Anxious relatives are holding on to faint hopes rescue workers will find more survivors from a cruise ship that ran aground off the northwest Italian coast. Officials suspended their search of the Costa Concordia Wednesday after the cruise ship started shifting on the rocks that tore a hole in the hull, causing it to tip […]
Hope Fading Fast for Possible Cruise Ship Survivors
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
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Blacklisted Businesswoman, Red Shirt Leader Join Thai Cabinet
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 1:20 pm (UTC-5)
A woman blacklisted in the United States over business dealings with the wife of Zimbabwe ruler Robert Mugabe is one of two controversial new appointees to Thailand’s ruling cabinet. The other is a former leader of the Red Shirt movement who faces terrorism charges over a two-month protest that ended with dozens of deaths in […]
Israel Says Decision on Iran Attack “Far Off”
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says any decision about a pre-emptive Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear program is “very far off.” Barak was speaking Wednesday a day before U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey visits Israel to discuss security issues including U.S. and Israeli concerns that Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons. […]
Growing Worries Cast Shadow Over Eurozone
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
European leaders are again trying to face down doubts they can overcome the eurozone debt crisis, as a growing unease spreads across the continent. Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Paris and Athens Wednesday, angry over government proposals intended to try to jump-start the French and Greek economies. In Athens, where government officials […]
Bomb Attacks Kill 13 in Southern Afghanistan
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
Officials say two bomb attacks in the southern Afghan province of Helmand have killed at least 13 people. A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed seven civilians and two police officers Wednesday in the Kajaki district. More than nine people were wounded in the blast. Elsewhere in Helmand, a provincial spokesman (Daud Ahmadi) said an […]
India, China Agree to Prevent Flareups along Border
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
India and China have agreed to work to prevent any flare-ups and to ensure peace along their disputed Himalayan border. India’s ambassador to China, S. Jaishankar, and China’s Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin signed an agreement in New Delhi to establish a committee on border management. The agreement calls for both countries to strive to […]
Activists: Syrian Government Agrees to Truce with Rebel-Held Town
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
Syrian opposition activists say government forces have agreed to a cease-fire with rebels holding a mountainous town near Damascus and the Lebanese border. Activists in Zabadani say rebels of the Free Syrian Army and representatives of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad agreed to the truce late Tuesday after five days of fighting. The deal calls for […]
US Urges South Africa to Prevent Sudan Crisis
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
The United States is calling on South Africa to help prevent a humanitarian crisis in Sudan. The U.S. special envoy to Sudan, Princeton Lyman, said civilians in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states are running out of food. During a conference in Pretoria Wednesday, he urged South Africa to pressure the Khartoum government to allow […]
Tuareg Rebels Attack More Towns in Northern Mali
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
Malian troops clashed with nomadic Tuareg rebels during their attempt to seize control of towns in the north of the country. The fighting erupted Wednesday around the northern towns of Aguelhok and Tessalit. Witnesses say the rebels arrived in Aguelhok around 5 a.m. local time and targeted the nearby military barracks. No casualties have been […]
Desperate Cruise Ship Search Suspended, Hope Fading Fast
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
The wait for news is growing more desperate for relatives of passengers still missing from the cruise ship that ran aground off the northwest Italian coast. Rescue workers suspended their search of the Costa Concordia Wednesday after the cruise ship shifted slightly. Divers who have been trying to search submerged parts of the ship describe […]
