The U.N. Security Council will discuss the crisis in Syria Friday, as the Arab and Western nations prepare a joint plan aimed at ending Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s crackdown on dissent. France’s U.N. mission announced the unexpected meeting of the 15-member council Thursday on its Twitter account. Officials say diplomats could present a new draft […]
UN Security Council to Discuss Syrian Crisis on Friday
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 1:50 am (UTC-5)
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France Signs Security Agreement With Ivory Coast
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 1:50 am (UTC-5)
France has signed an agreement with Ivory Coast to provide security assistance after helping the former French colony during the country’s post election violence. President Nicolas Sarkozy and Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara signed the deal Thursday in Paris, as the Ivorian leader began a three day official visit. The pact calls for French troops […]
France Signs Security Agreement With Ivory Coast
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 1:34 am (UTC-5)
France has signed an agreement with Ivory Coast to provide security assistance after helping the former French colony during the country’s post election violence. President Nicolas Sarkozy and Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara signed the deal Thursday in Paris, as the Ivorian leader began a three day official visit. The pact calls for French troops […]
Republican Candidates Spar on Immigration, Israel
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 1:10 am (UTC-5)
The four remaining U.S. Republican presidential candidates have held their last debate before next week’s crucial Florida primary, sparring over immigration, tax records, and a proposed moon colony, in the state that hosts much of the nation’s space industry. Frontrunners Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney traded barbs Thursday at the debate in Jacksonville, in northern […]
PAKISTAN UNREST
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 12:45 am (UTC-5)
Pakistan authorities say assailants have fired rockets at the country’s top military academy, near the compound in Abbottabad where U.S. Navy Seals killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Officials say the rockets damaged a wall of the academy. They say no one was hurt in the attack. It was not immediately clear who was responsible […]
Egypt Preventing US Citizens from Leaving
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 7:25 pm (UTC-5)
The State Department says U.S. officials are very actively involved in getting Egypt to stop preventing several U.S. citizens from leaving the country. As many as five Americans, including Sam LaHood – son of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, have been stopped from boarding planes for home by Egyptian authorities. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said […]
Iranian President Says Iran Not Opposed to Nuclear Talks With West
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 7:00 pm (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 […]
Greece Resumes Talks on Debt Writedown
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 6:45 pm (UTC-5)
Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and Finance Minister Evengelos Venizelos have resumed talks on debt writedown with international private lenders. Officials close to the talks told reporters that progress was made late Thursday during the talks, which they said focused on technical and legal issues. Talks between the Greek officials and top bank negotiators, Charles […]
Syrian Troops Storm Damascus Suburb; 200 Detained
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
Rights activists say Syrian troops have stormed a flashpoint suburb of Damascus, rounding up people in house-to-house raids as the country’s 10-month anti-government uprising edges closer to the capital. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said security forces detained 200 people Thursday during raids in Douma, a hotbed of protests and armed rebellion against […]
German Engineer Abducted in Northern Nigeria
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 5:45 pm (UTC-5)
Gunmen in Nigeria have abducted a German engineer in the northern city of Kano, where multiple bombings last week killed at least 185 people. The Kano police commissioner said Thursday the German man was handcuffed and put into the trunk of a car. He was taken from a construction site where he was working for […]
