Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi left one of the biggest rallies of her election campaign, telling aides she felt unwell. The 66-year-old pro-democracy leader flew from Rangoon to Mandalay, Burma’s second largest city, Saturday, part of a rigorous campaign schedule ahead of by-elections on April 1. But after speaking for several minutes, Aung […]
Suicide Bomber Targets Party Chief
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber in northwestern Pakistan attacked the convoy of a senior politician Saturday, killing a policeman and injuring a local lawmaker. Local authorities say the attacker approached the convoy of Aftab Khan Sherpao on foot and detonated his bomb near the vehicles. Sherpao, who heads a splinter group of the Pakistan People’s Party, was […]
Russians Expect Putin to Win Presidential Election
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
Russians are voting Sunday in a presidential election that is expected to return Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to the presidency, despite unprecedented protests against him and his ruling United Russia Party. Hundreds of thousands of Russians have taken to the streets across the country since Mr. Putin’s United Russia Party won the parliamentary elections in […]
President Obama Says US Must Refine Energy Goals
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says the bailout of the auto industry saved more than one million jobs during the country’s worst recession since the Great Depression. During his weekly address Saturday, Mr. Obama said the revival of the top U.S. automakers also added more than 200,000 new auto industry jobs in the past two-and-a-half years. […]
Syrian Forces Shell Homs, Block Aid to Rebel Stronghold
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is pressing Syrian authorities to allow aid workers enter the battered district of Baba Amr in the Syrian city of Homs as government forces continued to bombard the city Saturday. Syrian authorities stopped Friday an ICRC convoy of seven trucks carrying medical supplies and food from entering […]
Rebelllious Chinese Village Elects New Leaders
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
Villagers who rebelled against authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong went to the polls Saturday to elect a village council. Thousands of people lined up in Wukan to cast votes in what some reformers are calling one of China’s freest elections ever. Many villagers watched eagerly as the election committee and volunteers counted […]
Aung San Suu Kyi Falls Ill, Leaves Rally
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi left one of the biggest rallies of her election campaign, telling aides she felt unwell. The 66-year-old pro-democracy leader flew from Rangoon to Mandalay, Burma’s second largest city, Saturday, part of a rigorous campaign schedule ahead of by-elections on April 1. But after speaking for several minutes, Aung […]
Syrian Forces Shell Homs, Block Aid to Rebel Stronghold
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is pressing Syrian authorities to allow aid workers enter the battered district of Baba Amr in the Syrian city of Homs as government forces continued to bombard the city Saturday. Syrian authorities stopped Friday an ICRC convoy of seven trucks carrying medical supplies and food from entering […]
Suicide Bomber Strikes Southern Algeria
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
Algerian officials say a suicide bomber has attacked a paramilitary base in the Sahara desert, wounding at least 23 people. Officials say Saturday’s attack took place in Tamanrasset, about 2,000 kilometers south of the Algerian capital. Officials said the bomber drove his vehicle into a crowd of police officers and civilians before setting off the […]
Suicide Bomber Targets Party Chief
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber in northwestern Pakistan attacked the convoy of a senior politician Saturday, killing a policeman and injuring a local lawmaker. Local authorities say the attacker approached the convoy of Aftab Khan Sherpao on foot and detonated his bomb near the vehicles. Sherpao, who heads a splinter group of the Pakistan People’s Party, was […]
