Brazil offers asylum to Iranian woman
Brazil’s president has offered asylum to an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, state-run media report.
Monthly Archive for July, 2010
Sufi group backs more African Union troops in Somalia
A Somali militant group wanting to rid the war-torn country of an al Qaeda-linked movement welcomed Saturday the African Union’s decision last week to expand its peacekeeping presence in the country.
Thousands mourn stampede victims
Thousands of people are expected to gather Saturday for a memorial service a week after a stampede at a German music festival left 21 people dead.
3 of 4 kidnapped Mexican journalists freed
The signal of one of Mexico’s largest television networks faded to black for almost an hour as a symbolic protest of violence against journalists.
Building collapse in Italy kills 3
A young married couple wrapped in an embrace were among three people found dead after an apartment building collapsed in southern Italy Friday night, an Italian rescue official said.
Venezuela sending troops to Colombian border
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has deployed troops to areas near the Colombian border and says he is reviewing plans for a potential war as tension between the two nations rises.
Iran hit by second moderate quake in 2 days
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit southern Iran on Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, a day after another moderate quake in the country’s northeast left 170 people injured.
Russian wildfires leave 25 dead, thousands homeless
At least 25 people have been killed and thousands left homeless by wildfires sweeping through western Russia, authorities said Saturday.
Obama to Iran: Free 3 American hikers
President Barack Obama is calling for the immediate release of three American hikers seized by Iranian forces along the Iraqi border who will have been in custody for exactly a year on Saturday.
China mine explosion kills 15
At least 15 people were killed in an explosion at a coal mine in northern China early Saturday, state media reported.