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Indon cops storm Bali jail
DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian police stormed a prison on the resort island of Bali on Wednesday to regain control after inmates took over and set part of it on fire in a riot during which at least two prisoners were shot and wounded, officials said. Australia’s Foreign Ministry earlier said it was urgently checking on the welfare of 12 Australian prisoners held in the Kerobokan...
Obama sings at blues show
WASHINGTON DC (AFP) – President Barack Obama broke into song Tuesday at a White House blues show, as Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger urged a reluctant US leader to step up and sing a few lines. “Not tonight!” the US leader protested as Jagger and blues legends B.B. King and Buddy Guy invited him to sing along to the classic “Sweet Home Chicago.” Read More »
NZ remember Christchurch quake dead
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — More than 10,000 New Zealanders stood in silence, some in tears, at a Christchurch park Wednesday while police officers and firefighters read out the names of all 185 people who died in a devastating earthquake one year ago. The reading was followed by two minutes of silence at 12:51 p.m., the minute the magnitude-6.1 quake struck. It destroyed thousands of homes...
Violence looms over Yemen election
SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) – Separatist violence in the south loomed over a presidential election in Yemen that had just a single candidate, but Washington praised the vote ending three decades of rule by its ally Ali Abdullah Saleh. The uncontested vote anointed Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi – a general who served as Saleh’s vice president and close confidant – as president under a deal...
US apologizes over Koran burning
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (Reuters) – U.S. helicopters fired flares to disperse hundreds of angry Afghans who massed outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday after hearing staff there had burned copies of the Koran. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta issued an apology for “inappropriate treatment” of Islam’s holy book at the base to try to contain fury over...
4 die in military crash
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – The U.S. military says an American reconnaissance plane crashed 6 miles (10 kilometers) from the only U.S. base in Africa, killing four service members on board. A military statement Monday said that the crash occurred at about 8 p.m. Saturday. U.S. personnel from Camp Lemonnier in the tiny Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti responded to the scene. The plane was said to be conducting...
Steel plant blast kills 10
BEIJING (AP) – At least 10 people have been killed and three others are missing after a blast at a steel plant in northeastern China. The state-run Xinhua News Agency says that the blast late Monday night in Anshan city in Liaoning province also injured 17 people. It said Tuesday that the cause of the accident at the steel-casting plant is not known yet. Rapid economic growth and lax safety measures...
Historic monastery in near collapse
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) – The leader of Cyprus’ Orthodox Christian Church says a historic monastery where an apostle of Jesus Christ is said to have performed miracles is close to caving in and needs immediate repairs. Archbishop Chrysostomos II urged pilgrims not to travel to the Apostolos Andreas monastery in the island’s northern breakaway Turkish Cypriot sector for fear it could collapse. Incoming...
Egypt begins restoring ancient boat
CAIRO (AP) – Archaeologists on Monday began restoration on a 4,500-year-old wooden boat found next to the pyramids, one of Egypt’s main tourist attractions. The boat is one of two that were buried next to the Pharaoh Khufu, also known as Cheops, who is credited with building the Great Pyramid of Giza, the largest of the pyramids. Both boats, made from Lebanese cedar and Egyptian acacia trees,...
