Tornadoes spawned by powerful storms have raked several states across the United States, causing at least 14 deaths and widespread destruction. Officials in the town of Marysville, in the midwestern state of Indiana, are quoted as saying the town is “completely gone” following the tornado outbreak. Authorities say all the confirmed deaths Friday were in […]
Deadly Tornadoes Touch Down in US
Posted March 2nd, 2012 at 8:20 pm (UTC-5)
Tornadoes spawned by powerful storms have raked parts of the United States, causing at least six deaths and widespread destruction. Officials said all the confirmed deaths Friday were in Indiana and were quoted as saying the town of Marysville was “completely gone” following the tornado outbreak. In the state’s Henryville area, the severe weather caused […]
Deadly Tornadoes Touch Down in US
Posted March 2nd, 2012 at 7:05 pm (UTC-5)
Tornadoes spawned by powerful storms have raked several states across the United States, causing at least four deaths and widespread destruction. Officials in the town of Marysville, in the midwestern state of Indiana, are quoted as saying the town is “completely gone” following the tornado outbreak. Media reports say there was also heavy damage near […]
Tornadoes Touch Down in Southeastern US
Posted March 2nd, 2012 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
Officials with the U.S. National Weather Service say tornadoes touched down in the states of Kentucky and Indiana Friday as severe weather moved over a seven-state region. Media reports say there were injuries and heavy damage near Louisville, Kentucky. Tornadoes touched down earlier Friday in the state of Alabama, sending some residents to hospitals. One […]
UN Chief Demands Access to Battered Syrian District
Posted March 2nd, 2012 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on Syria to give humanitarian workers immediate access to people who desperately need aid in its besieged cities. He said Friday the U.N. continues to receive “grisly” reports of summary executions, arbitrary detentions and torture. His comments came after the International Committee of the Red Cross said Syrian […]
Voting Ends in Iran’s Parliamentary Elections
Posted March 2nd, 2012 at 3:20 pm (UTC-5)
Voting has ended in Iran’s parliamentary elections after the interior ministry kept the polling stations open for several additional hours because of the long lines of people waiting to cast their ballots. Iranian state media claim a “massive turnout” for the Friday elections, which are likely to solidify Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s control over […]
Tornadoes Touch Down in Southeastern US
Posted March 2nd, 2012 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
Residents in parts of the southeastern United States are bracing for another round of violent storms, as a large mass of severe weather moves over a seven-state region. Two apparent tornadoes were reported to have destroyed homes in northeastern Alabama, sending some residents to hospitals. One of the twisters damaged the roof of a maximum-security […]
EU Leaders Sign Treaty Requiring Its Governments to Constrain Spending
Posted March 2nd, 2012 at 1:25 pm (UTC-5)
European Union leaders signed a treaty in Brussels Friday to require their individual governments to balance their budgets or face economic sanctions if they do not. The treaty is the latest response by Europe’s leaders to contain the continent’s two-year debt crisis that twice has forced Greece, and Ireland and Portugal once apiece, to secure […]
Tornadoes Touch Down in US Southeast
Posted March 2nd, 2012 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
Residents in some parts of the southeastern U.S. are bracing for another round of violent storms this week, as severe weather moves over the states of Alabama and Tennessee. Two apparent tornadoes were reported to have destroyed homes in northeast Alabama. There are no immediate reports of injuries. Local reports in Huntsville, Alabama say a […]
Humanitarian Aid Blocked From Reaching Battered Syrian District
Posted March 2nd, 2012 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
The International Committee of the Red Cross says Syrian authorities have blocked its workers from delivering medical supplies and humanitarian aid to the Baba Amr neighborhood in the battered city of Homs. ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger said in a statement Friday that a convoy of seven trucks carrying aid were not allowed to enter Baba […]
