Three candidates for the U.S. Republican Party’s presidential nomination appear Friday before a gathering of conservative activists in Washington.. The appearances of Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference comes days after Santorum, a former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, swept the nominating contests of Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado. […]
US Republican Presidential Hopefuls to Address Conservative Activists
Posted February 10th, 2012 at 7:55 am (UTC-5)
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EU Pressures India Over Iran’s Nuclear Program
Posted February 10th, 2012 at 7:15 am (UTC-5)
The European Union has asked India to use its influence to get Iran to resume talks about its disputed nuclear program. European Council President Herman Van Rompuy expressed his concern about Iran’s nuclear ambitions Friday at an EU-India summit in New Delhi. The West fears Iran is building a nuclear bomb. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan […]
China Sentences Activist to 7 Years Over Poem
Posted February 10th, 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
Veteran Chinese democracy activist Zhu Yufu has been sentenced to seven years in prison after writing a poem urging his fellow citizens to rise up and demand greater freedoms. His wife and son said Friday that Zhu was found guilty of “inciting subversion of state power” by a Chinese court in the eastern city of […]
South Africa’s Zuma Dismisses Nationalization of Mines
Posted February 10th, 2012 at 6:25 am (UTC-5)
South African President Jacob Zuma has reiterated his government’s stance that the country’s valuable mining industry will not be nationalized. President Zuma told a business gathering in Cape Town Friday that “nationalization is not our policy, it is as clear as that.” Sections of the ruling African National Congress party, most notably its youth league, […]
Bombs Blasts Kill 25 in Northern Syrian City
Posted February 10th, 2012 at 6:10 am (UTC-5)
Syrian state television says at least 25 people were killed and 175 others wounded in two explosions in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo Friday. The blasts targeted a military intelligence building and a security force base in Syria’s main commercial city, which had been relatively quiet since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime […]
Greek Unions Striking Against New Austerity Measures
Posted February 10th, 2012 at 6:05 am (UTC-5)
Union members in Greece launched a two-day general strike Friday in Athens, the capital, protesting new austerity measures needing the approval of lawmakers. European finance ministers meeting in Brussels Thursday night said even with parliament’s approval, Greece has to meet new conditions before securing a new $172 billion bailout package. The chairman of the 17 […]
Australian Historian Uncovers Mutiny on World War II US Base
Posted February 10th, 2012 at 5:35 am (UTC-5)
An Australian scholar says he has uncovered evidence that African-American soldiers staged a mutiny to protest racial abuse while stationed in Australia during World War II. Ray Holyoak, a historian at Australia’s James Cook University, says 600 black soldiers were deployed to the northern state of Queensland in 1942 to help build an airfield outside […]
Rights Group Urges Mediation in Sudanese Oil Dispute
Posted February 10th, 2012 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
International watchdog Global Witness is urging the international community to help end a bitter oil dispute between Sudan and South Sudan, warning the situation could escalate if not resolved soon. The natural resource monitoring group said Friday that the African Union, China and Western governments should engage “at the highest diplomatic levels to broker a […]
South Ossetia’s Self-Proclaimed President Hospitalized After Police Raid
Posted February 10th, 2012 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
South Ossetia’s self-proclaimed president, Alla Dzhioyeva, has been hospitalized in serious condition after becoming ill during police questioning, hours ahead of her planned inauguration Friday. Investigators in Georgia’s breakaway province said Friday the former education minister is suspected of organizing a coup attempt last year. Police went to Dzhioyeva’s headquarters to question her late Thursday […]
China Posts Worst Import/Export Data in Two Years
Posted February 10th, 2012 at 4:50 am (UTC-5)
China’s trading activity shrank in January compared to the same period a year earlier, raising concern that weak overseas demand is taking a toll on the export-driven economy. Figures released Friday by the customs agency indicate imports sank 15.3 percent to $122.6 billion, while exports dropped 0.5 percent to $149.9 billion. It is the worst […]
