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Opposition urges UN to break Yemen deadlock
SANAA — An opposition spokesman on Sunday urged the UN Security Council to break the political deadlock in Yemen, scoffing at a statement from President Ali Abdullah Saleh that he was ready to step down. Mohammed Qahtan, spokesman for the parliamentary opposition Common Forum, said regional efforts to resolve the…
Arab Spring observers monitor Polish election
A team of observers from Arab Spring nations were on hand on Sunday to monitor Poland’s general election, as Warsaw shares the lessons of the democratic wave that drove out its communist regime in 1989. Fifteen observers from Tunisia, Libya and Egypt were invited to follow the day’s voting in…
Jewish settlers clash with Palestinian farmers
Jewish settlers clashed with Palestinian farmers on Sunday as they tried to pick olives from land owned by the family of two men convicted of killing a young settler family in March. At least three Palestinians were injured when dozens of settlers armed with sticks and stones attacked the group…
Hurricane Jova grows in Pacific, threatens Mexico
Hurricane Jova was strengthening as it headed for the southwestern Mexican coast, US meteorologists said Sunday, warning the system would likely grow further in the coming days. The category one hurricane was at 0900 GMT packing maximum sustained winds of up to 85 miles per hour (140 kilometers per hour),…
Dalai Lama pokes fun at China slurs, slams censorship
The Dalai Lama on Saturday slamed censorship in China as “immoral” and poked fun at denunciations of himself in a video chat with Desmond Tutu after he was not granted a visa in time to travel to South Africa. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader’s absence was symbolised by an empty…
Sri Lanka ruling party wins, polls marred by shootings
The Sri Lankan president’s party won 22 out of 23 local councils in elections, results showed Sunday, as police investigated a gun battle in which three people were killed. Two factions within the national ruling alliance clashed shortly before polling closed on Saturday, leaving a presidential aide and two of…
Malaysians protest Australian rare earth plant
Malaysian protesters rallied Sunday against plans to open a rare earth processing plant in an eastern resort town saying they fear it will harm the environment. Thousands attended the sunrise gathering at a seaside park in Kuantan to oppose plans by Australian miner Lynas Corp to open the plant near…
New Zealand Prime Minister demands oil slick answers
Salvage crews were scrambling to off-load oil from a stranded container ship in New Zealand’s pristine Bay of Plenty Sunday, as Prime Minister John Key demanded to know why the vessel hit a reef in calm waters. With the official Metservice forecasting deteriorating conditions, including possible gale-force winds, from Monday…
China grapples with revolutionary past, 100 years on
When the army of the Qing Dynasty turned its guns on the state on October 10 1911, it signalled the end of 2,000 years of imperial rule in China and the promise of a democratic republican government. The first shots were fired in Wuchang — part of today’s city of…
More bodies turn up in Veracruz gang war
Ten more bodies have been found in the Mexican Gulf coast city of Veracruz, just a week after authorities found another 32 cadavers stashed in two homes, authorities said Saturday. “The bodies of seven people” were located late Friday stacked in the back of a pickup truck, a state government…
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