Monthly Archives: July 2011

SEOUL (AFP) – South Korea on Monday denied entry to three Japanese lawmakers in a fresh diplomatic row over islands claimed by both countries, Seoul’s foreign ministry said. Immigration officials stopped the three members of Japan’s conservative opposition Liberal Democratic … Continue reading →

CAIRO (AFP) – Hosni Mubarak’s murder and corruption trial, which opens on Wednesday, is generating a mixture of excitement and regret among the Egyptians who overthrew the veteran president. Mubarak, 83, is charged with murder in connection to the deaths … Continue reading →

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Buenos Aires’s conservative Mayor Mauricio Macri won re-election Sunday by a wide margin over the candidate backed by Argentina’s left-of-center president. With 99.8 percent of the ballots counted, Macri had 64 percent of the votes in … Continue reading →

BANGKOK – Thailand’s crown prince is offering to use his personal assets to settle a dispute with a German company that had a plane he uses impounded as part of a long-running battle with the Thai government. German authorities seized … Continue reading →

RABAT (Reuters) – Thousands of Moroccans marched on Sunday to press the Arab world’s longest-ruling dynasty to relinquish more of its sweeping powers and stamp out corruption. The protests coincided with the holding of a centuries-old Be’ya, or allegiance ceremony, … Continue reading →

BENGHAZI (Reuters) – Rebel forces fought gunmen loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in eastern Libya on Sunday in the latest incident to undermine the insurgents’ grip in territory they hold. The clashes renewed opposition fears that Gaddafi’s agents had infiltrated the … Continue reading →

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s media are curbing combative reporting of a high-speed train disaster after what observers said were orders from the ruling Communist Party’s propaganda arm to stop criticism that has echoed public outrage over the tragedy. For a … Continue reading →

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said Monday it was prepared to resume six party nuclear disarmament talks without preconditions at an early date following a flurry of diplomatic activity to restart the stalled process. “The DPRK remains unchanged in its … Continue reading →

AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrians began the Muslim Ramadan fast in somber mood on Monday after troops stormed into Hama, scene of a 1982 massacre, in one of the bloodiest days of a five-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. Rights activists … Continue reading →