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 […]
Obama Nominates John Kerry for Top US Diplomatic Post
Posted December 21st, 2012 at 1:55 pm (UTC-5)
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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, […]
Obama to Nominate John Kerry for Top Diplomatic Post
Posted December 21st, 2012 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
Senior officials say U.S. President Barack Obama will nominate Senator John Kerry to take over as Secretary as State. Administration officials, requesting anonymity, say Mr. Obama will make the nomination official later Friday. Kerry, a Democrat from Massachusetts has served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and has traveled on behalf of President […]
Indian Govt Vows Action Following Brutal Gang Rape
Posted December 21st, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Indian officials are vowing to take measures to better protect women following the brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old student on a bus in the capital. Police have so far arrested five people in connection with Sunday’s attack and said Friday that they are searching for a sixth assailant. The suspects are accused of rape […]
Russia, EU Talks Focus on Energy, Rights, Syria
Posted December 21st, 2012 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is in talks with European Union officials at a summit in Brussels, discussing contentious issues such as energy, trade, human rights and policy on Syria. Mr. Putin met Friday with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy. Russia supplies a large chunk of Europe’s energy […]
Obama to Nominate John Kerry as Secretary of State – Reports
Posted December 21st, 2012 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
News reports say President Barack Obama will nominate Senator John Kerry to be the next U.S. secretary of state. Mr. Obama is expected to announce the selection later Friday. Hillary Clinton has served as the top U.S. diplomat since January 2009, when Mr. Obama took office, but she has said she will astep down early […]
US Remembers Connecticut Shooting Victims
Posted December 21st, 2012 at 10:00 am (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 for the victims, while mourners stood in silence. Authorities say Adam Lanza killed his mother, then went to […]
Wounded Pakistani Girl: College Shouldn’t be Renamed in My Honor
Posted December 21st, 2012 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
The Pakistani girl who was seriously wounded by the Taliban says a decision to rename a girls’ college in her hometown in her honor should be reversed. Fifteen-year old Malala Yousafzai was returning from school in Pakistan’s northwestern Swat Valley in October when Taliban gunmen shot her, saying she had spoken out against the militant […]
