Millions of French are voting in presidential elections, which are expected to see incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy lose his seat after just one term. Sunday’s vote will whittle down the field from 10 to two, with Mr. Sarkozy and his main opponent, Socialist Francois Hollande, expected to face each other in a head-to-head runoff May 6. […]
France Holds Round One of Presidential Election
Posted April 22nd, 2012 at 12:01 pm (UTC-5)
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Burmese Democracy Party to Skip Swearing In
Posted April 22nd, 2012 at 12:01 pm (UTC-5)
Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party, set to be seated Monday for the first time in parliament, says it will not attend the swearing in because of a dispute over language in the oath of office. The Nobel laureate was one of 43 office seekers from her National League for Democracy party […]
Bahrain Tense Ahead of Grand Prix
Posted April 22nd, 2012 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
Bahrain’s Formula One Grand Prix got underway Sunday, despite violent demonstrations denouncing the event as a lavish spectacle by a ruling family that crushed Arab Spring protests last year. Black smoke from burning tires drifted over an area near the capital, Manama, that saw mass demonstrations in the days before Sunday’s race. Security remains tight […]
Afghanistan, US Agree on Strategic Agreement
Posted April 22nd, 2012 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
Afghanistan and the United States have finalized a strategic partnership agreement outlining their relationship following the 2014 withdrawal of Western combat troops in the country. A statement from Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s office says the draft agreement was initialed Sunday by Afghan National Security Advisor Rangin Dadfar Spanta and the U.S. ambassador Ryan Crocker. It […]
Bahrain Tense Ahead of Grand Prix
Posted April 22nd, 2012 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
Bahrain’s Formula One Grand Prix got underway Sunday, despite violent demonstrations denouncing the event as a lavish spectacle by a ruling family that crushed Arab Spring protests last year. Black smoke from burning tires drifted over an area near the capital, Manama, that saw mass demonstrations in the days before Sunday’s race. Security remains tight […]
Bahrain Tense Ahead of Grand Prix
Posted April 22nd, 2012 at 7:55 am (UTC-5)
Formula One Grand Prix drivers are set to race in Bahrain despite violent demonstrations denouncing the event as a lavish spectacle by a ruling family that crushed Arab Spring protests last year. Black smoke from burning tires drifted over an area near the capital, Manama, that saw mass demonstrations in the days before Sunday’s race. […]
France Holds Round One of Presidential Election
Posted April 22nd, 2012 at 7:20 am (UTC-5)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni voted Sunday in the first round of France’s presidential election. Mr. Sarkozy’s main opponent, Socialist Francois Hollande cast his vote earlier in the day. Opinion polls before the election indicated that Mr. Sarkozy was trailing Mr. Hollande by several points. Pollsters say Marine Le Pen on […]
Syrian Troops Attack Damascus Suburb
Posted April 22nd, 2012 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
Syrian activists say government soldiers backed by tanks have killed three people near Damascus, even as international envoy Kofi Annan called the U.N. Security Council’s decision to deploy 300 cease-fire monitors in Syria a “pivotal moment” for the country. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported shelling and heavy gunfire Sunday as forces loyal […]
Earth Day Prompts ‘Green’ Acts
Posted April 22nd, 2012 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
Sunday is Earth Day, observed every year since 1970. Earth Day organizers have called on people worldwide to pledge “one billion acts of green.” Those pledges range from residents turning off lights in their homes, to using mass transit for travel to work, to eating locally grown food. Earth Day was first celebrated in the […]
China and Russia Launch Military Exercises
Posted April 22nd, 2012 at 4:50 am (UTC-5)
China and Russia launched joint naval exercises Sunday in the Yellow Sea between the east coast of mainland China and the Korean peninsula. Sixteen Chinese surface vessels and two submarines as well as four Russian warships will take part in the six days of drills. The exercises will include maritime air defense, anti-submarine tactics, search-and-rescue […]
