High winds and lashing rains are wrecking havoc on the schedule of this week’s U.S. Republican national convention in Tampa, Florida. Republicans are expected to formally nominate Mitt Romney and his vice presidential running mate, Paul Ryan, as their candidates to face Democratic President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the November election. […]
Tropical Storm Stalls Start of Republican Convention
Posted August 26th, 2012 at 7:00 pm (UTC-5)
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Hundreds Massacred in Syria’s Daraya
Posted August 26th, 2012 at 6:55 pm (UTC-5)
Syrians were burying dozens of bodies Sunday, as activists said the death toll from a five-day massacre in a town near Damascus has reached at least 320. Government troops are battling to crush insurgents in the Damascus satellite town of Daraya. Activists on Sunday said 200 bodies have been identified, adding that victims died in […]
Tropical Storm Stalls Start of Republican Convention
Posted August 26th, 2012 at 5:55 pm (UTC-5)
High winds and lashing rains are wrecking havoc on the schedule of this week’s U.S. Republican national convention in Tampa, Florida. Republicans are expected to formally nominate Mitt Romney and his vice presidential running mate, Paul Ryan, as their candidates to face Democratic President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the November election. […]
Tropical Storm Stalls Start of Republican Convention
Posted August 26th, 2012 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
High winds and lashing rains are wrecking havoc on the schedule of this week’s U.S. Republican national convention in Tampa, Florida. Republicans are expected to formally nominate Mitt Romney and his vice presidential running mate, Paul Ryan, as their candidates to face Democratic President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the November election. […]
Former Ivorian Officials Arrested in I. Coast, Ghana
Posted August 26th, 2012 at 5:15 pm (UTC-5)
Two high-ranking officials close to the former president of Ivory Coast have been arrested. Ivorian officials say Laurent Akoun, the second-ranking official in former president Laurent Gbagbo’s Front Populaire Ivorien party, was arrested Sunday in Adzope, 100 kilometers east of the capital, Abidjan. He is believed to be implicated in a series of recent attacks […]
Typhoon Bolaven Heads for Korean Peninsula
Posted August 26th, 2012 at 4:05 pm (UTC-5)
The strongest typhoon in years has lashed Japan’s southern islands, injuring four people and leaving tens of thousands in the dark. Typhoon Bolaven passed over the main island of Okinawa Sunday and was moving toward the Korean peninsula and parts of eastern China. About 27,000 households on the smaller island of Amami were left without […]
Typhoon Bolaven Heads for Okinawa
Posted August 26th, 2012 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
One of the most powerful typhoons on record has hit Japan’s southern island of Okinawa injuring four people and leaving thousands in the dark. The Japan Meteorological Agency says Typhoon Bolaven is making its way over Okinawa and its surrounding areas Sunday, bringing as much as 50 centimeters of rain over the next 24-hours and […]
Punk Band: 2 Wanted Band Members Flee Russia to Avoid Arrest
Posted August 26th, 2012 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
The Russian punk band Pussy Riot says two members wanted by Russian authorities have fled the country to escape arrest. The feminist band tweeted on Sunday that two band mates were currently “recruiting foreign feminists to prepare for new actions.” Pussy Riot’s three other band members were convicted earlier this month on charges of “hooliganism” […]
Republican Convention Delayed By Storm
Posted August 26th, 2012 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
A tropical storm which forecasters say could soon develop into a hurricane has delayed the start of the U.S. Republican national convention in Tampa, Florida. The Republicans this week are to formally nominate Mitt Romney and his vice presidential running mate Paul Ryan as their candidates to face Democratic President Barack Obama and Joe Biden […]
EU Demands Gambia Halt Inmate Executions
Posted August 26th, 2012 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
The European Union is demanding Gambia immediately halt the execution of death-row inmates, after reports it recently executed several prisoners. Foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton warns in a statement the European Union will “urgently” consider an appropriate response to the reported executions. There are conflicting reports about whether Gambia executed inmates last week. Amnesty International […]
