Iranian protesters have stormed two British diplomatic compounds in Tehran in response to Britain’s new economic sanctions against Iran. Protesters Tuesday broke windows, scattered documents and pulled down a British flag. They also looted a portrait of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth at one of the sites. Outside, protesters chanted “death to Britain.” The British Foreign Office […]
Iranian Protesters Storm Two British Compounds
Posted November 29th, 2011 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
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Norwegian Mass Killer Declared Insane
Posted November 29th, 2011 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Court-appointed psychiatrists have declared Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik criminally insane. The psychiatric evaluation found the confessed killer was insane when he set off a car bomb in Oslo, and went on a shooting rampage at a youth summer camp, killing 77 people earlier this year. Prosecutors said Tuesday that they will recommend the […]
American Airlines Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Posted November 29th, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
American Airlines’ parent company has filed for bankruptcy after failing to secure a deal with pilots to cut labor costs. The nation’s third largest airline said Tuesday it sought bankruptcy court protection to reduce its costs and debt to competitive levels. The airline said normal flight operations will continue during a reorganization. American had been […]
Egyptians Near End of First Round of Voting
Posted November 29th, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
Egypt is nearing the end of its first round of voting in its first parliamentary elections since longtime president Hosni Mubarak resigned in February. Voters in Cairo, Alexandria and seven other provinces are casting ballots for seats in the lower house of parliament. Tuesday is their second and final day of voting. Officials say long […]
China Uges Sudan, South Sudan to Resolve Oil Dispute
Posted November 29th, 2011 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
China has called on Sudan and South Sudan to resolve a dispute that has blocked the flow of oil exports from the south. Beijing purchases nearly five percent of its total oil imports from South Sudan. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman on Tuesday urged the two Sudans to exercise “restraint” and use a “flexible and […]
Europe Working to Ensure the Euro’s Survival
Posted November 29th, 2011 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
European finance ministers gathered in Brussels Tuesday in another effort to resolve the continent’s debt crisis and save the euro as its common currency. The ministers appeared set to negotiate terms of proposals that would have — until recently — been unthinkable. They could force the 17 countries that use the euro to cede control […]
Clinton Arrives in S. Korea, Ahead of Historic Burma Visit
Posted November 29th, 2011 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in South Korea, on the first leg of a two-nation tour that includes the first visit to Burma by a U.S. secretary of state in 50 years. Clinton meets Wednesday with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and attends the opening of a key international forum on global […]
NATO to Retrain All Troops in Afghanistan in Protecting Civilians
Posted November 29th, 2011 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
NATO’s top commander in Afghanistan has ordered tens of thousands of troops to be retrained in the coming days in how to avoid civilian casualties during counter-insurgency operations. U.S. General John Allen announced the retraining program in a letter to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has frequently complained about deaths and injuries to Afghan civilians […]
Facebook May Go Public Valued at $100 Billion
Posted November 29th, 2011 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Facebook is moving closer to an initial public stock offering that could value the company at more than $100 billion. The newspaper said “people familiar with the matter” told a reporter late Monday that the company could go public in the second quarter of 2012. The sources said […]
Iranians Storm British Embassy
Posted November 29th, 2011 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
Iranian protesters have stormed the British embassy in Tehran in response to Britain’s new economic sanctions against Iran for its suspected program to develop nuclear weapons. Iranians scattered embassy documents, threw stones, broke windows and replaced the British flag with an Iranian one Tuesday. The rioters also looted a portrait of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth. Outside […]
