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Tensions are rising in Honduras ahead of a promised expected return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya.Mr Zelaya, who was removed by troops a week ago, says he will fly back to the Central American nation later today. But the new government says it will arrest him if he comes back and the capital's archbishop has warned of a possible "bloodbath". His promised return comes a day after the top regional body suspended Honduras over the crisis. Supporters of the ousted leader were said to be gathering in the capital, Tegucigalpa, in order to meet him at the airport. "I imagine there'll be blood and I'm ready for it. We're not afraid," supporter Marisol Velasquez told AFP. The BBC's Stephen Gibbs, in the capital, says there are growing fears of violence.
Tensions are rising in Honduras ahead of a promised expected return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
Mr Zelaya, who was removed by troops a week ago, says he will fly back to the Central American nation later today.
But the new government says it will arrest him if he comes back and the capital's archbishop has warned of a possible "bloodbath".
His promised return comes a day after the top regional body suspended Honduras over the crisis.
Supporters of the ousted leader were said to be gathering in the capital, Tegucigalpa, in order to meet him at the airport.
"I imagine there'll be blood and I'm ready for it. We're not afraid," supporter Marisol Velasquez told AFP.
The BBC's Stephen Gibbs, in the capital, says there are growing fears of violence.
The military-backed interim government in Honduras has said that an aeroplane carrying Manuel Zelaya, the president it sent into exile last week, will not be allowed to land in the country. Zelaya, who was forced from power on June 28 just hours before a disputed referendum was to be held, had vowed to return to Honduras on Sunday. "I have ordered that he not be allowed back in, come what may," Enrique Ortez, the interim government's foreign minister, said.
The military-backed interim government in Honduras has said that an aeroplane carrying Manuel Zelaya, the president it sent into exile last week, will not be allowed to land in the country.
Zelaya, who was forced from power on June 28 just hours before a disputed referendum was to be held, had vowed to return to Honduras on Sunday.
"I have ordered that he not be allowed back in, come what may," Enrique Ortez, the interim government's foreign minister, said.
Zelaya had said earlier he would be accompanied on his return by Cristina Fernandez and Rafael Correa, the presidents of Argentina and Ecuador respectively.
Do we recall the books or the news during the 80's? It is absolutely amazing that cover operations, political and oligarchical fights do nto involve killing thousand upon thousand of peasants.
I am really glad that the US has imporved its foreign policy so much regarding these topics.
Am I the only one who considers the Obama administration (and bush father) one of the less kill-a-million-to-save-my-interest administration int he history of World Empires?
Should we recall that the US and Europe used to kill ten thousand people to save a company a couple of hundred million dollars?
A pleasure I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude
A signal has been detected from the flight data recorders of the Yemenia airliner that crashed in the Indian Ocean on 30 June, officials say.Comoran and French investigators say the signal was picked up during an underwater search. They gave no indication when the flight recorders might be recovered. The Airbus 310, going to the Comoros Islands from Yemen, came down in bad weather with 153 on board. A 12-year-old girl was the only survivor.
A signal has been detected from the flight data recorders of the Yemenia airliner that crashed in the Indian Ocean on 30 June, officials say.
Comoran and French investigators say the signal was picked up during an underwater search.
They gave no indication when the flight recorders might be recovered.
The Airbus 310, going to the Comoros Islands from Yemen, came down in bad weather with 153 on board. A 12-year-old girl was the only survivor.
Two British soldiers have been killed in separate attacks in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.A soldier from 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment was killed by a rocket-propelled grenade, the MoD said. A soldier from The Light Dragoons was killed in an explosion. Both families have been informed about the attacks, which happened on Saturday. The deaths in Helmand province bring the total number of UK personnel killed in Afghanistan since 2001 to 173.
Two British soldiers have been killed in separate attacks in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.
A soldier from 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment was killed by a rocket-propelled grenade, the MoD said.
A soldier from The Light Dragoons was killed in an explosion. Both families have been informed about the attacks, which happened on Saturday.
The deaths in Helmand province bring the total number of UK personnel killed in Afghanistan since 2001 to 173.
A group of clerics in Iran has called Iran's presidential vote invalid, contradicting official results.The pro-reform group's statement pits it against the top legislative body, which last week formally endorsed the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. On Saturday, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said that post-election events had caused bitterness. Britain said one of two UK embassy employees detained for "inciting protests" would be released. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in the aftermath of the poll to protest at what they alleged was a fraudulent election. The protests died down after the authorities deployed lethal force, killing at least 20 demonstrators. More than 1,000 were arrested.
A group of clerics in Iran has called Iran's presidential vote invalid, contradicting official results.
The pro-reform group's statement pits it against the top legislative body, which last week formally endorsed the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
On Saturday, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said that post-election events had caused bitterness.
Britain said one of two UK embassy employees detained for "inciting protests" would be released.
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in the aftermath of the poll to protest at what they alleged was a fraudulent election.
The protests died down after the authorities deployed lethal force, killing at least 20 demonstrators. More than 1,000 were arrested.
A British-Greek journalist jailed for two weeks in the midst of the unrest caused by Iran's disputed election has been released, Tehran said today. Iason Athanasiadis-Fowden, also known as James Fowden, who was reporting for the Washington Times, is thought to have been the only foreigner detained by the regime during the crackdown. The authorities have banned the foreign media from covering events organised by opposition groups in the Islamic Republic. Mr Athanasiadis-Fowden's release was attributed to "goodwill" efforts made by the Iranian ambassador in Athens
Iason Athanasiadis-Fowden, also known as James Fowden, who was reporting for the Washington Times, is thought to have been the only foreigner detained by the regime during the crackdown.
The authorities have banned the foreign media from covering events organised by opposition groups in the Islamic Republic. Mr Athanasiadis-Fowden's release was attributed to "goodwill" efforts made by the Iranian ambassador in Athens
A bomb blast outside a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines has killed five people and injured at least 26 others, officials say.The military immediately blamed the attack in the town of Cotabato, Mindanao, on a militant group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. The group has been fighting to establish a separate Islamic state. One of its leaders denied any involvement in the attack, saying there was no religious conflict in the south. The bomb went off outside the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception as people were leaving Mass, the army said. Police told AFP news agency that two of the dead were soldiers guarding the cathedral.
A bomb blast outside a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines has killed five people and injured at least 26 others, officials say.
The military immediately blamed the attack in the town of Cotabato, Mindanao, on a militant group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
The group has been fighting to establish a separate Islamic state.
One of its leaders denied any involvement in the attack, saying there was no religious conflict in the south.
The bomb went off outside the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception as people were leaving Mass, the army said.
Police told AFP news agency that two of the dead were soldiers guarding the cathedral.
One of America's most unconventional politicians, she left the country reeling on Friday evening by declaring that she is resigning her office this month and deriding the "superficial political blood sport."Almost a year after bursting on to the national scene as John McCain's presidential running mate, Mrs Palin, 45, has now made an unpredictable leap into the unknown. Speculation is at fever pitch that she will seek her party's nomination for the 2012 presidential race. Mrs Palin offered few clues about her future plans and said she was quitting in order to protect her children, especially her Down syndrome infant Trig, who she complained had become the butt of adult humour. She also said she wants to escape the legal cost of repeated ethics investigations which have hampered her ability to govern.
One of America's most unconventional politicians, she left the country reeling on Friday evening by declaring that she is resigning her office this month and deriding the "superficial political blood sport."
Almost a year after bursting on to the national scene as John McCain's presidential running mate, Mrs Palin, 45, has now made an unpredictable leap into the unknown. Speculation is at fever pitch that she will seek her party's nomination for the 2012 presidential race.
Mrs Palin offered few clues about her future plans and said she was quitting in order to protect her children, especially her Down syndrome infant Trig, who she complained had become the butt of adult humour. She also said she wants to escape the legal cost of repeated ethics investigations which have hampered her ability to govern.
Some of the last, frank thoughts and confessions of President Saddam Hussein of Iraq have been revealed in transcripts of a remarkable series of interviews with the former dictator's interrogators. Under questioning by the FBI during 20 formal interviews and at least five "casual conversations" over a four-month period from February to May 2004 after his capture by US troops in December 2003, Saddam said he had made a mistake in destroying Baghdad's stockpile of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) without independent verification from UN inspectors. He also told FBI interrogators that claims he had links with Osama bin Laden were incorrect.
Some of the last, frank thoughts and confessions of President Saddam Hussein of Iraq have been revealed in transcripts of a remarkable series of interviews with the former dictator's interrogators.
Under questioning by the FBI during 20 formal interviews and at least five "casual conversations" over a four-month period from February to May 2004 after his capture by US troops in December 2003, Saddam said he had made a mistake in destroying Baghdad's stockpile of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) without independent verification from UN inspectors. He also told FBI interrogators that claims he had links with Osama bin Laden were incorrect.
A teenage girl shot while helping her father in their family's small furniture and appliance store died yesterday, becoming the fifth victim of a suspected serial killer terrorizing a small South Carolina community, authorities said. Abby Tyler, 15, died at a Spartanburg hospital after fighting for her life for two days, Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said. Tyler was wounded and her father was killed Thursday as they worked to close the Tyler Home Center near downtown Gaffney. County Sheriff Bill Blanton said investigators believe the killings are linked and the search is on for a suspected male serial killer. An 83-year-old mother and her daughter were shot to death Wednesday, and a 63-year-old peach farmer was found dead at his home a week ago. Blanton said all the victims were shot, but he would not say how the deaths were linked. The shootings all occurred within about 10 miles (16 kilometers) of each other in Cherokee County, a rural community of 54,000 people set amid peach orchards and farms some 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Charlotte, North Carolina.
A teenage girl shot while helping her father in their family's small furniture and appliance store died yesterday, becoming the fifth victim of a suspected serial killer terrorizing a small South Carolina community, authorities said.
Abby Tyler, 15, died at a Spartanburg hospital after fighting for her life for two days, Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said.
Tyler was wounded and her father was killed Thursday as they worked to close the Tyler Home Center near downtown Gaffney.
County Sheriff Bill Blanton said investigators believe the killings are linked and the search is on for a suspected male serial killer. An 83-year-old mother and her daughter were shot to death Wednesday, and a 63-year-old peach farmer was found dead at his home a week ago.
Blanton said all the victims were shot, but he would not say how the deaths were linked. The shootings all occurred within about 10 miles (16 kilometers) of each other in Cherokee County, a rural community of 54,000 people set amid peach orchards and farms some 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Saturday said that Jews would enjoy freedom and full civil rights in a future Palestinian state, according to a report in the Aspen Daily News.
"Jews, to the extent they choose to stay and live in the state of Palestine, will enjoy those rights and certainly will not enjoy any less rights than Israeli Arabs enjoy now in the state of Israel," Fayyad said in response to a question from former CIA director James Woolsey at the Aspen Institute's Ideas Festival.
The death toll has risen to 140 following Sunday night's riot in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the regional government said Monday. Fifty-seven dead bodies were retrieved from Urumqi's streets and lanes, while all the others were confirmed dead at hospitals, said Liu Yaohua, the region's police chief, at a press conference midday Monday. He said the death toll would still be climbing.
The death toll has risen to 140 following Sunday night's riot in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the regional government said Monday.
Fifty-seven dead bodies were retrieved from Urumqi's streets and lanes, while all the others were confirmed dead at hospitals, said Liu Yaohua, the region's police chief, at a press conference midday Monday.
He said the death toll would still be climbing.
