Category Archives: POLITICS
Iraqi soldier kills two U.S. soldiers
Two U.S. soldiers were killed in northern Iraq on Tuesday, the U.S. military said.
6.3-magnitude quake strikes Fiji Islands
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Fiji Islands, Wednesday at 4:13 a.m. (12:13 p.m. ET Tuesday), the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
U.N. admits Congo rape knowledge
The United Nations acknowledged first learning of a reported rape in rebel-held territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo nearly two weeks earlier than it had previously said.
HP sues Hurd over move
Hewlett-Packard has filed a lawsuit against Mark Hurd, its former chief executive, to block him from joining Oracle as co-president.
France facing Roma expulsions probe
The European Commission is looking into France’s expulsion of more than 8,000 ethnic Roma, commonly referred to as gypsies, the commission’s president told CNN Tuesday.
Netanyahu eyes Mideast peace by end of year
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu promises to strive for a peace agreement with the Palestinians by the end of the year, in a message for Jewish New Year.
Pakistan blast kills at least 20
An explosion apparently targeting a police barracks in Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday left at least seven people dead, including two children, a Kohat district police official said.
Cop jailed for assaulting prisoner
A Wiltshire, England, police sergeant was sentenced Tuesday to serve six months in prison for assaulting a 57-year-old woman in custody two years ago in an incident caught on the station’s closed-circuit television system.
Police probe mummified baby mystery
Detectives are investigating the discovery of two “mummified” babies found wrapped in 1930s newspaper in the basement of a Los Angeles apartment building.
N. Korea releases S. Korean fishermen
North Korea has released a South Korean fishing boat and its crew, whom it seized last month, the South’s Coast Guard said Tuesday.
