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Suharto, the army leader turned president, resigned 15 years ago on Monday, and his legacy stirs conflicting emotions among Indonesians.
Monday, May 20, 2013 02:23 |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) An associate choreographer who worked on Michael Jackson`s planned series of comeback concerts has told a jury she never saw signs the singer was ill or might die.
Monday, May 13, 2013 19:40 |
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By Joe Brock MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria offered an amnesty on Sunday to Islamist militants who surrender and said 17 people had been killed on the fifth day of a military operation to try to crush the Boko Haram insurgency in the country`s northeast. In their biggest offensive since the insurgency began in 2009, Nigerian forces are trying to chase well-armed militants out of territory they control in remote semi-deserts around Lake Chad, along the borders with Cameroon, Chad and Niger. ...
Sunday, May 19, 2013 19:30 |
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By Miriam Arghandiwal and Ibrahimi Aziz KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan`s parliament failed to pass a law on Saturday banning violence against women, a severe blow to progress made in women`s rights in the conservative Muslim country since the Islamist Taliban was toppled over a decade ago. President Hamid Karzai approved the law by decree in 2009 and parliament`s endorsement was required. But a rift between conservative and more secular members of the assembly resulted in debate being deferred to a later date. ...
Saturday, May 18, 2013 12:54 |
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By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Friday defended her government`s record on good governance and transparency, following an independent audit that cast doubt on her anti-corruption efforts. She said a recent audit of resource contracts by accounting firm Moore Stephens contracts had been commissioned to fix, and not hide, problems in the West African country. The independent audit showed that almost all the $8 billion worth of resource contracts signed by Liberia since 2009 violated the country`s laws and showed widespread irregularities. ...
Saturday, May 18, 2013 00:20 |
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By Alain Iloniaina ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - The African Union (AU) has said it will not recognize Andry Rajoelina as Madagascar`s president if he wins July`s presidential election, piling more pressure on the incumbent leader not to stand. Rajoelina plunged the country into a still-unresolved political crisis in 2009 when he seized power with military support in what the AU called a coup. The ensuing turmoil has stunted foreign investment and badly hurt economic growth. ...
Friday, May 17, 2013 12:55 |
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John Russell guilty of premeditated murder for the 2009 killings of 5 service members.
Friday, May 17, 2013 06:22 |
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John Russell guilty of premeditated murder for the 2009 killings of 5 service members.
Friday, May 17, 2013 06:07 |
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Sgt. John Russell was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq.
Friday, May 17, 2013 05:42 |
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By Eric M. Johnson TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday for killing five fellow servicemen in a shooting spree in Iraq, one of the worst cases of violence by an American soldier against other U.S. troops. In a deal that spared him the death penalty, Sergeant John Russell pleaded guilty last month to killing two medical staff officers and three soldiers at the Camp Liberty combat stress clinic, near Baghdad`s airport. The military has said the 2009 shooting might have been triggered by combat stress. ...
Thursday, May 16, 2013 19:00 |
