Four South Korean workers kidnapped earlier this week in Nigeria have been released. The employees of Hyundai Heavy Industries were handed over to South Korean officials late Friday. Neither the South Korean government officials nor Hyundai disclosed any information about negotiations that led to the release or if any ransom was paid.
Kidnapped S. Korean Workers Released in Nigeria
Posted December 21st, 2012 at 11:05 pm (UTC-5)
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John Kerry: A Familiar Face in Global Diplomacy
Posted December 21st, 2012 at 10:15 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Senator John Kerry – President Barack Obama’s nominee for secretary of state – is a familiar face to world leaders, an elder statesman of the Democratic Party and current chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The son of a military veteran, Kerry graduated from Yale University in 1966 and served an abbreviated tour […]
NRA Wants Armed Police in Schools
Posted December 21st, 2012 at 4:10 pm (UTC-5)
The United States’ largest gun rights lobby says it wants to address gun violence by placing armed police officers in every school in America, while two Democratic senators called the group’s response to the Newtown tragedy shamefully inadequate. The executive vice president of the powerful National Rifle Association, or NRA, said tragedies like the massacre […]
4 Dead in Pennsylvania Shooting Spree
Posted December 21st, 2012 at 3:25 pm (UTC-5)
Local authorities say a shooting spree in the eastern state of Pennsylvania has left four people dead and three state troopers wounded. Officials say the shootings occurred over several kilometers in Frankstown Township, about 150 kilometers from the Pennsylvania state capital, Harrisburg. They say the shooter was among those killed and the emergency is over. […]
NRA Wants Armed Police in Schools
Posted December 21st, 2012 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
The United States’ largest gun rights lobby says it wants to address gun violence by placing armed police officers in every school in America, in a suggestion swiftly denounced by Democrats. The executive vice president of the powerful National Rifle Association, or NRA, said tragedies like the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School last week […]
Putin Calls EU Heads ‘Wrong’ on Energy Policy
Posted December 21st, 2012 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks with European Union officials at a summit in Brussels, discussing contentious issues such as energy, trade, human rights and policy on Syria. Afterward, Mr. Putin and the EU leaders held a contentious news conference in which Mr. Putin called European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council […]
Obama Nominates John Kerry for Top US Diplomatic Post
Posted December 21st, 2012 at 1:55 pm (UTC-5)
President Barack Obama has nominated Senator John Kerry to be the next secretary of state. At the White House Friday, President Obama praised Kerry as the “perfect” choice to guide American diplomacy in the years ahead. He said Kerry has earned the trust and respect of his Senate colleagues and leaders around the world through […]
NRA Wants Armed Police in Schools
Posted December 21st, 2012 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
The United States’ largest gun rights lobby says it wants to address gun violence by placing armed police officers in every school in America. The chief executive for the powerful National Rifle Association held a press conference Friday, one week after 26 people were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The […]
Police Fire Tear Gas at Clashing Egyptian Protesters
Posted December 21st, 2012 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
Police have fired tear gas at clashing protesters in Egypt’s northern city of Alexandria on the eve of a second day of polling on a controversial constitutional referendum. Anti-constitution protesters and conservative Islamists threw stones at one another on Friday, prompting riot police to fire tear gas to separate them. At least 20 people were […]
US Remembers Connecticut Shooting Victims
Posted December 21st, 2012 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama and other Americans paused Friday morning, remembering the children and adults gunned down by a 20-year-old in Newtown, Connecticut, one week ago. Church bells rang in Newtown and other U.S. towns and cities as mourners stood in silence. Authorities say Adam Lanza killed his mother, then went to an elementary school, […]
