Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s party suffered a drop in support in Russia’s parliamentary election Sunday. With more than 80 percent of the ballots counted, results show United Russia winning just over 50 percent of the vote, compared with 64 percent in 2007. The Communist Party was running a distant second with just under 20 percent […]
Putin’s Party Losing Support in Russian Election
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 10:50 pm (UTC-5)
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Delegates Set to Begin Talks on Afghan Future
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 9:20 pm (UTC-5)
A global conference on Afghanistan’s future is set to begin in the German city of Bonn Monday. Delegates from more than 80 countries will focus on charting a course for the war-torn country after international combat troops leave in 2014. But Pakistan, considered vital to any prospect of stability in Afghanistan, is boycotting the meeting […]
Italy Approves Austerity Measures
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 8:55 pm (UTC-5)
Italy’s new prime minister said his government has approved a package of emergency budget measures worth more than $40 billion that will help pull Italy back from the brink of bankruptcy. Mario Monti said Sunday the measures include immediate budget cuts as well as significant steps to fight tax evasion. To do his part to […]
Police, Protestors Square Off in Washington
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 8:45 pm (UTC-5)
The encampment at Zuccotti Park in New York City, where the movement began, was shut down in mid-November. Until now, Washington police had avoided the clashes that have taken place in other cities.
Putin’s Party Losing Support in Russian Election
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 8:45 pm (UTC-5)
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s party suffered a drop in support in Russia’s parliamentary election Sunday. With more than 75 percent of the ballots counted, results show United Russia winning nearly 50 percent of the vote, compared with 64 percent in 2007. The Communist Party was running a distant second with about 20 percent Russian analysts […]
Ljubljana Mayor’s Party a Surprise Victor in Slovenia
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 8:30 pm (UTC-5)
The European financial crisis claimed another victim Sunday as Slovenian voters handed a surprise victory to the party led by the mayor of the capital, Ljubljana, ousting Prime Minister Borut Pahor’s Social Democrats Zoran Jankovic’s Positive Slovenia party won 28.5 percent of the vote, according to nearly complete results. The favored conservatives were trailing with […]
Croatia’s conservatives ousted from power
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 8:00 pm (UTC-5)
Croatian voters have ousted the ruling conservatives in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, handing the center-left opposition bloc a mandate to overhaul the economy before the country joins the European Union next year. With more than 50 percent of the votes counted, official results show the opposition “Kukuriku” coalition will take 76 seats in Croatia’s 151-seat parliament. […]
Tiger Woods Ends Losing Streak
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 7:50 pm (UTC-5)
Golfer Tiger Woods has ended a two-year losing streak by winning the Chevron World Challenge by one shot. A stroke behind fellow American Zach Johnson before Sunday’s play, Woods fired birdie putts on the final two holes to secure the victory at the Sherwood Country Club course in Thousand Oaks, California. He finished at three-under-par […]
US Official Disputes Reports Iran Shot Down US Drone
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 7:30 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. official on Sunday disputed reports in the Iranian media that Iran’s armed forces shot down an unmanned U.S. reconnaissance drone that violated its airspace. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said “there is absolutely no indication up to this point that the drone was shot down.” Earlier Sunday, Iranian media reported […]
Bush: Fight Against AIDS Must Continue
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 7:00 pm (UTC-5)
Former U.S. President George W. Bush has told an international conference on AIDS that despite global financial worries, the fight against the disease must go on. In an opening address Sunday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Mr. Bush said the world has to set priorities but “there’s no greater priority than saving human life.” […]
