South Koreans are voting in closely-contested parliamentary elections, seen as a key test for President Lee Myung-bak. Polls opened early Wednesday local time and will close 12 hours later. Voters are casting ballots to elect a new 300-member National Assembly. Most of the legislators will be elected directly, with the rest chosen through proportional representation. […]
Polls Open in South Korea’s Crucial Parliamentary Elections
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 10:20 pm (UTC-5)
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Clinton Questions Whether North Korea Wants Better Ties
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 10:15 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says North Korea’s plans to launch a missile raises questions about its desires to improve ties with its neighbors and the United States. Clinton said in a speech Tuesday at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland that just weeks ago, the North agreed to a moratorium on missile […]
Lawyers for Florida Shooting Suspect Drop Out of Case
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 9:05 pm (UTC-5)
The lawyers for a white Hispanic man who shot an African-American teenager to death allegedly in self-defense have pulled out of the Florida case, saying they have lost contact with their client. Attorneys Hal Uhrig and Craig Sonner said Tuesday they have not heard from George Zimmerman since Sunday despite repeated efforts to reach him. […]
World Powers Criticize Syria for Defying Cease-Fire Plan
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 7:55 pm (UTC-5)
World powers have denounced Syria for failing to begin implementing a cease-fire deal proposed by U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan. White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday the U.S. had seen no evidence of a government pullback in Syria and that the international community would judge President Bashar al-Assad’s government on its actions, […]
Polls Open in South Korea’s Crucial Parliamentary Elections
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 7:20 pm (UTC-5)
South Koreans have begun voting in a closely-contested parliamentary election, seen as a key test for President Lee Myung-bak. Polls opened early Wednesday local time and will close 12 hours later. Voters are casting ballots to elect a new 300-member National Assembly. Most of the legislators will be elected directly, with the rest chosen through […]
Lawyers for Florida Shooting Suspect Drop Out of Case
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 6:05 pm (UTC-5)
The lawyers for a white, Hispanic Florida man who shot an African-American teenager to death allegedly in self-defense have pulled out of the case, saying they have lost contact with their client. Attorneys Hal Uhrig and Craig Sonner said Tuesday they have not heard from George Zimmerman since Sunday despite repeated efforts to reach him. […]
Rick Santorum Quits Candidacy for US Presidency
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has dropped out of the race to win the White House, but says he will not stop working to defeat President Barack Obama. Santorum made the announcement Tuesday in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, just a day after his daughter, Bella, was released from a hospital where she was treated for a […]
Clinton Calls on North Korea to Live Up to Its Commitments
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 5:10 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on North Korea to live up to its nuclear commitments and give up on its plan to launch a missile. Clinton met with Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba Tuesday in Washington. She said the talks focused on the rocket launch which Pyongyang said could take place as […]
Annan: ‘Not Too Late for Syria Cease-Fire’
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 5:05 pm (UTC-5)
The U.N. and Arab League envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan, has urged the Syrian government to use the next 48 hours to fulfill its obligations under his six-point peace plan, so that there could still be an end to hostilities by an April 12 deadline. In a letter to the U.N. Security Council Tuesday, Mr. […]
US Baseball Manager Suspended Over Pro-Castro Comments
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 3:40 pm (UTC-5)
The manager of a professional Major League Baseball team based in Florida, home to a large population of Cuban exiles, has been suspended for five games without pay because of remarks he made in support of former Cuban president Fidel Castro. Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen made a public statement of apology Tuesday, shortly after […]
