The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote Saturday on whether to send a team of military observers to Syria to monitor a cease-fire between the government and opposition fighters. Brokered by U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, the truce went into effect Thursday, but it began to show signs of unraveling Friday as Syrian […]
UN Set to Vote on Sending Observers to Syria
Posted April 13th, 2012 at 7:50 pm (UTC-5)
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Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Engaged
Posted April 13th, 2012 at 6:30 pm (UTC-5)
Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are engaged to be married after seven years as a couple. A spokeswoman for Pitt confirmed the news to reporters Friday. She said there is no wedding date yet and that the engagement is a promise for the future. Media outlets had speculated on the engagement after Jolie […]
Guinea-Bissau Troops Claim to Hold President, Ex-PM Ahead of Elections
Posted April 13th, 2012 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau say they are holding the country’s interim president and the former prime minister, ahead of a presidential election in the West African country. A military spokesman has confirmed the detentions of former prime minister and presidential election front-runner Carlos Gomes Junior and interim President Raimundo Pereira after Thursday’s attacks on their homes. […]
Iran, World Powers Launch Nuclear Talks
Posted April 13th, 2012 at 3:45 pm (UTC-5)
WEB: TYPE: OCN )) Delegations from Iran and world powers are in Turkey ahead of the first talks on Iran’s controversial nuclear program in over a year. Iran and representatives of the United States, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia were holding preliminary meetings on Friday, ahead of direct talks set to begin Saturday in […]
Sudan Says Its Army Is Moving On Oil Town Seized by South
Posted April 13th, 2012 at 3:35 pm (UTC-5)
Sudan says it has launched a counterattack toward a key town in a major oil-producing region, occupied earlier this week by South Sudanese forces. Army spokesman Sawarmi Khaled Saad Friday issued a statement saying that Sudanese forces are getting close to Heglig. He said the situation will be resolved within hours. The office of South […]
Trial for Alleged Terrorists Begins in Denmark
Posted April 13th, 2012 at 3:25 pm (UTC-5)
Four Swedish men went on trial in Denmark Friday on terrorism charges arising from an alleged plot to attack a newspaper that published satirical cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad – an issue that has inflamed Muslims’ passions in the past. Three Swedish nationals and a resident of Sweden pleaded not guilty at the start of […]
World Reacts to Failed North Korea Rocket Launch
Posted April 13th, 2012 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and many other international leaders have condemned North Korea’s launch of a long-range missile, even though the test was a failure. The rocket fell into the sea about one minute after liftoff. North Korea’s official news agency acknowledged the missile broke apart, preventing its cargo – described as a weather satellite […]
Britain’s Cameron, Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi Back Suspending Sanctions
Posted April 13th, 2012 at 1:25 pm (UTC-5)
British Prime Minister David Cameron and Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi have announced they support suspending sanctions on the former military state as a response to democratic reforms. Mr. Cameron’s one-day visit to the former British colony is the first by a Western head of government since the Burmese military seized power over […]
Obamas Paid More than $160,000 in Taxes Last Year
Posted April 13th, 2012 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, paid more than $162,000 in taxes last year, a federal tax rate of 20.5 percent on their income of nearly $790,000. The White House released the president’s tax returns Friday, amid a debate over tax rates that has become a key issue in this year’s U.S. presidential […]
Obamas Paid More than $160,000 in Taxes Last Year
Posted April 13th, 2012 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, paid more than $162,000 in taxes last year, a federal tax rate of 20.5 percent on their income of nearly $790,000. The White House released the president’s tax returns Friday, amid a debate over tax rates that has become a key issue in this year’s U.S. presidential […]
