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Ballots burn as most of Benghazi votes
Jul 7th, 2012
Hundreds of protesters burned ballots to demand greater representation although most residents of the Mediterranean city of Benghazi voted on Saturday in historic elections vowing to build a new Libya. (Source: AFP) -
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Police say five people have plunged to their deaths trying to escape a burning government building in eastern Pakistan. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
AMSTERDAM (AP) - World stock markets shrugged off suggestions the U.S. Federal Reserve may begin to reverse some of its asset purchase programs by the end of the summer, and were mostly higher Friday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Paul Eckert and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration denied Republican accusations of a cover-up in last year's deadly attack in Libya, moving on Friday to defuse a renewed political controversy after a news report said memos on the incident were edited to omit references to a CIA warning of an al Qaeda threat. ABC... [Full Article]
By Katharine Houreld and Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An upmarket constituency of Pakistan's violence-plagued city of Karachi voted again under tight security on Sunday, a day after gunmen killed a senior politician from a reformist party in the district and a week after general elections. It was not immediately clear who killed Zara... [Full Article]