UN report: Much of Somalia's food aid diverted from needy
March 10, 2010 - 2:13 am
Much of the food aid intended for Somalia's poor is diverted to corrupt contractors, radical Islamist militants and local U.N. workers, according to a Security Council report. The findings, not yet made public, were first reported by The New York Times Tuesday. A UN diplomat, ...
Several Swedish papers publish Prophet Muhammad drawing after alleged plot to murder artist
March 10, 2010 - 2:09 am
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - At least three Swedish newspapers have published a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad with a dog's body after an alleged plot to murder the artist was unveiled in Ireland. The drawing was published Wednesday in Stockholm papers Dagens Nyheter and Expressen and the ...
US vice-president's West Bank tour overshadowed by new Israeli settlement plans in Jerusalem
March 10, 2010 - 1:59 am
Israel's new plan to build 1,600 apartments for Jews in Palestinian-claimed east Jerusalem overshadowed Vice-President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank on Wednesday. Biden was to hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, in part to ease their ...
Hong Kong lawyers, Chinese officials debate legality of democracy campaign
March 10, 2010 - 1:56 am
HONG KONG - Hong Kong's top lawyers and Chinese officials are trading blows over the legality of a new campaign for democracy in the former British colony that frames an upcoming special election as a de facto referendum on political reform. When Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese rule ...
Indonesian president says suspected Bali bomb mastermind shot dead by police on Java
March 10, 2010 - 1:55 am
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian counterterror authorities won international praise on Wednesday for killing a top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the deadly 2002 Bali bombings. Police also revealed that bomb-making materials were found in one of two raids near Jakarta ...
US university janitor who shot bosses and himself complained of treatment and was to be fired
March 10, 2010 - 1:53 am
COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio State University janitor who shot two supervisors, one fatally, and then killed himself had complained that he was being treated unfairly, though records show he slept on the job and was late to work during his probation. Nathaniel Brown was days away from losing ...
New law bars Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from elections
March 10, 2010 - 1:43 am
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's military rulers have barred pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from running in upcoming elections and may force her own political party to expel her under a new election law unveiled Wednesday. The Political Parties Registration Law, published in official ...
Residents report higher security in Tibetan capital on 51st anniversary of failed uprising
March 10, 2010 - 1:40 am
BEIJING - Police armed with machine-guns guarded intersections and demanded to see ID cards at checkpoints Wednesday amid stepped up security in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa as the region marked two sensitive anniversaries, residents said. It was the 51st anniversary of a failed revolt ...
Dalai Lama says China attempting to annihilate Tibetan Buddhism
March 10, 2010 - 1:31 am
DHARMSALA, India - The Dalai Lama blasted Chinese authorities Wednesday, accusing them of trying to "annihilate Buddhism" in Tibet as he commemorated a failed uprising against China's rule over the region. The Tibetan spiritual leader's angry comments appeared to signal his frustration ...
Report: NKorea to replace top diplomat in Geneva, purported manager of secret fund overseas
March 10, 2010 - 1:22 am
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea plans to replace its top diplomat in Switzerland who is believed to be a key manager of leader Kim Jong Il's alleged secret funds stashed overseas, a news report said Wednesday. Ri Tcheul, North Korea's ambassador to U.N. agencies in Geneva, is to step down ...
Soldiers open fire on youths in Nigerian town tense after religious killings
March 10, 2010 - 1:20 am
JOS, Nigeria - Witnesses say soldiers in a Nigerian town at the centre of a spate of religious killings opened fire on a crowd of youths that had surrounded a cattle truck driving after curfew. A nurse told The Associated Press on Wednesday that at least two were killed and five others ...
Brazil's Silva says election win by Rousseff would deal machismo a blow, carry on his legacy
March 10, 2010 - 11:56 pm
BRASILIA, Brazil - Brazil's president said his hand-picked candidate to succeed him in October's election would help do away with machismo by becoming the first female president of Latin America's largest and most influential nation. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told The Associated ...
Iran's rulers mould Islamic defence into tool against political opponents
March 10, 2010 - 11:41 pm
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A traditional Islamic concept about protecting the faith and its followers has become a judicial weapon for Iran's rulers: charging opponents as so-called enemies of God with the threat of possible death sentences. Iran's accusations of "moharebeh" - literally ...
Indonesian president says suspected Bali bomb mastermind shot dead by police on Java
March 09, 2010 - 8:37 pm
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the deadliest terrorist attack in Indonesia's history has been identified as the man killed in a shootout with police at an Internet cafe, the president said Wednesday. Dulmatin, a 39-year-old Indonesian trained ...
US woman accused of recruiting jihadists online, agreeing to try to kill Swedish artist
March 09, 2010 - 7:39 pm
PHILADELPHIA - An American woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been accused of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas, even agreeing to move to Europe to try to kill a Swedish artist, prosecutors said Tuesday. Authorities ...
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