Officials with the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan say it is too early to tell if the Taliban were behind last week’s killing of four French troops by an Afghan soldier. A spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force said Tuesday that past investigations into similar events have found many different reasons for them. The ISAF […]
NATO: Too Early to Determine Taliban Involvement in French Attack
Posted January 24th, 2012 at 6:05 am (UTC-5)
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President Obama to Highlight Economic Goals in State of the Union
Posted January 24th, 2012 at 5:55 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama will present his vision for the nation’s economy when he delivers his annual State of the Union address Tuesday night before a joint session of the U.S. Congress. In a video released to his supporters days before the speech, Mr. Obama says he will unveil a blueprint for an economy “built […]
Mitt Romney to Release Long Sought-After Tax Returns
Posted January 24th, 2012 at 5:45 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has released his federal tax records, showing he earned over $42 million during the last two years and paid an estimated $6.2 million in taxes. The records for Romney and his wife Ann, released by his campaign early Tuesday, put their tax rate at 13.9 percent in 2010 with […]
Leading Human Rights Judge Goes on Trial in Spain
Posted January 24th, 2012 at 5:40 am (UTC-5)
A leading Spanish human rights judge went on trial Tuesday in Madrid – his second trial in as many weeks. Baltasar Garzon faces charges of exceeding his powers by violating a 1977 amnesty agreement. Garzon is facing the Spanish Supreme Court on charges he ordered an investigation into the disappearance of 114,000 people during the […]
Mitt Romney to Release Long Sought-After Tax Returns
Posted January 24th, 2012 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney earned over $42 million during the last two years, according to federal tax forms released by his campaign Tuesday. Romney’s decision to release his tax records comes in the aftermath of his upset loss in last week’s South Carolina primary election to former House speaker Newt Gingrich, who attacked […]
Sri Lankan Prison Riot Wounds 19
Posted January 24th, 2012 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
Sri Lankan officials say guards opened fire during clashes with inmates at a prison in the capital Tuesday, wounding at least 19 prisoners. Officials said that the guards had been deployed to respond to the inmates, who had started a fire in the prison. The French news agency reported that the violence occurred at Colombo’s […]
Japan Downgrades Economic Forecast
Posted January 24th, 2012 at 5:05 am (UTC-5)
Japan’s central bank on Tuesday downgraded its economic forecast for the current fiscal year, saying the world’s third largest economy will likely shrink by four-tenths-of-one-percent because of the global economic downturn. The Bank of Japan had earlier predicted the country’s gross domestic product would rise by three-tenths-of-a-percent in the year ending March 31st. It now […]
Car Bombs Kill 10 in Iraqi Capital
Posted January 24th, 2012 at 4:20 am (UTC-5)
Four car bombs have exploded in mainly Shi’ite areas of the Iraqi capital, killing at least 13 people and wounding more than 70 others. Authorities say the first blast Tuesday in Baghdad’s Sadr City hit a group of laborers waiting for work. The bombing killed at least eight people and wounded more than 20 others. […]
China Criticizes ‘Hyped’ Reports of Tibetan Clashes
Posted January 24th, 2012 at 4:05 am (UTC-5)
China on Tuesday accused foreign human rights organizations of exaggerating recent clashes between Tibetan demonstrators and police in southwestern China. Tibetan advocacy groups and witnesses said Monday that police in Sichuan province opened fire on several thousand unarmed Tibetan demonstrators in a county called Luhuo by China and Draggo by Tibetans. But foreign ministry spokesperson […]
Car Bombs Kill 10 in Iraqi Capital
Posted January 24th, 2012 at 2:50 am (UTC-5)
Iraqi police say two car bombs have exploded in a Shi’ite area of the capital, killing at least 10 people in the latest attack targeting Iraq’s majority. Authorities say the first blast Tuesday in Baghdad’s Sadr City hit a group of laborers waiting for work. The bombing killed at least eight people and wounded more […]
