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Global protests held in Troy Davis execution case
Some 300 protest rallies were held worldwide Friday ahead of a last-ditch parole board hearing for death row inmate Troy Davis, whose planned execution sparked an international movement. Davis is set to be executed September 21 for the 1989 shooting death of a police officer in Savannah, Georgia, but his…
Palestinian statehood bid to go before U.N.
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas vowed Friday to lodge a bid for UN membership before the Security Council in one week, despite mounting Israeli and US opposition. “When I have finished delivering my speech (to the General Assembly), I will submit the request for membership to the Secretary General to be…
Libya fighters surge into two Kadhafi bastions
Fighters loyal to Libya’s new leaders on Friday thrust deep into the city of Sirte and into desert oasis Bani Walid, two of fugitive Moamer Kadhafi’s few remaining bastions, AFP reporters said. On the political front, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was in Tripoli, boosting international support for the…
Praying outlawed on streets of Paris
PARIS (Reuters) – A French ban on praying in the street came into force on Friday, driving thousands of Muslim worshippers in northern Paris into a makeshift prayer site in a disused fire brigade barracks, angering a small but vocal minority. The street-prayer ban has highlighted France’s problems assimilating its…
Paul McCartney posts wedding notice in London
LONDON (Reuters) – Former Beatle Paul McCartney posted wedding banns this week at Westminster Register Office in Marylebone, central London. The banns allow McCartney to marry New York business woman Nancy Shevell any time 16 days after the Sept 14 posting at the Register offices. It will be McCartney’s third…
Anti-Gaddafi fighters regroup after heavy losses
NTC fighters regrouped on Friday for a new assault on Moamer Gaddafi’s hometown Sirte, remaining upbeat despite suffering heavy losses the previous day at the hands of the toppled tyrant’s forces. The fighting comes as Gaddafi’s spokesman warned that “thousands” of loyalists were ready to battle the National Transitional Council…
U.S. tax-evasion probe leads to Israeli banks
(Reuters) – The U.S. pursuit of offshore tax evaders is widening to include Israel, where U.S. authorities are scrutinizing three of Israel’s largest banks over suspicions their Swiss outposts helped American clients evade taxes, people briefed on the matter said. The banks under scrutiny by the U.S. Justice Department’s criminal…
Japanese resort to launch search for new geisha
A small hot spring resort in eastern Japan plans to recruit three women to become geisha in an effort to preserve a tradition and to boost tourism, a local official said on Friday. Shimoda city, 130 kilometres (80 miles) southwest of Tokyo, has set aside 5.23 million yen ($68,000) for…
Space station crew makes safe return to Earth
Three astronauts returned safely to Earth from the International Space Station aboard a Soviet-era capsule whose mission follows an unprecedented spate of Russian space accidents. Space officials said the Soyuz TMA-21 capsule landed on its side in the wind-swept steppes of the ex-Soviet republic of Kazakhstan at 0400 GMT on…
Geithner urges unity in euro zone crisis
WROCLAW, Poland (Reuters) – The world will not see the kind of coordinated response policymakers organized during the global financial crisis in 2009 but the United States and the European Union must work closely together to overcome the current economic challenges, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Friday. Geithner also…
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