European leaders have started their 20th summit on the continent’s unrelenting debt crisis, with new pressure to calm international financial markets wary about the fate of the euro currency and ease the financial burden for debt-ridden Spain and Italy. Much of the focus at the start of the Brussels summit Thursday was on Germany, with […]
European Leaders Start Two-Day Economic Summit in Brussels
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
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US Supreme Court OKs Obama’s Health-Care Plan
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Barack Obama a major victory Thursday, upholding the key part of his controversial health care plan in a 5-4 decision. The so-called “individual mandate” requires Americans to purchase health insurance or face a financial penalty. Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the court’s more liberal justices, writing in his […]
Roadside Bomb Kills 8 Pakistani Soldiers
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
Officials say a roadside bomb has killed at least eight Pakistani soldiers in the country’s northwest. The bomb exploded as a paramilitary convoy was passing through the town of Bara in the Khyber tribal agency early Thursday. No one claimed responsibility for the blast, but Pakistan’s military has been battling Taliban and al-Qaida-linked militants in […]
US Supreme Court Upholds Obama Administration Health Care Plan
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Barack Obama a major victory, upholding the key part of his controversial health care plan in a 5-4 decision. The so-called “individual mandate” requires Americans to purchase heath insurance or face a financial penalty. Chief Justice John Roberts ruled with the court’s more liberal justices, writing in his majority […]
Islamists Oust Tuareg Rebels From Northern Mali Town
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
Islamist militants have brought more fighters to the northern Mali town of Gao, one day after ousting a Tuareg rebel group in clashes that killed at least 20 people. The al-Qaida-linked militant group known as MUJAO (The Unity Movement for Jihad in West Africa) took complete control of Gao from the MNLA ( National Movement […]
Russia Supports Assad, Blast Rocks Damascus
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
Russia says Syria needs a period of political transition but has rejected calls for President Bashar al-Assad to relinquish power in a possible formation of a unity government. Meanwhile, there has been a powerful explosion near the country’s main court in Damascus. Thursday’s developments came as neighboring Turkey deployed troops and anti-aircraft batteries to the […]
UN War Crimes Court Drops One Genocide Count Against Karadzic
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
Judges at the U.N. war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia have dropped one of two genocide charges against former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic. At the Hague, presiding judge O-Gon Kwon said prosecutors did not present enough evidence to support the genocide count in relation to killings by Bosnian Serb forces in towns and […]
US Supreme Court Upholds Key Part of Obama’s Healthcare Law
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the individual mandate element of President Barack Obama’s health care plan, with Chief Justice John Roberts ruling with the more liberal justices. The individual mandate requires Americans to purchase heath insurance or face a financial penalty.
European Leaders Beginning Two Day Economic Summit in Brussels
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
European leaders gathered in Brussels Thursday for their 20th summit on the eurozone’s unrelenting debt crisis, with new pressure on economic power Germany to help ease the financial burden for debt-ridden Spain and Italy. Germany, with the currency bloc’s most robust economy, has resisted the sale of eurobonds, debt supported by the entire 17-nation eurozone, […]
India FM: Security in Numbers for Investors in Afghanistan
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
Top Indian officials are encouraging private business owners to invest in Afghanistan and help stabilize the war- torn country as NATO combat troops continue their withdrawal. At a conference in New Delhi Thursday, Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna told representatives of more than 200 Indian and foreign companies that there would be security in numbers […]
