Monthly Archives: May 2011

ZURICH (AFP) – Several Asian football officials are refusing to attend FIFA’s congress amid widespread outrage at the suspension of Mohamed bin Hammam, a senior Asian official told AFP on Tuesday. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) official, speaking on condition … Continue reading →

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s ambassador to Uganda — itself criticized for threatening the rights of gays — has been found guilty of hate speech for an anti-gay column he wrote before his appointment, the South African Human Rights Commission said … Continue reading →

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil’s government will protect rural activists and increase policing in its Amazon rain forest in an effort to stem deadly disputes over illegal logging, officials said following a meeting Monday on how to halt the violence. … Continue reading →

One hundred years ago on Tuesday, the Titanic – then the largest and most luxurious ship in the world – slid down the greased slipways from her building berth and into the waters of Victoria Channel in Belfast Harbor. It … Continue reading →

TOKYO (Reuters) – Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Tuesday refused to step down in the face of a no-confidence motion in parliament this week, saying he wanted first to resolve the world’s worst nuclear crisis in 25 years. … Continue reading →

KALAYA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani warplanes attacked Taliban positions in the northwestern Orakzai region on Tuesday, killing 17 militants, a senior regional government official said. Orakzai is one of seven ethnic Pashtun tribal areas where the Pakistani army has tried … Continue reading →

KABUL (Reuters) – President Hamid Karzai warned NATO-led forces in Afghanistan on Tuesday that they were at risk of being seen as an occupying force rather than an ally after a spate of civilian casualties, and said he would take … Continue reading →

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is not prepared to leave Libya and is prepared to seek a political solution to the conflict in the country, South African President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday. Zuma said in a statement … Continue reading →