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LONDON, June 16–British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday announced plans for new sanctions against Iran and a small increase in troops for Afghanistan, handing President Bush a symbolic boost on the last day of his weeklong farewell trip to Europe. Read more
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 16 — Hundreds of Taliban fighters took control of seven villages in southern Afghanistan Monday in what appeared to be a major offensive near the country’s second-largest city, according to Afghan officials. Read more
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Nov. 4 — As Daniel Ortega makes his fourth attempt to win back Nicaragua’s presidency in elections Sunday, citizens across this war-battered nation are grappling with the very real possibility that the former Marxist revolutionary could finally succeed. Read more
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On Oct. 28, voters in Argentina elected the country’s next president to a four-year term. Results with around 95 percent of polling places reporting showed Cristina Fernández de Kirchner had received around 45 percent of the vote, nearly twice that of the second place finisher and enough of a margin to avoid a November runoff. [...]
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PUNTA CHUECA, Mexico — Gloria Sesma clamps tough stems of desert limberbush between her front teeth, shredding the plant into the floppy strands she needs to weave graceful baskets. Read more
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The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court has implicated top Sudanese officials in recent attacks, including killings and rapes, against civilians in the Darfur region of western Sudan, and will present their names and evidence against them to the court in July. Read more
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Like most houses in Baghdad, the dust-crusted building is in a perpetual state of rehab. Metal supports on the rooftop suggest a future addition, but work has been abandoned. The building lacks any personal touch, even a numbered address or, what is most needed for one family, a wheelchair ramp. Read more
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A panel of prominent figures led by former U.N. secretary general Kofi Annan is warning that the Group of Eight industrialized countries must step up their assistance to Africa or risk breaking their promise to double aid by 2010. Read more
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AMARA, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraq’s security forces tightened their grip on the southern city of Amara on Monday and appealed to Shi’ite militias to hand over heavy weapons before a government deadline for launching a crackdown. Read more
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LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President George W. Bush won Europe’s backing on Monday for tighter sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program and secured a British pledge to send more troops to Afghanistan. Read more
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Gordon Brown and President George Bush have warned Iran to accept their “offers of partnership” or face tough sanctions and international isolation. Read more
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People were forced to flee their homes across nine provinces, including Sichuan, still reeling from last month’s earthquake that killed nearly 70,000 people, the official Xinhua News Agency said. At least 57 people died and eight were missing, Xinhua reported. Read more
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‘Though Nazi atrocities were known in the 1940s, we still gave them a day in court’ Read more
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More reinforcements are to be sent to Afghanistan to boost Britain‘s military presence to 8,000, the Ministry of Defence will say today. Read more
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HAVANA, Cuba (June 15) – The Cuban boy at the center of an international custody battle eight years ago has joined Cuba’s Young Communist Union. Read more
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A growing number of tour operators are imposing surcharges of as much as 10 per cent, blaming soaring fuel costs and the sliding value of the pound. Read more
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LIVINGSTON – Condemned inmate Charles Dean Hood does not dispute he drove from Texas to his native Indiana in a $70,000 car that belonged to the man he’s convicted of killing. Read more
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
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Ireland: the country that brought down the European Union!! Well, maybe not. (Disclaimer: I’m an Irish-American.) But Irish voters shot down the Lisbon Treaty, which would have created a president for the EU and brought the member states closer together in terms of policy, etc. Taoiseach Brian Cowen urged passage of the referendum, but [...]