Suspected IRA dissident detained over March killing of Northern Ireland policemanOctober 1st, 2009 Suspected IRA dissident detained over cop killingBELFAST, Northern Ireland — Northern Ireland police have detained a 22-year-old man suspected in the dissident Irish Republican Army killing of a policeman seven months ago. Police said Thursday they were holding the suspect at their main interrogation center west of Belfast.
New backcourt: Cavs center Zydrunas Ilgauskas adopts two orphan brothers from LithuaniaSeptember 30th, 2009 Cavs center adopts orphans from LithuaniaCLEVELAND — Zydrunas Ilgauskas added one big teammate this summer — and two little ones. The Cavaliers center and his wife, Jennifer, adopted two young boys, orphan brothers from his native Lithuania.
Lithuania hosted secret CIA prison: ReportAugust 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Lithuania was among three European countries that hosted secret CIA prisons for holding high-value Al Qaeda suspects, ABC News reported Thursday, citing unnamed former CIA officials. The CIA held up to eight prisoners in a building outside Vilnius for as long as a year, until late 2005, when the secret prison operation was ended after it surfaced publicly, the officials said.
Lithuania faces possible debt downgrade from S&P a day after Latvia, Estonia were loweredAugust 11th, 2009 Lithuania faces possible debt downgrade from S&PLONDON — Lithuania may see its credit rating downgraded to junk status by Standard & Poor's after the agency warned Tuesday that rising economic and political risks are depressing the Baltic country's tax revenues. S&P said it has placed its triple B long term sovereign credit rating on Lithuania on Creditwatch with negative implications — a precursor to a possible downgrade over the coming three months if the situation does not improve.
As economy deteriorates, analysts say chances rise Lithuania will seek bailout loanAugust 6th, 2009 Lithuania under pressure, may turn to IMFVILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuania's increasingly desperate economic situation may make it the next country in Eastern Europe to ask the International Monetary Fund for emergency loans. Stunningly bad growth numbers for the second quarter — the economy shrank 22 percent compared with the same three months a year ago — were significantly worse than most analysts' expectations and have led them to think the small Baltic country of 3.4 million will soon follow its neighbor Latvia in seeking a bailout.
Any talks on release of 5 Lithuanians taken hostage by pirates could last months, expert saysAugust 5th, 2009 Expert: Lithuanian hostage crisis could drag onVILNIUS, Lithuania — A Lithuanian maritime expert says that any negotiations with pirates about the release of five Lithuanian sailors abducted in Nigeria could last months. Petras Bekeza, the chairman of Lithuania's sailors' union, says that the pirates who seized the crew members of a Lithuanian ship on Monday while it was docked in a Nigerian port may not have known that the small nation of Lithuania is in a deep economic crisis.
Chinese dissident who criticized quake response to plead not guilty to state secrets chargeJuly 30th, 2009 Chinese dissident to plead not guiltyBEIJING — A Chinese dissident who criticized the government's response to a massive earthquake last year that left almost 90,000 people dead or missing will plead not guilty in a state secrets trial that opens next week, his lawyer said Thursday. Mo Shaoping, who will represent the activist Huang Qi, said the trial, starting next Wednesday at a court in Chengdu in southwestern Sichuan, will be closed to the public.
Lithuania's GDP plummets 22.4 percent in second quarter, heads toward worst in European UnionJuly 28th, 2009 Lithuania's GDP plummets 22.4 pct in Q2VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuania's economy shrank 22.4 percent in the second quarter compared to the same period a year ago, the biggest drop since the Baltic country broke away from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, officials said Tuesday. The preliminary figures from Statistics Lithuania were worse than expected, and raised concerns that neighboring Latvia and Estonia may also post steeper-than-expected declines in the second quarter.
Trial of Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi resumes for closing argumentsJuly 24th, 2009 Trial of Aung San Suu Kyi resumes in MyanmarYANGON, Myanmar — A Myanmar official says the trial of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has resumed. The widely criticized proceedings started up again Friday with defense lawyers and prosecutors expected to present final arguments.
Trial of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi resumes for closing argumentsJuly 24th, 2009 Trial of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi resumesYANGON, Myanmar — The trial of Myanmar's jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi resumed Friday with her lawyers set to present a final argument in their efforts to save the Nobel laureate from a possible five-year prison term. Suu Kyi, 64, is charged with violating the terms of her house arrest by harboring an uninvited American man who swam to her lakeside home and stayed for two days.
2nd suspected IRA dissident charged with killing 2 soldiers in Northern IrelandJuly 23rd, 2009 2nd N.Ireland man charged with killing soldiersDUBLIN — The Northern Ireland police say they have charged a second suspected IRA dissident with the killing of two off-duty British soldiers in March. The 44-year-old man will be identified at his arraignment later Thursday at a court northwest of Belfast.
Lithuania says it will not review compensation plan for Jewish property seized during warJuly 21st, 2009 Lithuania to stick to compensation planVILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuania will not amend a plan to compensate the loss of Jewish property seized during World War II, despite criticism from Jewish organizations that it fails to repay the properties' full value, the Baltic state's justice minister said Tuesday. "It is very hard, if not impossible, to restore all property rights after more than half a century, a war and two occupations," the minister, Remigijus Simasius, told The Associated Press.
Clarification: Lithuania Censorship Law storyJuly 16th, 2009 Clarification: Lithuania Censorship Law storyVILNIUS, Lithuania — In a July 14 story about a censorship bill approved by Lithuania's parliament, The Associated Press reported that the president needs to sign the measure within three days, but omitted the date it takes effect. It is set to enter force on March 1, 2010.
Suu Kyi trial resumes in Myanmar after UN chief's failed effort to free herJuly 10th, 2009 Suu Kyi trial resumes in MyanmarYANGON, Myanmar — A Myanmar official says the trial of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has resumed. The proceedings started up again a week after Myanmar's ruling generals blocked efforts by the U.N.
Family of slain Jewish man walks out of courtroom in anger in tense Paris trialApril 30th, 2009 Family of slain Jewish man leaves Paris trialPARIS — The family of a Jewish man tortured and killed in 2006 walked out of a tense Paris trial Thursday in anger over comments by the man accused of murdering him, the family's lawyer said. Twenty-seven young people are on trial in the case, which drew nationwide attention and raised concerns about anti-Semitism.
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