Monthly Archives: August 2011

After devastation comes imagination. As an iconic piece symbolizing the destruction in Christchurch, New Zealand, following a February 2011 earthquake, the Christchurch Cathedral will make a crackling comeback in time for the earthquake’s one-year anniversary. And the comeback comes packed … Continue reading →

Pattani, Thailand – Here in southern Thailand, the Muslim insurgents seem to be committing more gruesome acts of violence, putting a spotlight on one of Asia’s most opaque conflicts. Separatists have been mounting attacks in this jungle-covered region, near the … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. nuclear regulator is refining a plan to change its rules for power plants following Japan’s Fukushima disaster, selecting half a dozen high-priority items to tackle first, senior staff said. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is sorting … Continue reading →

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau – A spokesman for President Malam Bacai Sanha said that the leader has been taken to neighboring Senegal for a medical checkup. Agnelo Regala told The Associated Press by telephone on Wednesday that Sanha was flown out of … Continue reading →

MONTERREY, Mexico – A casino fire that killed 52 people in the northern city of Monterrey last week has put new pressure on the Mexican government to regulate a rapidly growing gambling industry that many believe is vulnerable to corruption, … Continue reading →

The Libyan rebels at a checkpoint in the western suburb of Ghout al-Shaal are handing out fliers to passing drivers to wish them a Happy Eid al-Fitr, the celebration that marks the end of a month of fasting for Ramadan. … Continue reading →

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An anti-corruption campaigner, whose near two-week hunger strike against graft made him a national hero in India, left hospital on Wednesday after recovering from his fast and headed home to a rousing welcome. Anna Hazare, 74, … Continue reading →

CAIRO (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, on Wednesday vowed continued resistance to Libyan forces which ousted his father from Tripoli and urged Libyans to wage a war of attrition against the National Transitional Council and its NATO backers. … Continue reading →

TRIPOLI/TAWARGA, Libya (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi’s sons clashed on the airwaves Wednesday, with one offering peace and another promising a ‘war of attrition’ as a final battle for control of Libya’s coast loomed. The conflicting messages were the latest evidence … Continue reading →