Hundreds of Lebanese security forces fired their weapons into the air and lobbed volleys of tear gas at a small group of protesters as they tried to storm the central Beirut offices of Prime Minister Najib Mikati, demanding he quit over the assassination of a top intelligence official. Live television images Sunday showed the army […]
Protesters Try to Storm Lebanese Govt. After Funeral
Posted October 21st, 2012 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
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6 Killed in Gunbattle at Guinea-Bissau Military Base Near Capital
Posted October 21st, 2012 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
A gunbattle in Guinea-Bissau has killed at least six people, as the troubled West African state tries to recover from a military coup that derailed a presidential election earlier this year. Sources told Western news agencies that the fighting began when unidentified gunmen attacked a military base near the capital, Bissau, before dawn Sunday, prompting […]
Thousands Attend Funeral for Slain Lebanese Intelligence Chief
Posted October 21st, 2012 at 9:15 am (UTC-5)
Thousands of Lebanese have gathered in Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square for the public funeral of an assassinated senior intelligence official, killed along with seven others in a car bombing Friday that many blame on the government in neighboring Syria. Heavily armed Lebanese soldiers set up road blocks and cordoned off the square, where Brig. Gen. Wissam […]
Beirut Has Tight Security at Intelligence Chief’s Funeral
Posted October 21st, 2012 at 7:35 am (UTC-5)
Lebanese security forces have set up tight security in Beirut’s Martyrs Square Sunday for the public funeral of Wissam al-Hassan, the police intelligence chief who was killed along with seven others in a massive car bombing Friday. Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Saad Hariri had urged citizens to come out for the funeral. Tensions have been […]
Former U.S. Presidential Candidate George McGovern Dies
Posted October 21st, 2012 at 7:30 am (UTC-5)
George McGovern, a former U.S. lawmaker best known for a devastating defeat in the 1972 presidential election, has died. He was 90. McGovern passed away on Sunday in his native South Dakota. Family members say he had been suffering from a “combination of medical conditions” that had worsened. He was recently admitted to hospice care. […]
Syria’s Assad Meets with Peace Envoy Brahimi
Posted October 21st, 2012 at 5:45 am (UTC-5)
Syrian state television says President Bashar al-Assad has met with international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. The broadcast did not give any additional details about the meeting Sunday in Damascus. Brahimi, the joint U.N. – Arab special envoy for Syria, has urged both sides in the Syrian crises to support a cease-fire during the four-day Muslim […]
Beirut Tightens Security Ahead of Intelligence Chief’s Funeral
Posted October 21st, 2012 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
Lebanese security forces have set up tight security in central Beirut ahead of a public funeral for a top intelligence official was assassinated in a massive car bombing. Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Saad Hariri has urged citizens to come out Sunday for the funeral of Wissam al-Hassan, the police intelligence chief who was killed along […]
Pope Benedict Canonizes 7 New Saints
Posted October 21st, 2012 at 4:25 am (UTC-5)
Pope Benedict the 16th named seven new saints Sunday morning in an elaborate ceremony in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Two of them are Americans, Kateri Tekakwitha a 17th century Native American known as “Lily of the Mohawks”, and Mother Marianne Cope, a 19th century Franciscan nun who cared for lepers in Hawaii. The […]
Syria’s Assad Meets with Peace Envoy Brahimi
Posted October 21st, 2012 at 4:20 am (UTC-5)
Syrian state television says President Bashar al-Assad has met with international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. The broadcast did not give any additional details about the meeting Sunday in Damascus. Brahimi, the joint U.N. – Arab special envoy for Syria, has urged both sides in the Syrian crises to support a cease-fire during the four-day Muslim […]
Japan Nobel Laureate Gets New Washing Machine
Posted October 21st, 2012 at 4:05 am (UTC-5)
Japanese cabinet ministers are pooling their money to purchase a new washing machine for Shinya Yamanaka, who was recently awarded the $1.2 million Nobel prize for medicine along with a colleague. Yamanaka had joked that he was fixing his washing machine when Oslo called to say he had won the prize for his stem cell […]
