Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby says he and Qatar’s prime minister will jointly present an Arab plan for resolving Syria’s months-long unrest to the U.N. Security Council on Monday. Speaking Thursday in Cairo, Elaraby said he and the Qatari leader will ask the Security Council to endorse the plan, which calls for Syrian President Bashar […]
Arab League to Present Syria Plan to UN Security Council
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
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Australian Police Rescue PM from Unruly Crowd
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
Riot police in the Australian capital moved in Thursday to rescue Prime Minister Julia Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott from a crowd of unruly protesters who were supporting indigenous rights. Photographs and television footage show plainclothes security personnel clutching the prime minister as they pulled her away from a Canberra restaurant surrounded by protesters […]
Russia Approves New Opposition Rally
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
Authorities in Moscow have agreed to allow a mass opposition rally on February 4, a month before Russia’s presidential polls. Deputy Mayor Aleksander Gorbenko says authorities approved the route for the protest, which will see demonstrators march to Bolotnaya Square, just opposite the Kremlin on the other side of the Moscow River. An estimated 50,000 […]
Fund to Battle AIDS, Malaria, TB Gets $750 Million
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis, which is credited with saving millions of lives, is slated to get $750 million to continue its work. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation renewed its commitment to the fund on Thursday during an annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Microsoft founder […]
Afghan President in Europe to Sign Strategic Deals
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is in Europe on a trip aimed at establishing long-term strategic partnerships with Italy, France and Britain. On the first leg of his trip, Mr. Karzai met in Rome Wednesday with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. During the meeting, Mr. Karzai praised Italy for the sacrifices […]
US Economy: Mixed Signals
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
The sluggish U.S. economy produced mixed signals Thursday about how fast it is advancing. The U.S. government reported that orders for durable goods — those designed to last at least three years — surged 3 percent in December, suggesting that manufacturing is a strong segment of the national economy. Orders for cars, commercial airplanes, machinery, […]
Divers Continue Search on Italian Ship
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
Divers have resumed search efforts to find those missing onboard the Costa Concordia cruise ship that wrecked off the northwestern coast of Italy earlier this month. German and Italian authorities on Wednesday identified the remains of three German passengers recovered from the disaster. Sixteen deaths have been confirmed, while 17 others are still missing from […]
Iranian President Says Iran Not Opposed to Nuclear Talks With West
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his government does not oppose negotiating with Western powers about its nuclear program but also wants them to change what he calls their “foul” behavior toward Iran. Speaking Thursday on a visit to the southern province of Kerman, Mr. Ahmadinejad accused the West of creating obstacles to negotiations. Iran and […]
Tibetan Leader Asks World to Condemn Chinese Crackdown
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 9:40 am (UTC-5)
The elected leader of the Tibet’s exile community is calling for a global vigil next month to condemn the killings of Tibetan protesters by security forces in China’s southwestern Sichuan province. Lobsang Sangay called the killings this week of at least six protesters “gruesome” and “unacceptable.” In a statement issued Thursday from his headquarters in […]
Somali Government Backs US Hostage Rescue
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
The Somali government says it supports the U.S. military operation that freed two Western aid workers who had been held hostage in the war-ravaged country. In a statement released Thursday, Somalia’s transitional government said the rescue of Jessica Buchanan, an American, and Poul Thisted, a Dane, was a “great joy” to “right-thinking people everywhere.” Buchanan […]
