North Korea says it has succeeded in launching a long-range rocket and placing a satellite into orbit, defying warnings from the United Nations and its neighbors. The official Korean Central News Agency said the Unha-3 rocket “successfully lifted off” from the Sohae Space Center on Wednesday and that the satellite “entered its orbit as planned.” […]
North Korea Launches Long-Range Rocket
Posted December 11th, 2012 at 10:55 pm (UTC-5)
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Russian Soprano Galina Vishnevskaya Diest At 86
Posted December 11th, 2012 at 10:50 pm (UTC-5)
Russian opera singer Galina Vishnevskaya, the widow of legendary cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, died Tuesday aged 86. State media report that she has suffered from heart trouble in recent years. The famed soprano was celebrated for her dramatic interpretations of classic and modern works and sang in most major opera houses across the world. For many […]
2 Dead in Oregon Shopping Mall Shooting
Posted December 11th, 2012 at 9:55 pm (UTC-5)
A gunman opened fire on customers at a shopping mall near Portland, Oregon Tuesday, killing two people and wounding an unknown number of victims. Police say the gunman acted alone and took his own life. More than 100 police officers were searching the mall late Tuesday looking for more victims. Witnesses say panicked shoppers fled […]
North Korea Launches Long-Range Rocket
Posted December 11th, 2012 at 9:35 pm (UTC-5)
A defiant North Korea has launched a long range rocket, and says it has successfully placed a satellite in orbit. South Korean defense officials say the rocket was fired from a west coast launch site at 9:50 a.m. Wednesday local time. Japanese authorities said the missile overflew Okinawa about 12 minutes after liftoff, and said […]
2 Dead in Oregon Shopping Mall Shooting
Posted December 11th, 2012 at 9:00 pm (UTC-5)
A gunman opened fire on customers at a shopping mall near Portland, Oregon Tuesday, killing two people and wounding an unknown number of victims. Police say the gunman is also dead, but it is not clear if he was shot by police or took his own life. More than 100 police officers were searching the […]
North Korea Launches Lo9ng-Range Rocket
Posted December 11th, 2012 at 8:55 pm (UTC-5)
A defiant North Korea has launched a long range rocket, despite warnings from the international community against doing so. South Korean defense officials say the rocket was fired from a west coast launch site at 9:50 a.m. Wednesday local time. Japanese authorities said the missile overflew Okinawa about 12 minutes after liftoff, and said the […]
North Korea Launches Lo9ng-Range Rocket
Posted December 11th, 2012 at 8:30 pm (UTC-5)
The South Korean defense ministry says North Korea has launched a long range rocket, despite warnings from the international community against doing so. In the runup to the early Wednesday launch, many analysts said the rocket is a disguised ballistic missile, in violation of international regulations. Pyongyang has vowed to proceed with the launch, despite […]
US Launches Spaceplane in Secretive Military Program
Posted December 11th, 2012 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
The United States has launched a high-tech, experimental spaceplane for the third such flight in a secretive military test program. The nearly eight-meter-long X-37B craft blasted off Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on an Atlas V rocket. The unmanned shuttle made the first flight of its kind in 2010 and spent seven months circling Earth. […]
Russia Raids Homes of 3 Opposition Activists
Posted December 11th, 2012 at 2:30 pm (UTC-5)
Russian federal investigators have raided the homes of several opposition activists Moscow accuses of attending seminars in Lithuania on organizing protests aimed at toppling President Vladimir Putin. Russian Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said investigators raided the homes of Taisia Alexandrova, Anna Kornilova and Yuri Nabutovsky on Tuesday morning, seizing computer files and other documents. […]
Congo Peace Talks Continue After Boycott
Posted December 11th, 2012 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
The foreign minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo has called for the “neutralization” of M-23 rebels after a day of contentious peace talks in Kampala. Delegations from the government and from the rebel forces met Tuesday after the rebels boycotted the talks on Monday. Afterward, Foreign Minister Raymond Tshibanda called the rebel movement “a […]
