Human Rights lobby group Amnesty International wants US President Barack Obama to follow the lead of the United Nations General Assembly, and take steps to end the US economic embargo against Cuba.
The government in Senegal has confirmed that it gave money to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) official earlier this month, after previously denying the allegations.
October is now considered the deadliest month for American forces in the eight-year war in Afghanistan after eight US soldiers were killed in bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan earlier today.
An umbrella group affiliated with al Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility Tuesday for a pair of weekend bombings that killed 160 people in Baghdad, according to a report on www.cnn.com.
Dad of strangled kids has yet to be chargedPolice could this week charge a man who was arrested on suspicion of strangling his two-year-old son and four-year-old daughter, according to an article by Trudy Simpson on www.voice-online.co.uk.
Canada granted citizenship to 60 persons on Tuesday, October 13, in a formal ceremony at the Ontario Science Centre, according to a report by Francine Buchner on www.gleanerextra.com.
Former Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic was released from prison in Sweden Tuesday, after serving two thirds of an 11-year sentence for crimes against humanity, according to a report on www.cnn.com.
The two Northwest Airlines pilots, whose plane overshot its destination by 150 miles on Wednesday, have reportedly said they were using their laptop computers at the time.
