Kazakhstan’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, says his party’s landslide victory in Sunday’s parliamentary elections is a sign of support for his government after last month’s deadly anti-government protests. But observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Monday criticized the election, saying it excluded any real opposition. The OSCE report said the polls […]
Kazakhstan Leader Hails Unity, OSCE Criticizes Parliament Vote
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 6:55 pm (UTC-5)
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Islamist Set to Lead Egypt’s Next Parliament
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
Egypt’s leading political parties have agreed to select a senior Muslim Brotherhood figure as speaker of the country’s newly elected parliament, with another Islamist group and a liberal party taking the deputy posts. The Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party-led alliance, which secured the biggest bloc in parliamentary elections, proposed its secretary-general, Mohamed Saad el-Katatni, as […]
Kazakhstan Leader Hails Unity, OSCE Criticizes Parliament Vote
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 5:55 pm (UTC-5)
Kazakhstan’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, says his party’s landslide victory in Sunday’s parliamentary elections is a sign of support for his government after last month’s deadly anti-government protests. But observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Monday criticized the election, saying it excluded any real opposition. The OSCE report said the polls […]
Pakistan PM Agrees to Appear in Court
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has agreed to appear before the Supreme Court later this week to face a contempt notice for failing to reopen a graft case against President Asif Ali Zardari. The Supreme Court ordered Gilani to appear on January 19. If convicted of contempt of court, Mr. Gilani could be sent […]
Workers Restart Italian Cruise Ship Rescue Operations
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
Italian rescuers are again searching for survivors inside the wreck of a luxury cruise ship that hit rocks and capsized off the coast of northern Italy. The search restarted Monday afternoon, hours after the Costa Concordia slipped on its rocky resting place in bad weather, sending divers fleeing to safety. Six people are known dead […]
Islamist Set to Lead Egypt’s Next Parliament
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 4:55 pm (UTC-5)
Egypt’s leading political parties have agreed to select a senior Muslim Brotherhood figure as speaker of the country’s newly elected parliament, with another Islamist group and a liberal party taking the deputy posts. The Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party-led alliance, which secured the biggest bloc in parliamentary elections, proposed its secretary-general, Mohamed Saad el-Katatni, as […]
Obama Urges Volunteerism on MLK Day
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 4:35 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama and his family volunteered at a Washington, DC school Monday, to honor slain civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. Mr. Obama painted a bookcase at the event, on the annual Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday. Afterwards, the president told reporters that King wanted to inspire everyone to make a […]
Chinese Revolt Leader Becomes Village Head
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 4:35 pm (UTC-5)
A man who led mass protests against land confiscations in a southern China village has been appointed as its head, in a rare move by China’s government. China’s state run news agency, Xinhua, says Lin Zuluan has become the new party head of Wukan village in southern Guangdong province. It said Lin would help to […]
Pakistan PM Agrees to Appear in Court to Face Contempt Notice
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 3:45 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Monday he will appear before the Supreme Court later this week to face a contempt notice for failing to reopen a graft case against President Asif Ali Zardari. The Supreme Court ordered Gilani to appear before the court on January 19. If convicted of contempt of court, Mr. […]
OPEC: Europe’s Debt Crisis Could Cut 2012 Oil Consumption
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 3:25 pm (UTC-5)
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries says the ongoing European governmental debt crisis could cut global oil consumption this year. OPEC on Monday left its forecast for 2012 oil demand unchanged at nearly 89 million barrels a day. But the 12-nation cartel, which produces about 40 percent of the world’s oil, said that if Europe’s […]
