U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum won Tuesday’s primary elections in the U.S. southern states of Alabama and Mississippi, solidifying his status as the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, the leading candidate in the race. Santorum narrowly won both staunchly conservative states, with Newt Gingrich finishing second and Romney coming in third. The former U.S. […]
Santorum Wins US Primaries in Alabama, Mississippi
Posted March 14th, 2012 at 5:00 am (UTC-5)
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Switches to Internet-Only
Posted March 14th, 2012 at 4:20 am (UTC-5)
Encyclopaedia Britannica, the world’s oldest English language encyclopedia, says it is switching its publishing focus exclusively to the Internet. The Chicago-based company issued a statement Tuesday that it is ending its print edition of the famed reference guide, 244 years after it was first published in Edinburgh, Scotland. Encyclopaedia Britannica became a growing fixture in […]
Motorcycle Bomb Kills One, Wounds Two Near Afghan Massacre Site
Posted March 14th, 2012 at 4:15 am (UTC-5)
A motorcycle bomb has killed one Afghan security officer and wounded at least two other people in the city of Kandahar, near the village where a U.S. soldier allegedly murdered 16 civilians this week, including nine children. No one has claimed responsibility for the Wednesday blast, but the Taliban has vowed to avenge the killings. […]
Bus Crash in Switzerland Kills 28 Belgian Tourists
Posted March 14th, 2012 at 4:00 am (UTC-5)
A bus carrying Belgian tourists home from a skiing holiday has crashed inside a tunnel in Switzerland (Tuesday), killing 28 people including 22 children. The crash happened the Valais region, near the border with Italy. Twenty-four people were taken to the hospital. The two drivers are among the dead. Police say the bus with 52 […]
Kenyan Health Workers Back at Work After Strike
Posted March 14th, 2012 at 3:50 am (UTC-5)
Kenyan public health workers have ended a work stoppage that had prompted the government to dismiss some 25,000 of them. A top official in Kenya’s civil servants union, Thomas Odege, told VOA Tuesday the health workers, many of them nurses, were back at work Tuesday while unions continued negotiations for a pay raise and other […]
Clinton: US Will Remain Asian Power
Posted March 14th, 2012 at 3:35 am (UTC-5)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the U.S. strategic outreach to the Asia Pacific region will be a top priority as Washington transitions away from a decade of military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Clinton told a gathering of U.S. diplomats in Washington on Tuesday the future of Asia will continue to be vital to […]
China’s Wen Urges Political Reforms as Parliament Closes
Posted March 14th, 2012 at 3:30 am (UTC-5)
China’s premier has stressed the need for political reform to secure economic progress and head off the threat of social instability in what was likely his last major news conference before retiring next year. Mr. Wen spoke to reporters Wednesday after the close of the annual meeting of the National People’s Congress in Beijing. He […]
US Military Says Drug Violence Spreading Through Central America
Posted March 14th, 2012 at 3:20 am (UTC-5)
Two high-ranking U.S. military commanders say Mexico’s violent war against drug cartels has moved into other parts of Central America. Air Force General Douglas Fraser, the head of the U.S. Southern Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday that transnational organized crime rings are threatening to overwhelm law enforcement and are “seriously impacting civilian […]
Chinese Bank, Facing Sanctions, Quits Pakistan-Iran Pipeline Deal
Posted March 14th, 2012 at 2:42 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials are examining options to finance a controversial gas pipeline from Iran after a Chinese bank backed out of the project. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, which won a bidding contest for the right to finance the pipeline, has not explained why it is no longer interested. But a report this week […]
