At least 12 anti-Wall Street protesters have been arrested in Washington, DC, after police moved in to remove a wooden structure the protesters erected without a permit. Protesters, who have been camped at McPherson Square for weeks, began erecting the frame for a two-story wooden building Saturday. But police informed them Sunday morning they needed […]
Police, Protestors Square Off in Washington
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 6:45 pm (UTC-5)
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Islamists Dominant in Egypt’s Elections
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 6:20 pm (UTC-5)
Partial results from Egypt’s first round of parliamentary elections last week indicate Islamist parties captured an overwhelming majority of votes. The figures released Sunday by Egypt’s High Election Commission put the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party in the lead with 36.6 percent of the votes. The hardline Safalist Nour Party, which advocates a stricter […]
Putin’s Party Losing Support in Russian Election
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 6:10 pm (UTC-5)
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s party suffered a drop in support in Russia’s parliamentary election Sunday. With more than half 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 in […]
Italy Approves Austerity Measures
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 5:20 pm (UTC-5)
Italy’s new prime minister said his government has approved a package of emergency budget measures worth about $26 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 cut […]
Syria Faces New Sanctions as Violence Continues
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 5:10 pm (UTC-5)
Syria faced new sanctions Sunday after ignoring an Arab League deadline to let observers into the country as part of a plan to end a military crackdown on protests, which the U.N. says has killed at least 4,000 people. Senior league officials said that failure to reach an agreement could lead to outside involvement in […]
Ljubljana Mayor’s Party Ahead in Slovenia Election Upset
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 5:05 pm (UTC-5)
The party led by the mayor of Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana, has a surprise lead in parliamentary elections. Exit polls and early results show Zoran Jankovic’s Positive Slovenia is ahead with almost 30 percent of the vote Sunday. The results show former prime minister Janez Jansa’s center-right party with about 25 percent and the governing Social […]
Italy Approves Austerity Measures
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 4:45 pm (UTC-5)
Italy’s new prime minister said his government has approved a package of emergency budget measure worth about $26 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 cut […]
Croatian Exit Polls Show Opposition Bloc Headed for Win
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 3:15 pm (UTC-5)
Exit polls show Croatia’s center-left opposition bloc winning Sunday’s parliamentary elections by a wide margin, a victory that would break the long-dominant conservative grip on national politics in the Adriatic country. A survey released shortly after polls closed showed the opposition coalition carrying more than 44 percent of the vote, against just more than 22 […]
Obama Expresses Condolences Over Pakistan Troop Deaths
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 3:10 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has called Pakistan’s president to express his condolences over a NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani troops last week. In a telephone call Sunday, Mr. Obama said the incident was regrettable and not a deliberate attack on Pakistan. The president reiterated the U.S. commitment to a full investigation into the November […]
Iran Says it Shot Down US Spy Drone
Posted December 4th, 2011 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
Iranian media report that Iran’s armed forces have shot down an unmanned U.S. spy plane after it allegedly violated Iranian air space. The reports quote military officials who say the spy drone was not badly damaged and is in the Iranian military’s possession. Iranian media say Iran’s military shot down the U.S. drone in the […]
