U.S. President Barack Obama visited American troops guarding the demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas Sunday and told them they are a long line of soldiers who have enabled South Korea to prosper. Mr. Obama told about 50 American soldiers that South Korean President Lee Myung-bak had once confided that he was able to rise […]
Former US Vice President Cheney Has Heart Transplant
Posted March 24th, 2012 at 7:35 pm (UTC-5)
Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney is recovering after undergoing heart transplant surgery Saturday. Cheney’s office said he is in the intensive-care unit at a Virginia hospital. He had been on a waiting list to receive a heart for 20 months. His aide Kara Ahern said Cheney does not know the identity of the donor. […]
Obama Arrives in South Korea for Nuclear Summit
Posted March 24th, 2012 at 7:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is in South Korea for the Nuclear Security Summit which starts Monday. Mr. Obama landed at a U.S. air base south of Seoul early Sunday local time and is expected to meet with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak later in the day. North Korea’s announced plan to launch what it calls […]
3 NATO Troops Killed in Afghanistan
Posted March 24th, 2012 at 6:20 pm (UTC-5)
NATO says three of its service members lost their lives in Afghanistan Saturday. A NATO statement says one of the soldiers died in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan, another one in an insurgent attack in the west, and the third one as a result of a non-battle related injury in the east. The nationalities […]
Egypt Parliament Selects Constitution-Setting Panel
Posted March 24th, 2012 at 6:05 pm (UTC-5)
Egypt’s newly elected parliament has selected members of an assembly that will draft the country’s first constitution since last year’s overthrow of long-time President Hosni Mubarak. However, lawmakers from liberal and leftist parties withdrew from Saturday’s crucial vote, saying the country’s most powerful political group — the Muslim Brotherhood which won a sweeping victory in […]
1 Killed, 68 Wounded in Egypt Football Clashes
Posted March 24th, 2012 at 4:10 pm (UTC-5)
Fresh clashes between Egyptian soldiers and thousands of angry football fans in the northern city of Port Said, on the Mediterranean coast, have left one teenager dead and 68 others wounded. Large-scale protests began late Friday after the Egyptian Football Association said the Al-Masry club would be banned for two seasons and Port Said Stadium […]
UN Chief Urges North Korea to Reconsider Rocket Launch Plan
Posted March 24th, 2012 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged North Korea to reconsider its announced plan to launch a so-called “application satellite” next month. Mr. Ban discussed the issue in a meeting with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak Saturday. He arrived in Seoul earlier in the day to attend the Nuclear Security Summit which begins Monday. The […]
Turkish Forces Kill 15 Women Kurd Rebels
Posted March 24th, 2012 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
Turkish officials say security forces killed 15 rebel Kurds, all of them women, during clashes Saturday in the country’s southeast. The Interior Ministry says the fighting between security forces and members of the Turkish rebel group the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, took place in a rural part of the mainly Kurdish province of Bitlis. […]
Syrian Army Pounds Homs, International Envoy Arrives in Russia
Posted March 24th, 2012 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
Activists say Syrian forces resumed heavy shelling of the already battered city of Homs on Saturday, as international envoy Kofi Annan arrived in Russia to discuss efforts to mediate an end to the crisis in Syria. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least three people were killed in the Khaldiyeh district of […]
Pope to Meet Mexican President Saturday
Posted March 24th, 2012 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
Pope Benedict meets with Mexican President Felipe Calderon Saturday, as the Roman Catholic leader embarks on a five-day Latin America trip that will also take him to Cuba. The pontiff began his day with celebration of a private Mass at Miraflores College in the central Mexican city of Leon. He planned an early evening meeting […]
