Italian media say police divers searching the Costa Concordia cruise liner, which ran aground earlier this month off the Italian island of Giglio, have found a hard disk containing data of the voyage, as another body was pulled from the wreckage, bringing the death toll to 12.. Media reports say the disk retrieved late Saturday […]
Ship Search off Italy Finds 12th Body, Hard Disk
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 8:05 pm (UTC-5)
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Final Four: A Look at the US Republican Presidential Candidates
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 8:00 pm (UTC-5)
Four candidates remain in the race to determine the U.S. Republican Party’s challenger to Democratic President Barack Obama. Mitt Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, had a successful career as a businessman before becoming a politician. This is his second time running for the Republican presidential nomination after an unsuccessful bid in 2008. This time, […]
Polls Close in Key South Carolina Presidential Primary
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 7:15 pm (UTC-5)
With the polls closing just a short time ago in South Carolina, news organizations are projecting that former congressman Newt Gingrich has won the Republican presidential primary. The primary was seen as essentially a two-man race – Newt Gingrich and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Just a week ago, it appeared Romney, who won last […]
Croatia Holds Referendum on EU Membership
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 6:20 pm (UTC-5)
Croatians go to the polls Sunday to decide whether to become the 28th member of the European Union. The referendum on joining the bloc comes as the grouping faces one of its biggest challenges ever — the sovereign debt and banking problems that have moved from one eurozone country to another. Polls indicate that a […]
Activists: Syrian Rebels Seize Town Near Damascus
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 6:05 pm (UTC-5)
Syrian activists said Saturday a group of army deserters seized the town of Douma on the outskirts of the capital, Damascus, and that heavy fighting continued into the night. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the rebels were fighting the government troops at the entrances to Douma suburbs, which have been a continuing […]
Voting Nearly Over in Tight South Carolina Presidential Primary
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 5:05 pm (UTC-5)
Voting will be over in a few hours in the Republican presidential primary in South Carolina. The race turned tense in the past two days, as new opinion polls suggest former congressman Newt Gingrich could defeat former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Just a week ago it appeared Romney, who won last week’s key primary election […]
Gunmen Kill Peacekeeper in Sudan’s Darfur Region
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
United Nations officials said gunmen have killed one international peacekeeper and injured three others in Sudan’s restive Darfur region. Gunmen on Saturday ambushed the joint U.N.- African Union patrol near the El Daein in South Darfur. Darfur rebel groups launched an uprising against the government in 2003, accusing Khartoum of neglecting their region. The U.N. […]
Romanians Continue Anti-Government Protests
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
Hundreds of Romanians endured heavy snow Saturday to hold another day of protests against spending cuts and other austerity measures, including a controversial health reform bill. The protesters in the capital, Bucharest, gathered for the ninth consecutive day to voice their anger at the government of President Traian Basescu and call for early elections. Some […]
Budapest Rally Gathers 100,000 Government Supporters
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 4:05 pm (UTC-5)
An estimated 100,000 people have rallied in Hungary’s capital to support Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is under fire over controversial media reforms. The protest Saturday in Budapest was organized by supporters of the ruling center-right Fidesz party, led by Mr. Orban. Many of those taking part carried Hungarian flags, sang patriotic songs and chanted […]
12th Body Found on Wrecked Cruise Ship in Italy
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 4:00 pm (UTC-5)
Italian divers have found a woman’s body in the wrecked cruise liner Costa Concordia, raising the death toll from the maritime accident to 12. Officials say the body was found Saturday in the corridor of a submerged section of the 114,000-ton ship and was transferred to the mainland. Divers had entered previously inaccessible parts of […]
