Diplomats say Iran is ready to expand its uranium enrichment program at an underground facility to where it could come closer to making a nuclear weapon. The Vienna-based diplomats – speaking on the condition they remain anonymous – say Iran is poised to install thousands of new centrifuges at its Fordo enrichment site – a […]
Diplomats: Iran Possibly Closer to Making Nuclear Weapon
Posted February 18th, 2012 at 11:10 pm (UTC-5)
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Latvian Voters Reject Russian Language
Posted February 18th, 2012 at 7:30 pm (UTC-5)
Preliminary results show that Latvian voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to make Russian a second official language in their country. About a third of the Baltic country’s 2 million people consider Russian as their first language and have fought to make it official along with Latvian. On Saturday, voters cast ballots to accept or […]
Egypt Sets Date for Trial of Democracy Activists
Posted February 18th, 2012 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
Egypt said Saturday the trial of 43 democracy activists, including 19 Americans, in connection with an investigation into illegal funding of foreign non-governmental organizations, will begin on February 26. Egypt’s state news agency MENA said the defendants have been charged with establishing unlicensed chapters of international organizations and accepting foreign funding to finance the groups. […]
Family, Friends Remember Whiteney Houston at Hometown Funeral
Posted February 18th, 2012 at 4:45 pm (UTC-5)
Family and friends of American pop music icon Whitney Houston have said their goodbyes to the singer at a private funeral at her childhood church in Newark, New Jersey. Celebrities, including music greats, joined the final tribute at the New Hope Baptist Church, where Houston sang in the choir as a child. Fans showed their […]
Italian Docudrama Wins Top Award at Berlin Film Festival
Posted February 18th, 2012 at 4:35 pm (UTC-5)
An Italian movie showing inmates of a high-security prison staging Shakespeare’s drama “Julius Caesar” has won the top award at the prestigious Berlin film festival. The documentary “Caesar Must Die” by directors Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani received the Golden Bear award Saturday in the German capital. After receiving the award, Vittorio Taviani expressed hope […]
Syrian Troops Fire on Protesters in Damascus
Posted February 18th, 2012 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
Syrian activists say security forces on Saturday opened fire on protesters in the capital Damascus taking part in a funeral procession for people killed during a protest a day earlier. Thousands of people participated in the procession and witnesses said one mourner was killed in the shooting. Meanwhile, anti-government protesters stepped up their protests against […]
South Koreans Protest China’s Plan to Repatriate North Koreans
Posted February 18th, 2012 at 3:45 pm (UTC-5)
Protesters have rallied outside the Chinese embassy in the South Korean capital against Beijing’s plans to repatriate 33 recent refugees from North Korea. Some of the protesters Saturday in Seoul carried banners and chanted slogans asking for the release of the North Koreans, who were arrested after crossing the border into China. North Korean defector […]
Family, Friends Remember Whiteney Houston at Hometown Funeral
Posted February 18th, 2012 at 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
Family and friends of American pop music icon Whitney Houston are saying their goodbyes to the singer Saturday at a private funeral at her childhood church in Newark, New Jersey. Celebrities, including music greats, are joining the final tribute at the New Hope Baptist Church, where Houston sang in the choir as a child. Fans […]
Death Toll from Pakistan Suicide Attack Reaches 32
Posted February 18th, 2012 at 3:20 pm (UTC-5)
Officials in northwestern Pakistan said Saturday the death toll from a suicide bombing in a busy market in Kurram tribal agency has risen to at least 32 people. The officials said a suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated his explosives near a busy market in the town of Parachinar around the time of Friday prayers. […]
Ex-IMF Head Summoned in Prostitution Ring
Posted February 18th, 2012 at 2:35 pm (UTC-5)
The private life of the former head of the International Monetary Fund is the subject of a reported new inquiry. The French news agency and Reuters, both citing sources, say prosecutors have told Dominique Strauss-Kahn to appear before police for questioning about an illegal prostitution ring. Officials say the ring supplied prostitutes for sex parties […]
