November 6, 2012
China-bashing ad takes voters for a ride
Candidates clash over whether automakers sent jobs overseas In the final days of a close US presidential race, both candidates have been battling intensively in swing states, particularly Ohio. And one of the key issues they have been debating is…
November 6, 2012
Zimbabwe to establish special election courts
Zimbabwe will establish special courts to deal with cases of political violence during the forthcoming elections, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) said Thursday. Acting chairperson Joyce Kazembe told news agency New Ziana in an interview that…
November 6, 2012
Somali PM announces new cabinet
Somalia's Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdoon on Sunday announced much-anticipated 10-member cabinet. The ministers include two women. One of them, Fowsiya Adan, was named Foreign Minister, first time in the country's history. Speaking at the joint…
November 6, 2012
Damascus bomb kills at least 11
The state television report gave no further details. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based watchdog, said at least 11 people had been killed and 30 wounded by a car bomb in the area known as "Mezzeh 86". The district, situated on a…
November 5, 2012
Obama, Romney tied in polls before election
US President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney remain essentially tied in national polls just two days from the election on Tuesday. According to the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday, Obama leads…
November 5, 2012
China on orange alert for blizzards
China on Sunday continued to warn against blizzards, hiking the alert to the second-highest level on snowstorms that are expected to hit northern regions over the next few days. On Sunday and Monday, heavy snow will hit central and eastern parts of…
November 4, 2012
Bishop Tawadros new pope of Egypt’s Coptic Christians
Bishop Tawadros has been chosen as the new pope of Egypt's Coptic Christians, becoming leader of the largest Christian minority in the Middle East. His name was selected from a glass bowl by a blindfolded boy at a ceremony in Cairo's St Mark's…
November 4, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi Refuses to Take Sides in Burma Ethnic Violence
Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has urged tolerance in response to a wave of ethnic violence in the west of the country, but says she will not take sides. In an interview with the BBC Saturday, the Nobel Peace laureate said she does “not…
November 4, 2012
Egypt’s Coptics Choose New Pope
Egypt's Coptic Christian Church has chosen a new pope. Bishop Tawadros became the new head the church early Sunday when a blindfolded boy picked his name from a transparent container in a ceremony at Cairo's Coptic Cathedral. Bishop Tawadros, who is…
November 4, 2012
Syrian activists say more than 4,500 people died last month.
Libyan officials say a car bomb has exploded near a police station in the country's second largest city, wounding three people. Authorities say the blast Sunday in the Mediterranean city of Benghazi heavily damaged the front of the police……