Monthly Archives: August 2011

OTTAWA (Reuters) – The leader of the Liberals, a party reduced to also-ran status in the May federal election, on Tuesday rebuffed the idea of an alliance with their left-of-center rivals, even as a former party leader touted a merger … Continue reading →

BEIJING – Tsinghua University freshman Mia Wang has confidence to spare. Asked what her home city of Benxi in China’s far northeastern tip is famous for, she flashes a cool smile and says: “Producing excellence. Like me.” A Communist Youth … Continue reading →

UNITED NATIONS – Libya’s rebels got a boost Tuesday with the unfreezing of about $1.6 billion in Libyan currency held in Britain as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed for urgent international support and billions more for the incoming government. The U.N. … Continue reading →

MONTERREY, Mexico – Mexican officials said Tuesday they are looking for seven more suspects in addition to five already arrested in an arson fire at a casino that killed 52 people and shocked a country used to grisly displays of … Continue reading →

TRIPOLI, Libya – When the end came for Moammar Gadhafi’s regime in Libya, it was stunningly sudden. One minute the rebels were in the mountains, the next they were sweeping through the coastal city of Zawiya to the gates of … Continue reading →

No one seems particularly sure of where the tigers are. Or the lions, or the gazelles, or any of a long list of animals that the rebels say Saif al-Islam Gaddafi reportedly had in his personal zoo. But the cages … Continue reading →

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan said on Tuesday it had submitted an official complaint to the United Nations Security Council accusing South Sudan of causing instability in Southern Kordofan state, the latest sign of growing tension between the two nations. Tensions … Continue reading →

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Eight people, seven of them police, were killed in a suicide attack in Chechnya’s capital Grozny on Tuesday during celebrations at the end of the Muslim festival of Ramadan, a police source told Interfax news agency. A … Continue reading →

AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian troops backed by tanks raided houses looking for activists in two main districts of the city of Hama on Wednesday, residents said. Syrian authorities said the army had withdrawn from Hama this month after a 10-day … Continue reading →