Egyptians vote Wednesday in a historic presidential election that pollsters say is too close to call, with a choice of candidates touting radically different visions for the country’s future. No outright winner is expected from the two-day poll, so a runoff is scheduled for June 16-17 between the two top finishers. The winner will be […]
Egyptians Hold Historic Presidental Election
Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 9:50 pm (UTC-5)
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Two Charged in Killings of Chinese Students in Los Angeles
Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 9:50 pm (UTC-5)
A Los Angeles court Tuesday charged two men who allegedly shot to death two Chinese graduate students with capital murder — a charge that could bring the death penalty. The suspects allegedly killed Ming Qu and Ying Wu as the students sat in their car near the University of Southern California in April. Police say […]
South Sudan Accuses Sudan of New Air Attacks
Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 9:10 pm (UTC-5)
South Sudan has accused Sudan of launching more air strikes against its territory to undermine international mediation efforts. Government officials in Juba said Sudanese warplanes bombed Northern Bahr el Ghazal state on Monday and Tuesday. The allegations could not be independently confirmed and there was no response from Sudan. Military spokesman Phillip Aguer said Khartoum […]
Regulators to Look Into Facebook IPO as Share Price Drops
Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 8:15 pm (UTC-5)
Massachusetts’ state secretary — the state’s top securities regulator — has subpoenaed investment firm Morgan Stanley over allegations it may have withheld information about the future revenue of Facebook. Shares in the world’s most popular social network were sold in an initial public offering Friday at $38 each. The price of Facebook stock has since […]
US Envoy: North Korea Threat Sounds Like ‘More of the Same’
Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 7:45 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. special envoy for North Korea, Glyn Davies, says North Korea’s threat to continue developing its nuclear program in view of what it calls U.S. hostility sounds like “more of the same” from Pyongyang. Davies spoke from Beijing where he met with his Chinese counterpart Wu Dawei and Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying. “I […]
Lebanese Shi’ites Kidnapped in Syria; Hezbollah Appeals for Calm
Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 6:55 pm (UTC-5)
The leader of Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah militant group has appealed for calm after protests erupted in Beirut following the kidnapping of at least 11 Lebanese Shi’ites near the Syrian city of Aleppo as they returned home from a pilgrimage. Tuesday’s abductions are the latest spillover of the neighboring Syrian conflict to sow unrest in Lebanon. […]
Fighter Jets Divert US Bound Flight from Paris
Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 5:55 pm (UTC-5)
A passenger who claimed she had a surgically implanted device forced a U.S. airline flight from Paris to make an emergency landing Tuesday. Two U.S. F-15 fighter jets were scrambled to escort U.S. Airways Flight 787 to a safe landing in Bangor, Maine. The plane was headed to Charlotte, North Carolina. A female French passenger […]
South Sudan Accuses Sudan of New Air Attacks
Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
South Sudan has accused Sudan of launching more air strikes against its territory to undermine international mediation efforts. Government officials in Juba said Sudanese warplanes bombed Northern Bahr el Ghazal state on Monday and Tuesday. Military spokesman Phillip Aguer said Khartoum has developed a pattern of striking when mediation efforts are under way. “For our […]
TV Remote Control Inventor Dies
Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
The inventor whose device enabled people to watch television without ever having to get up to change the channel has died. Eugene Polley, who developed the first wireless television remote control, was 96 years old when he died Sunday in Chicago. Polley was an engineer with Zenith Electronics in 1955 when he built a hand-held […]
UN Nuclear Chief Sees Deal ‘Soon’ With Iran on Inspections
Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
The head of the U.N. nuclear agency says he expects Iran to sign an agreement “quite soon” to allow inspections of facilities suspected of being used in a covert nuclear-weapons program. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano made the comment Tuesday after returning to Vienna from a brief visit to Iran, where he met […]
