Officials in Nigeria say three bomb blasts at outdoor bars where people were watching a televised soccer match killed at least one person and injured at least ten others in Jos. The bombs went off late Saturday, as fans watched Real Madrid take on Barcelona. One official says a fourth bomb found at one of […]
Nigerian Bomb Blasts Kill One, Injure Nearly a Dozen
Posted December 11th, 2011 at 7:50 am (UTC-5)
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Polls are Open Sunday In Ivory Coast Parliamentary Elections
Posted December 11th, 2011 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
Ivory Coast voters are going to the polls in the country’s first parliamentary elections in more than a decade. An election official is quoted as saying some polls in Abidjan had not opened nearly two hours after voting started Sunday, but that those polling stations will stay open late. The Election Commission says almost 1,000 […]
UN Climate Change Conference Reaches Deal
Posted December 11th, 2011 at 4:10 am (UTC-5)
Delegates from 194 counties to a U.N. climate conference meeting in South Africa have agreed to negotiate an accord that will legally bind countries to take action to slow the pace of climate change. Under the agreement reached Sunday, industrial countries will have to adhere to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol for at least another five […]
UN Climate Change Conference Reach Deals on Combating Global Warming
Posted December 11th, 2011 at 3:20 am (UTC-5)
Delegates from 194 counties to a U.N. climate conference meeting in South Africa have agreed to an accord that would force countries to take action to slow the pace of climate change. Under the agreement, industrial countries will have to adhere to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol another five years after it expires in 2012. The […]
US Republicans Debate in Iowa
Posted December 11th, 2011 at 2:55 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Republican presidential candidate hopefuls held a debate Saturday in Iowa – the state that will hold the party’s first nominating event in less than a month. Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, has recently emerged as the front-runner in the race. Gingrich’s main rival, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, described […]
US Republicans Debate in Iowa
Posted December 11th, 2011 at 1:25 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Republican presidential candidate hopefuls held a debate Saturday in Iowa – the state that will hold the party’s first nominating event in less than a month. Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, has recently emerged as the front-runner in the race. Gingrich’s main rival, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, described […]
UN Conference Reaches Agreement on Action to Reduce Global Warming
Posted December 11th, 2011 at 1:10 am (UTC-5)
Delegates from 194 counties to a U.N. climate conference meeting in South Africa have agreed to an accord that would force countries to take action to slow the pace of climate change. Under the agreement, industrial countries will have to adhere to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol another five years after it expires in 2012. The […]
