U.S. billionaire and philanthropist Warren Buffett has appeared singing and playing the ukulele on Chinese state television. Buffett appeared on a hugely popular Chinese Lunar New Year variety show, singing the folk song I’ve Been Working On The Railroad, in the video posted on state broadcaster CCTV’s “Spring Festival Gala” website Sunday. Buffett also wished […]
Buffett Croons in Chinese New Year Gala
Posted January 22nd, 2012 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
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US Urges Burma to Ensure Free By-Elections
Posted January 22nd, 2012 at 3:35 pm (UTC-5)
A key U.S. senator says the United States is pleased with recent progress toward democratic reforms in Burma, but says the country’s new, nominally civilian government must ensure “free and fair” by-elections in April. John McCain, the senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, spoke Sunday in Rangoon, after meeting with President Thein Sein […]
Croatians Vote to Join European Union
Posted January 22nd, 2012 at 3:35 pm (UTC-5)
Croatia has made a giant step toward joining the European Union after voters approved membership in a referendum Sunday. With the vote counting still under way late in the day, officials said 67 percent supported membership. Voter turnout is expected to be less than half. Supporters of EU membership say Croatia’s floundering economy can benefit […]
US Envoy: Taliban Must Renounce Terrorism to Participate in Talks
Posted January 22nd, 2012 at 3:15 pm (UTC-5)
A top U.S. diplomat visiting Afghanistan said Sunday the Taliban must renounce international terrorism and endorse peace initiatives if it wants to participate in negotiations to end the 10-year war. Marc Grossman, the special U.S. envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, made the comment after talks with Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin. “I am looking […]
Libya’s NTC Deputy Head Quits After Benghazi Protests
Posted January 22nd, 2012 at 3:05 pm (UTC-5)
The deputy head of Libya’s National Transitional Council has stepped down, a day after anti-government protesters stormed the ruling body’s offices in the eastern city of Benghazi. Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, one of the Council’s highest-profile members, announced his resignation Sunday as thousands of university students demonstrated against him in Benghazi, where last week he was […]
Wounded US Congresswoman Giffords to Step Down
Posted January 22nd, 2012 at 3:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has announced she will resign from Congress, a year after she was seriously wounded in a shooting spree in her home state of Arizona. In a video statement posted on the Internet Sunday, Giffords said she is getting better, but that work remains for her recovery. She said she is stepping […]
Saudi to Withdraw Observers From Arab League’s Syria Mission
Posted January 22nd, 2012 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
Saudi Arabia says it is withdrawing its observers from Syria in protest at what it calls the Syrian government’s failure to respect an Arab League plan to end a violent crackdown on a 10-month old opposition uprising. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal announced the pullout of the Saudi observers Sunday, at a meeting of […]
Saleh Leaves Sana’a to Seek Treatment in US, Vows Return to Yemen
Posted January 22nd, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
Yemeni officials say President Ali Abdullah Saleh has left the country to seek medical treatment in the United States while vowing to return to Yemen continue leading his ruling party. The officials say Mr. Saleh flew out of the capital, Sana’a, on Sunday en route to Oman, where he would stay for a brief period […]
Taliban Must Renounce Terrorism to Participate in Talks
Posted January 22nd, 2012 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
A top U.S. diplomat visiting Afghanistan says the Taliban must renounce international terrorism and endorse peace initiatives if it wants to participate in negotiations to end the 10-year war. Marc Grossman, the special U.S. envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, spoke Sunday in Kabul, alongside Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin. Grossman endorsed a Taliban move […]
Former Penn State Football Coach Joe Paterno Dies
Posted January 22nd, 2012 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
Legendary former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who was fired in the wake of a child sex abuse scandal, died on Sunday from lung cancer. He was 85. Paterno’s family said in a statement that he “fought hard until the end, stayed positive, thought only of others and constantly reminded everyone of how blessed […]
