November 20, 2012
US Charges 4 Men in Alleged Terror Plot
U.S. authorities have charged four men with plotting to kill Americans overseas by joining al-Qaida and the Taliban. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said late Monday the group was planning to engage in “violent jihad” with bombings of military…
November 20, 2012
Pakistani Court Dismisses Blasphemy Charges Against Christian Girl
A Pakistani court has dismissed charges against a 14-year-old Christian girl accused of blasphemy in a case that drew international outrage. The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday threw out the case against Rimsha Masih, whose neighbors accused her in…
November 20, 2012
US Government-Backed Panel Recommends AIDS Testing for Everyone
A U.S. government-backed panel of doctors and scientists is recommending that everyone between 15 and 65 get tested for HIV — the virus that causes AIDS. The influential Preventive Services Task Force on Monday said its previous recommendation for…
November 20, 2012
UN Calls For Urgent Aid to Pakistan
A senior United Nations relief coordinator is calling for $79 million in urgent aid for displaced communities in Pakistan. Catherine Bragg said the money is needed to help families displaced by violence in the tribal areas of northwest Pakistan and…
November 20, 2012
Obama Presses Cambodia PM on Rights
U.S. President Barack Obama has voiced concerns about Cambodia's human rights record in what U.S. officials describe as a “tense” meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. Mr. Obama, who arrived in the capital, Phnom Penh, Monday, raised the…
November 16, 2012
US Congress Probes Libya Attack
U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism officials are testifying before Congress about the deadly September attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The House and Senate Intelligence Committees began closed-door hearings Thursday on the…
November 16, 2012
Ancient Stone Weapons Find in South Africa Pushes Human History Back in Time
Archaeologists digging at a site on the southern coast of South Africa have found a trove of sophisticated stone tools they believe were made 50,000 years before the technology to create them emerged in Europe and other regions of Africa. The…
November 16, 2012
Retailer Wal-Mart Expands Its Bribery Investigation
The world's largest retailer, U.S.-based Wal-Mart Stores, says it is expanding its internal investigation into whether company officials paid bribes to foreign officials to help expand the company's operations abroad. A year after Wal-Mart revealed…
November 16, 2012
Ukraine’s Tymoshenko Ends Hunger Strike
Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is ending the hunger strike she began in protest of alleged fraud in the country's recent elections. Ukraine's deputy health minister, Raissa Moissenko, says Ms. Tymoshenko agreed to end her 17-day…
November 13, 2012
Two Killed in Bicycle Bomb Blast in Pakistan
Pakistani police say two people were killed and 10 wounded when a bomb planted on a bicycle exploded in southwestern Pakistan. The device exploded on a road near Quetta, the capital of restive Baluchistan province, as a military convoy passed by.…