Chinese officials are starting to post new data about air quality on the Internet, but already there are questions about the reliability of the information. The effort by the Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center comes in response to repeated calls from the public for better information about what exactly is in Beijing’s smog-filled air. The […]
China Begins Effort to Come Clean on Pollutants
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
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Yemen Approves Immunity for Saleh
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
Yemen’s parliament has formally approved a law giving President Ali Abdullah Saleh immunity from prosecution, in return for leaving the office he has held for more than three decades. The law, brokered by neighboring Gulf nations, grants Mr. Saleh complete immunity from legal and judicial prosecution for any alleged crimes committed during his 33-year rule. […]
Voting Now in South Carolina’s Republican Primary
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
Voters in South Carolina are casting ballots Saturday for the U.S. Republican presidential primary, a critical contest for a party eager to find a challenger to unseat President Barack Obama. Recent polls suggest former congressman Newt Gingrich is a surging challenger to former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who won last week’s key primary election in […]
Madagascar’s Exiled President Blocked from Returning Home
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
A plane carrying the exiled former leader of Madagascar was forced to return to Johannesburg after authorities in his homeland closed the country’s air space. Marc Ravalomanana, who has spent the past three years in South Africa, said he wanted to return home in order to implement a plan to restore democracy in the Indian […]
’88 Generation Students Group’ Backing Aung San Suu Kyi
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
The leaders of Burma’s failed 1988 democratic uprising are putting their faith in pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The recently freed leaders of the “88 Generation Students Group” on Saturday voiced support for Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy . Group leaders Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi said […]
Voting Now in South Carolina’s Republican Primary
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
Voters in South Carolina are casting ballots Saturday for the U.S. Republican presidential primary, a critical contest for a party eager to find a challenger to unseat President Barack Obama. Recent polls suggest former congressman Newt Gingrich is a surging challenger to former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who won last week’s key primary election in […]
Many Police, Soldiers Killed in Nigeria Bombings
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
A series of coordinated bombings in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has killed well over 100 people. Many of the victims were police or soldiers. One of the three hospitals where victims of Friday’s blasts were taken reported a death toll of at least 131 people, and other reports from the predominantly Muslim city […]
Many Police, Soldiers Killed in Nigeria Bombings
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
A series of coordinated bombings in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has killed well over 100 people. Many of the victims were police or soldiers. One of the three hospitals where victims of Friday’s blasts were taken reported a death toll of at least 131 people, and other reports from the predominantly Muslim city […]
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Party Wins Sweeping Victory in Parliamentary Election
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
The party of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has won a sweeping victory in the country’s parliamentary election, taking 47 percent of the seats in the new assembly. The head of Egypt’s election commission, Abdel Moez Ibrahim, announced the final results on Saturday. ”Freedom and Justice party, the political wing of the once-banned Muslim Brotherhood – 10 […]
Body Found on Wrecked Cruise Ship in Italy
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 11:30 am (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 mainland. Divers had entered previously inaccessible parts of the […]
