Russian officials say a gas explosion and fire at a restaurant in Moscow has killed two people and injured at least 26 others. The explosion at an Italian restaurant Monday tore through the kitchen of the restaurant and quickly engulfed the three-story building in southern Moscow. Investigators say the fire is believed to have been […]
Moscow Restaurant Blast Kills 2, Injures 26
Posted January 9th, 2012 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
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1 Killed in Nigeria Fuel Price Protests
Posted January 9th, 2012 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
Tensions rose in major cities across Nigeria on Monday where tens of thousands of people protested against soaring fuel prices, sparking clashes with police that killed at least one person. Witnesses say a police officer fatally shot one protester in the main commercial city of Lagos. Elsewhere in the city, riot police stood watch as […]
Merkel, Sarkozy Call for Quicker Debt Crisis Action
Posted January 9th, 2012 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy pushed Monday to speed up Europe’s efforts to control the two-year governmental debt crisis. The German and French leaders met in Berlin, then called for a quick conclusion of European Union treaty negotiations to tighten spending controls over individual governments. Mr. Sarkozy said the new budget […]
German Prosecutors Seek Life for Killer of US Airmen
Posted January 9th, 2012 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
German prosecutors are asking for a sentence of life in prison for a Kosovo Albanian man who has admitted killing two U.S. airmen at the Frankfurt airport last year. Twenty-one-year-old Arid Uka faces two counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder for wounding two other airmen and firing at a third. In closing […]
Ex-Pakistan Envoy to US Denies Memo Link
Posted January 9th, 2012 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States has denied any connection to a memo sent to Washington asking for U.S. help in preventing a purported army coup. In his first appearance before a Supreme Court commission Monday, Husain Haqqani said he had “no role in creating, drafting and/or delivering” the memo to Admiral Mike Mullen, […]
Iran Sentences Alleged US Spy to Death
Posted January 9th, 2012 at 9:20 am (UTC-5)
An Iranian court has sentenced an American man to death on charges of spying for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency said Monday the judgment against Amir Mirzaei Hekmati was for CIA ties and for cooperating with a “hostile country.” The U.S. State Department has previously demanded his release, saying the […]
Red Cross: 14 Protesters Injured in Clash with Nigerian Police
Posted January 9th, 2012 at 9:10 am (UTC-5)
The Red Cross in Nigeria says at least 14 people have been injured in clashes with police during nationwide protests against soaring fuel prices. Red Cross official Musa Abdullahi said the casualties took place Monday in the northern city of Kano, where at least seven people suffered gunshot wounds. Thousands of Nigerians began a nationwide […]
Iran Starts Uranium Enrichment at Underground Complex
Posted January 9th, 2012 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
Diplomats in Vienna say Iran has started uranium enrichment at a facility where the material can be upgraded quickly for potential use in a nuclear bomb. The diplomats close to the international monitoring of nuclear programs said Monday that Iranian centrifuges were refining uranium to a purity of 20 percent at the underground Fordo complex […]
Norway’s Statoil Discovers Oil in Barents Sea
Posted January 9th, 2012 at 8:30 am (UTC-5)
Norway’s Statoil has announced a major oil discovery in the Barents Sea that could contain up to 300 million barrels of oil. Statoil, Norway’s largest oil producer, announced the find in a statement Monday. It says the newly discovered deposit is in the Havis prospect , just seven kilometers from the Skrugard prospect, where oil […]
Australia to Ease Sanctions Against Burma
Posted January 9th, 2012 at 8:20 am (UTC-5)
Australia says it will scale back sanctions against Burma in response to the Southeast Asian nation’s move toward democratic reforms. Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, in a statement Monday, said Burmese tourism officials and ex-ministers from Burma’s military junta who have left politics will be removed from Canberra’s sanctions list. He said an arms embargo will […]
