The United Nations Secretary-General has urged North Korea to reconsider its plan to launch a satellite in April, while the United States says such a launch could affect plans to deliver food aid to the impoverished nation. North Korea announced Friday that it will use a long range missile to launch the satellite, just weeks […]
UN, US: North Korea Should Not Launch Planned Satellite
Posted March 16th, 2012 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
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Higher Gasoline Costs Boost US Consumer Prices
Posted March 16th, 2012 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. Labor Department says that sharply rising gasoline costs boosted consumer prices in the country in February by the most in 10 months. With the price of gasoline increasing almost daily in the United States in recent weeks, officials said Friday that consumer costs advanced 0.4 percent last month. Almost all of the increase […]
Annan Calls for UN Action on Syria
Posted March 16th, 2012 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan called on U.N. Security Council members Friday to break their deadlock on pressuring Syria over its deadly crackdown on dissent. In a briefing from Geneva, the former U.N. chief said he is sending a team to Damascus next week to discuss a plan to deploy international monitors. Diplomats say Mr. […]
Actor George Clooney Arrested Outside Sudanese Embassy in Washington
Posted March 16th, 2012 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Academy Award-winning actor George Clooney has been arrested in Washington outside the Sudanese embassy while protesting the situation in Sudan. Police Friday detained Clooney, several members of Congress, and religious leaders and activists, including Martin Luther King, Jr.’s oldest son, after they refused to leave the grounds of the embassy. Clooney said humanitarian aid […]
NATO Helicopter Crash Kills 14 Near Afghan Capital
Posted March 16th, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
Turkey’s military says one of its helicopters has crashed into a house on the outskirts of the Afghan capital, killing 12 Turkish soldiers on board and at least two people on the ground. Authorities say the Sikorsky helicopter was on a mission as part of the NATO force in Afghanistan when it crashed Friday in […]
Afghan President Slams US on Probe into Massacare
Posted March 16th, 2012 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is accusing the United States of failing to cooperate in the probe of a massacre of 16 Afghan villagers, allegedly by a U.S. soldier. President Karzai met with tribal elders and family members of those killed in Sunday’s shooting spree in Kandahar province. He said Friday that the delegation he sent […]
North Korea Announces Planned Satellite Launch
Posted March 16th, 2012 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
North Korea says it will use a long range rocket to launch a satellite in April — just weeks after agreeing with the United States to suspend long-range missile tests in return for emergency food aid. The United States, Japan and South Korea on Friday condemned the planned launch, saying it violates a United Nations […]
Al-Qaida Chief Urges Pakistanis to Revolt
Posted March 16th, 2012 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
Al-Qaida is urging the people of Pakistan to follow the example of Muslims in Egypt and Tunisia and revolt. The call-to-arms comes in a 10-minute video posted on the Internet Friday and reviewed by the counter-terrorism company IntelCenter. In it, al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri tell Pakistanis to “rise up in the face of this bribe-taking […]
Movie Star George Clooney Arrested Outside Sudanese Embassy in Washington
Posted March 16th, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Academy Award-winning actor George Clooney was arrested in Washington Friday, while taking part in a protest at the Sudanese Embassy. Clooney was among a number of activists arrested for civil disobedience. Also taken into custody were several members of Congress and Martin Luther King Jr.’s oldest son. Clooney testified before Congress this week on the […]
Apple’s New iPad Draws Shoppers Worldwide
Posted March 16th, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Hundreds of shoppers lined the sidewalks outside Apple stores across the world on Friday to be among the first to buy the technology giant’s latest version of its popular iPad computer tablet. Some of the shoppers slept overnight or arrived hours before the Apple stores opened to sell the U.S. company’s third generation iPad models. […]
