Ireland will learn Friday whether voters have agreed to accept the terms of the European Union’s debt-reduction treaty. Voters went to the polls on Thursday to cast their ballots on a German-backed measure that would impose strict limits on debt and budget deficits among the 17-nation euro currency bloc. Ireland signed the treaty in March […]
Ireland Awaits Results of Referendum on EU Fiscal Treaty
Posted June 1st, 2012 at 3:20 am (UTC-5)
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Aung San Suu Kyi Calls for “Healthy Skepticism” of Burma’s Reforms
Posted June 1st, 2012 at 1:20 am (UTC-5)
Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on the international investors Friday to exercise “healthy skepticism” as her country implements reforms after half a century of military rule. In an address to the World Economic Forum in Bangkok, the Nobel peace laureate condemned the lack of change in Burma’s corrupt legal system and said […]
California Teen Wins National Spelling Bee
Posted June 1st, 2012 at 1:15 am (UTC-5)
Snigdha Nandipati has won the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee. “Guetapens. Guetapens, is it French? It’s from French. Guetapens, g-u-e-t-a-p-e-n-s, Guetapens.[Applause] And guess what? We have a champion of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Snigdha Nandipati.” The 14-year-old eighth grader from San Diego, California, who finished second in last year’s bee, won the 85th […]
UN Rights Body to Discuss Syrian Slaughter
Posted June 1st, 2012 at 12:20 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations’ top human rights body is holding an emergency session Friday in Geneva to discuss last week’s slaughter of dozens of men, women and children in the Syrian town of Houla. The U.N. Human Rights Council is expected to place at least partial blame on the Syrian government for the massacre of at […]
Aung San Suu Kyi Calls for “Healthy Skepticism” of Burma’s Reforms
Posted June 1st, 2012 at 12:05 am (UTC-5)
Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on the international community Friday to exercise “healthy skepticism” as her country implements reforms after half a century of military rule. In an address to the World Economic Forum in Bangkok, the Nobel peace laureate condemned the lack of change in Burma’s corrupt legal system and said […]
