A coalition of Internet companies, including U.S.-based Google, has agreed to support a “do-not-track” button being installed in Web browsers to help protect the privacy of computer users around the world. For more than a year, the Internet browser companies had resisted embedding the button. But slowly, various browsing companies have adopted the “do-not-track” feature, […]
Web Browser Companies Agree to ‘No-Track’ Button
Posted February 23rd, 2012 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
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Report: Afghan War Displaces Half Million Civilians Who Lack Proper Housing, Food
Posted February 23rd, 2012 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
An international human rights group says fighting in Afghanistan has displaced half a million people who lack access to adequate housing, food and schools. London-based Amnesty International said in a report Thursday that the situation is a “horrific humanitarian and human rights crisis.” The report said the displaced are living in settlements that lack food, […]
World Leaders Focus on Somalia’s Future at London Conference
Posted February 23rd, 2012 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
World leaders are in London for a one-day conference designed to help stabilize Somalia. British Prime Minister David Cameron said the conference is not meant to impose international solutions on Somalia. But he said the world will “pay a price” if it fails to help the Horn of Africa nation recover from violence, famine and […]
Fire Rips Through Burmese Refugee Camp in Thailand
Posted February 23rd, 2012 at 9:30 am (UTC-5)
Fire swept through a Burmese refugee camp on the Thai border Thursday, destroying hundreds of makeshift homes and displacing thousands of people seeking safety from fighting between Burmese government troops and separatist rebels in their homeland. Television footage showed smoke and flames rising from a vast area of the Umpiem Mai camp, which is home […]
NATO: Gunman in Afghan Army Uniform Kills 2 Coalition Soldiers
Posted February 23rd, 2012 at 8:50 am (UTC-5)
NATO officials say someone wearing an Afghan army uniform has shot dead two coalition service members in eastern Afghanistan, while protests over the burning of Qurans at a NATO facility continued for a third day. It was not immediately clear if the NATO deaths Thursday were related to the demonstrations that have erupted across the […]
Rights Group Says Afghans Displaced by War Lack Proper Housing, Food
Posted February 23rd, 2012 at 7:40 am (UTC-5)
An international human rights group says fighting in Afghanistan has displaced half-a-million people who lack access to adequate housing, food and schools. London-based Amnesty International said in a report Thursday that the situation is a “horrific humanitarian and human rights crisis.” The report said the displaced are living in settlements that lack food, proper sanitation […]
US, North Korea Meet in Beijing on Nuclear Issues
Posted February 23rd, 2012 at 7:20 am (UTC-5)
Talks between the top nuclear negotiators from the U.S. and North Korea went into “overtime” Thursday after a day of what were described as “substantive and serious” discussions. U.S. negotiator Glyn Davies told reporters in Beijing the sides were in “mid-negotiations” and had decided to have dinner together and then pick up the talks again […]
Obama Signs Payroll Tax Cut Extension Bill
Posted February 23rd, 2012 at 7:15 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has signed a measure that extends a payroll tax cut for 160 million American workers through the rest of the year. The bill signed by Mr. Obama in the Oval Office Wednesday continues a 2 percent reduction in the tax on wages and salaries that funds the Social Security retirement program. […]
Australian PM Calls Leadership Ballot
Posted February 23rd, 2012 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is calling for her ruling Labor party to vote on its leadership, seeking to resolve an ugly row with her predecessor, former prime minister Kevin Rudd. Ms. Gillard told reporters Thursday she believed it was in the best interests of her Labor Party and of the country to put an […]
World Leaders Focus on Somalia’s Future at London Conference
Posted February 23rd, 2012 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
World leaders have gathered in London for a one-day conference aimed at coming up with a coordinated response to instability in Somalia. British Prime Minister David Cameron said at the outset of Thursday’s meeting that the conference is not meant to impose international solutions on Somalia. But he said the world will “pay a price” […]
