World Apr 19 Syria Vows to End ‘Insurrection’; NATO Struggling to Stop Gadhafi in Misrata (Update: The Syrian government has lifted a 50-year-old state of emergency, according to state television.) The Syrian government warned its citizens against gathering for public demonstrations in a state television broadcast, saying it will crack down on protests. The…
World Apr 18 Attack at Afghan Ministry Kills 2, Libyan Rebels Say Crisis in Misrata Worsening Afghanistan National Army (ANA) soldiers stand guard at the main gate of the Defence Ministry in Kabul on April 18, 2011. A suspected Taliban gunman dressed in army uniform infiltrated the Afghan Defence Ministry and opened fire. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)…
World Apr 15 NATO Leaders Call for Gadhafi’s Departure, Thousands Protest in Syria President Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy wrote a joint op-ed published in the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times saying their three nations "have been united from the start" and said…
World Apr 12 Japan Raises Nuclear Crisis Level, Pakistan Demands Cut in CIA Presence Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has raised the level of the nuclear crisis at the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant to a seven, matching the level used to describe Chernobyl. Officials said the increase was a description of the…
World Apr 07 Discarded Plastic Bottles Put to New Use in Schools A project to build a school using empty plastic bottles brought together a community in Guatemala. The idea now is spreading to other sites.
World Apr 05 Kazakhstani President Wins Big, But Vote Raises Questions The president of Kazakhstan, who has been in office since the Soviet era, recently won re-election by a reported 95.5 percent of the vote. Critics say the election was not without flaws.
World Apr 04 Yemen on the Edge: A Primer in 8 Must-Reads Protests continue to rile Yemen, one of the nations in the Middle East rattled by the revolts sweeping the region. Observers of the region say Yemen has become a haven for the al-Qaeda off-shoot known as al-Qaeda in the…
World Apr 04 Japan to Release Radioactive Water into Pacific Ocean in Effort to Cool Reactors Photo byTokyo Electric Power Co. Workers at the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant are using a dye substance in an effort to trace the source of a leak spreading radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean and hampering efforts to…
World Apr 04 Libyan Rebels Advance Toward Brega, Gadhafi Envoy in Europe Rebel fighters stand at the entrance of the university of the key old port of Brega on their way to battle against loyalist troops on April 4, 2011. (Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images) Rebel forces took parts of strategic oil port city…
World Apr 01 Libya Opposition Says It Would Agree to Conditional Cease-fire Libyan rebels sit at the back of a pick-up truck before leaving Ajdabiya to the front line near the oil town of Brega on Friday. Photo by Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images. After weeks of gains and setbacks in cities from Benghazi…