Burmese President Thein Sein says he is trying to create conditions for peace talks with ethnic-minority Kachin rebels. In a speech in Rangoon, Mr. Thein Sein said government forces are within an “arm’s length” of the main Kachin Independence Army base in the town of Laiza, on the border with China. He said he has […]
Burma Says Troops Ordered Not to Attack Kachin Rebel HQ
Posted January 20th, 2013 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
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Algeria Says Bodies of More Hostages Found at Gas Complex
Posted January 20th, 2013 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
Algerian officials say security forces searching a desert gas complex raided by Islamists have found the bodies of more hostages killed by the militants in the four-day seizure of the facility this week. Security officials said Sunday an additional 25 bodies were discovered at the complex at Ain Amenas in eastern Algeria. They said the […]
National Day of Service Marks Start of America’s Inaugural Weekend
Posted January 19th, 2013 at 6:50 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama launched America’s inaugural weekend in Washington Saturday at a local school, as the capital city made final preparations for the president’s public swearing-in on Monday. Mr. Obama and first lady Michelle Obama donned work clothes to help spruce up an elementary school, as part of a series of national service events […]
IAEA, Iran Fail to Reach Deal on Nuclear Inspections
Posted January 18th, 2013 at 8:00 am (UTC-5)
The chief United Nations nuclear inspector says no deal has been reached with Iran to investigate its controversial nuclear program, but that a meeting will take place next month. International Atomic Energy Agency team leader Herman Nackaerts and his team of U.N. inspectors arrived Friday at Vienna airport following two days of “intensive discussions” in […]
Cyclist Armstrong Admits on Television to Illegal Doping
Posted January 17th, 2013 at 9:55 pm (UTC-5)
Retired star U.S. Cyclist Lance Armstrong has appeared on American television to admit using performance-enhancing drugs in all seven of his Tour de France victories from 1999 through 2005. The 41-year-old cancer survivor, who has repeatedly denied doping accusations, told interviewer Oprah Winfrey that he could not have won the seven titles without the banned […]
Pakistani Terrorist Sentenced in Chicago
Posted January 17th, 2013 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani-born Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for helping a terrorist group plot an attack on a Danish newspaper that printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The defense says Rana was unwittingly lured into the plot by his lifelong friend, David Coleman Headley, an American of Pakistani origin who […]
Chinese Official Calls for Dialogue with Japan on Island Dispute
Posted January 17th, 2013 at 6:00 am (UTC-5)
A senior Chinese leader is calling for talks with Japan to resolve an increasingly bitter dispute over a group of islands in the East China Sea. Jia Qinglin, who heads China’s top political advisory body, made the comments during a meeting with former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. The state-run China Daily quoted Jia as […]
Pakistan’s Anti-Corruption Bureau Refuses to Arrest Prime Minister
Posted January 17th, 2013 at 5:40 am (UTC-5)
The head of Pakistan’s anti-corruption bureau says it has decided not to arrest Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, despite orders to do so by the supreme court. Fasih Bokhari, chief of the National Accountability Bureau, told the court Thursday that he does not have sufficient evidence to arrest Mr. Ashraf on corruption charges. On Tuesday, […]
US to Recognize Somalia’s New Government
Posted January 16th, 2013 at 5:20 pm (UTC-5)
A senior U.S. diplomat says the United States is officially recognizing the government in Somalia, opening formal diplomatic relations for the first time since militants shot down two U.S. military helicopters in Mogadishu in 1993. Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson says visiting Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will […]
Islamist Militants Seize Hostages at Algerian Gas Field
Posted January 16th, 2013 at 9:40 am (UTC-5)
Islamist militants with reported links to al-Qaida have attacked a natural gas production facility operated by the British oil company BP in southern Algeria, kidnapping at least seven foreigners, including Japanese, British and Norwegian nationals. Algeria’s state-run news agency said one person was killed and seven others wounded in Wednesday’s attack on the field at […]
