September 21st, 2012 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
Eager iPhone 5 buyers from Singapore to New York lined up Friday outside Apple retail stores to purchase the U.S. technology giant’s latest smartphone. In downtown Sydney, some fans waited outdoors for three days to get the mobile device. In Hong Kong, Apple staff chanted “iPhone 5! iPhone 5!” and high-fived customers as they were […]
Greek Austerity Talks with Creditors Stall Again
Posted September 21st, 2012 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
Greece’s negotiations with its international creditors over more austerity budget-cutting remain unresolved. Negotiators for the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the European Central Bank are meeting again Friday with Greek officials, but then plan to leave Athens for a week. The lenders are demanding that the Greek government impose more wage and pension […]
Aung San Suu Kyi to Meet UN Chief in New York
Posted September 21st, 2012 at 4:55 am (UTC-5)
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi meets with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York on Friday, as she continues her 17-day tour of the United States. The democracy activist’s return to New York, where she worked over 40 years ago at U.N. headquarters, is part of her first visit to the U.S. […]
US Lifts Ban on Visits by New Zealand Warships
Posted September 21st, 2012 at 3:15 am (UTC-5)
The United States has lifted a 25-year-old ban that prevented New Zealand naval ships from entering U.S. military ports, in a key step toward restoring military relations between the two nations. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday during a visit to Auckland that Washington is also removing restrictions to make it easier to hold […]
Aung San Suu Kyi Seeks Support From Burmese Diaspora
Posted September 20th, 2012 at 8:10 pm (UTC-5)
Burma’s democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called on the Burmese community in the United States to support the democratic movement in their native land. Speaking mostly in Burmese, the Nobel Laureate on Thursday addressed her compatriots, including a group of Buddhist monks, at American University in Washington. But she reiterated in English that […]
Blast Kills At Least 30 in Syria’s North
Posted September 20th, 2012 at 2:15 pm (UTC-5)
A Syrian rights group says a blast in northeast Syria has killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens of others. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights quotes witnesses as saying the blast occurred when an air strike hit a fuel station in al-Raqqa province. The group’s director says witnesses told him they saw […]
