Archive for July, 2012

Reuters – The former graduate student accused of opening fire at a midnight screening of the new “Batman” film in Colorado, killing 12 people, was...

BBC News – Six people have been arrested in Kenya in connection with the murder of Venezuela’s acting ambassador. The diplomat, Olga Fonseca, was found…...

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Discovery News – Many great projects abound to aid the less fortunate and shed light on the issues they face all over the world. One...

Voice of America – Since returning to the Kremlin as president three months ago, Vladimir Putin has signed a series of new laws curbing freedom...

Voice of America – Senegal is inaugurating a new parliament Monday with a coalition led by the president’s party holding a large majority.  The day’s...

Aljazeera – Thousands of Hong Kong parents and activists have protested against a plan to introduce national education lessons, labelling it as a bid to...

Aljazeera – Unknown gunmen have kidnapped an Italian embassy security agent in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, a Western diplomat and a Yemeni security official said. The man...

Aljazeera – In Florida, which has gone twice for a Democratic candidate and twice for a Republican in the last four presidential election cycles, the...

Reuters – Brazil’s civil servants haven’t gotten President Dilma Rousseff’s message. A slowing economy, dwindling tax revenue and falling demand for the country’s commodity exports...

Reuters – Stocks finished mostly flat on Monday as investors paused following the best two-day run this year, with central bank meetings and a full...

BBC News – Hundreds of millions of US taxpayer dollars may have been wasted on poorly managed infrastructure projects in Afghanistan, a report to Congress...

Summer Olympics: 1896 vs. 2012

By World On The Run

Discovery News – With 116 years separating the first moden Olympics from this year’s games, there are bound to be some noticeable changes between the...

Voice of America – Burmese officials have told a visiting U.N. human rights expert that security forces exercised “maximum restraint” in responding to deadly riots...

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Xinhua – Japan’s industrial output was down 0. 1 percent in June from the previous month, marking the third consecutive month of contraction, government report...

Xinhua – U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who is on a visit to Israel, on Sunday stressed the need to deter Iran’s nuclear program and...

Xinhua – A mystery woman gatecrashing Friday’s Olympics opening ceremony has captured the world’s media attention. The young woman in blue trousers and a red...