Month: May 2011

May 19, 2011

Obama to Deliver Major Speech on Changes in Mideast, N. Africa

President Barack Obama delivers a major address Thursday about historic changes in the…

May 19, 2011

Al-Qaida Releases Posthumous bin Laden Audio

Al-Qaida has released an audio recording by Osama bin Laden made just days before his death. A U.S.-based monitoring service, SITE, said Wednesday that in the audio, the al-Qaida former leader praises revolutions sweeping the Middle East and North…

May 19, 2011

Strauss-Kahn arrest: IMF boss faces new bail hearing

International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Dominique Strauss-Kahn will make a new plea for bail at a court hearing on Thursday morning, his lawyer says. Mr Strauss-Kahn, 62, faces a number of charges in the alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid in…

May 19, 2011

China ‘will not match’ US military power – general

China has no intention to match US military power, a top Chinese general has said. Speaking in Washington, Gen Chen Bingde said America's armed forces remained far more advanced than China's despite considerable progress by China in recent years.…

May 19, 2011

Japan’s Economy Shrinking at 4% Annual Rate

Japan says its economy shrank at an annual rate of nearly 4 percent during the first three months of the year, as the country struggles to recover from the March earthquake and tsunami. Japan's gross domestic product — the total of all goods and…

May 18, 2011

World Hypertension Day Celebration

World Health Organization (WHO) attributes Hypertension or high blood pressure as the leading cause of cardiovascular deaths. The theme for World Hypertension Day, May 17th, 2011 is “Know Your Numbers and Target Your Blood Pressure”. This silent…

May 17, 2011

St Kitts-Nevis seeing signs of economic recovery, says PM

St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas says there are signs of economic recovery…

May 17, 2011

Investigation to be launched in Trinidad into $27m Caribbean Airlines contract

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has said an investigation will be launched into allegations that a $27 million Caribbean Airlines (CAL) contract was awarded to an insurance firm, to which CAL chairman George Nicholas has…

May 17, 2011

Former foreign minister of Chile chosen as next UN envoy for Haiti

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday appointed Mariano Fernández, a former foreign minister from Chile, as his next Special Representative for Haiti and head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Caribbean nation. Fernández…

May 17, 2011

War Crimes Prosecutors Seek Gadhafi’s Arrest

In asking for the arrest warrants, Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said the evidence is clear:…