The New York Times
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 00:00
Accusing unseen conspirators of subjecting the nation to a variety of ills is an art form in Venezuela.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 00:00
There were 251 homicides between June 30 and Aug. 31. That's an average of four a day for the Caribbean island of 2.7 million people, compared to an average of 2.9 a day during the first half of the year.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 13:33
ON Tuesday, the eyes of Kenya will be firmly fixed on The Hague, where the trial of the country’s deputy president, William Ruto, and his co-defendant, Joshua arap Sang, an influential radio executive, is set to begin before the International Criminal Court. They have been charged with crimes against humanity for their alleged roles in the violence that rocked Kenya in late 2007 and early 2008. Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, will face similar charges in a related case set for trial in November.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 13:19
One of the first African presidents I ever met was Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, a septuagenarian Somali warlord, who sat in a gilded chair in the presidential palace in Mogadishu as intense fighting raged outside. At the time — this was early 2008 — the Somali government controlled all of about five city blocks in a country the size of California. Islamist insurgents held much of the rest, and on the day I met President Yusuf, they were mounting an all-out assault on the presidential palace.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 07:52
A senior Palestinian official said Secretary of State John Kerry had “guaranteed us in writing” that negotiations would start from the 1967 lines, and American officials suggested he was not telling the truth.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 07:34
Mr. Kerry’s suggestion — and the Russian and Syrian response — also seemed to represent the first possible point of agreement over how to address the chemical weapons issue.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 00:00
Ramirez alleged the blaze was caused by the loosening of seven bolts at a pump.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 00:00
Describing the court ruling as "not applicable," Santos said he would oppose any attempt by Nicaragua to extend its sea frontier toward Colombia.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 00:00
They put metal filing cabinets against the windows, but a glimmer of light still shone through, drawing gunfire. One bullet hit our office ceiling, another lodged in a window frame.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 00:00
A study of mercury contamination from rampant informal gold mining in Peru's Amazon says indigenous people who get their protein mostly from fish are the most affected, particularly their children.