Day: July 16, 2011

A Jordanian official ordered an investigation Saturday to look into police officers’ attacks on pro-reform demonstrators in Amman, state-run media reported.

For the first time in his more than 12 years in office, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez delegated some of his powers to his vice president and finance minister as he prepared to travel to Cuba Saturday for cancer treatment.

NATO says it is investigating a Saturday attack by a man wearing an Afghan army uniform who opened fire on International Security Assistance Forces in southern Afghanistan, killing one.

Rupert Murdoch apologizes to the British public with full-page advertisements in seven national newspapers, a day after two senior executives resigned over the phone hacking scandal.

At least one person was killed Saturday when Syrian security forces opened fire on protesters in the easterm town of Albu Kamal, according to the activist group Local Coordination Committees in Syria.

Bridgetown. Over $150 dollars is owned to the Land Tax Department in  by delinquent property owners, Commissioner of the department , Wayne Forde has pledged to collect the money owed…

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, while praising Turkey’s rise as a regional and economic power, Saturday urged the government to improve its record on freedom of expression and equal protection for all citizens.

For $700, you could buy 200 gallons of gas, a souped-up iPad or, in India, a house.

A United Nations report details new allegations of violence, including perhaps mass graves, in the volatile border state of Southern Kordofan in Sudan.