The U.S. and Russian space agencies have selected two men for a one-year mission aboard the International Space Station. Astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will head to the orbiting laboratory on a Russian Soyuz rocket in the spring of 2015, and return to Kazakhstan 12 months later. The mission will include collecting scientific […]
Astronaut, Cosmonaut Prepare for Year in Space
Posted November 27th, 2012 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Who is Susan Rice?
Posted November 27th, 2012 at 3:00 pm (UTC-5)
Before being caught in the middle of a political firestorm, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice earned a reputation as an aggressive negotiator, with some describing her as “blunt” and “sharp-tongued.” Rice rose in diplomatic ranks in the 1990s after serving as a special assistant to President Bill Clinton and Senior Director for […]
Russia PM Voices Confidence In Eurozone
Posted November 27th, 2012 at 2:30 pm (UTC-5)
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says his country has confidence the eurozone’s economic fortunes will improve, despite ongoing concerns about some debt-ridden members. Mr. Medvedev said Tuesday that Moscow has no intention of switching its euro-dominated foreign exchange reserves into other currencies. He was speaking to reporters in Paris after meeting with France’s prime minister, […]
Plane Crashes Near Comoros Islands, Passengers Survive
Posted November 27th, 2012 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
A passenger jet plunged into the Indian Ocean off the Comoros Islands on Tuesday but officials say everyone on board survived. Comoros officials say rescuers pulled at least 27 passengers and crew members from the sea, after the Inter-Iles jet crashed shortly after takeoff from the capital, Moroni. Initial reports indicate the pilot was having […]
EU Diplomat Pledges Closer Ties to Central Asia
Posted November 27th, 2012 at 1:20 pm (UTC-5)
The European Union’s foreign policy chief is pledging closer ties with Central Asia, especially in economic cooperation and on security issues. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton held a joint news conference Tuesday with Kyrgyzstan’s foreign minister, Erlan Abdyldayev. Speaking in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, Ashton said the EU supports […]
Obama to Talk Trade, Security, Immigration with Mexican President-elect
Posted November 27th, 2012 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is hosting Mexico’s President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto at the White House. Obama spokesman Jay Carney said Monday that immigration “might come up” during the Oval Office meeting. He told reporters the president “believes that comprehensive immigration reform is achievable” and thinks it is “important not just for specific communities that would […]
US Ambassador Meeting With Lawmakers on Benghazi Attack
Posted November 27th, 2012 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is meeting this week with lawmakers to discuss her remarks about the deadly September attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The closed-door meetings are seen as a bid by Rice to gain the lawmakers’ support in order to become the next Secretary of State. U.S. media […]
Rwanda’s Military Battles Hutu Rebels
Posted November 27th, 2012 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
Rwandan military officials say Hutu extremists based in eastern Congo crossed into Rwanda on Tuesday and launched attacks on villages near the border. A military spokesman blamed the rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda for the attack, which led to clashes with Rwandan military forces. Reuters news agency reports the FDLR, which opposes […]
US Ambassador Meeting With Lawmakers on Benghazi Attack
Posted November 27th, 2012 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is meeting this week with lawmakers to discuss her remarks about the deadly September attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The closed-door meetings are seen as a bid by Rice to gain the lawmakers’ support in order to become the next Secretary of State. U.S. media […]
OECD Sees ‘Uneven” Global Economic Recovery
Posted November 27th, 2012 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
A new report says the world’s economy will make “a hesitant and uneven recovery” over the next two years. A group representing 34 of the world’s largest economies — the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) — predicted Tuesday that the global economy would advance 3.4 percent in 2013. That would be up […]
