Monthly Archives: September 2011

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada publicly criticized Sri Lanka over its human rights record for the first time on Thursday, setting the scene for a confrontation at a major international summit next month. Sri Lanka is under increasing Western pressure to … Continue reading →

YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar’s president called Friday for work on a controversial Chinese-backed hydroelectic dam to be halted and the concerns of its critics settled, in a startling turnaround welcomed by democracy activists and environmentalists. President Thein Sein said in … Continue reading →

MONTERREY, Mexico – Banners similar to those left by Mexican drug cartels appeared Thursday threatening to attack schools in three communities outside the northern Mexico city of Monterrey. Similar banners and messages left near schools in the southern city of … Continue reading →

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – A spokeswoman for an international school in Bosnia says a grandson of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has joined its ranks. Meri Musa says the 16-year-old Kim Han Sol will be the first student from North Korea … Continue reading →

Khun Mint spins in circles on his small motorcycle, joyfully kicking up gravel on a rural road just south of Bangkok, Thailand. It’s hard to express the excitement he feels to have two feet squarely on land. That’s because the … Continue reading →

PERUGIA, Italy (Reuters) – Amanda Knox’s former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito is “very scared” but hopeful an Italian court will absolve him of murder, his father said. Knox and Sollecito, 27, were found guilty of murdering British student Meredith Kercher during … Continue reading →

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – At least 150 people in Cambodia and southern Vietnam have died in the worst flooding along the Mekong River in 11 years after heavy rain swamped homes, washed away bridges and forced thousands of people to … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the dust settles after six months of fighting in Libya, U.S. officials are stepping up efforts to identify Islamic militants who might pose a threat in a post-Gaddafi power vacuum. U.S. counterterrorism and intelligence agencies have … Continue reading →

SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh said in an interview published on Friday that he will only step down if key rivals do not take over, a stance that could further hinder a long-stalled deal to ease him … Continue reading →