Japan’s new prime minister says the clean-up of the Fukushima power plant, where three reactors melted down after an earthquake and tsunami last year, is “an unprecedented challenge in human history.” Wearing a protective suit and facemask, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe toured the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s facility on Saturday and thanked workers for the […]
Japan’s New Prime Minister Signals Change in Nuclear Policy
Posted December 29th, 2012 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
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Peace Envoy in Moscow for Talks on Syria
Posted December 29th, 2012 at 3:25 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations-Arab League peace envoy is scheduled to hold talks in Moscow to find a way to end the 21-month Syrian conflict. Lakhdar Brahimi is set to talk Saturday with Russian officials about his recent round of discussions with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian rebels. Brahimi this week called for an interim […]
Indian Rape Victim Dies in Singapore Hospital
Posted December 29th, 2012 at 12:45 am (UTC-5)
The Indian student brutally gang-raped earlier this month on a bus in New Delhi has died in a Singapore hospital. A statement from the Hospital said the 23-year-old woman “died peacefully” early Saturday. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he is “deeply saddened” by the young woman’s death. He said the emotions the case has […]
Indian Rape Victim Dies in Singapore Hospital
Posted December 29th, 2012 at 12:30 am (UTC-5)
The Indian student brutally gang-raped earlier this month on a bus in New Delhi has died in a Singapore hospital. A statement from the Hospital said the 23-year-old woman “died peacefully” early Saturday. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he is “deeply saddened” by the young woman’s death. He said the emotions the case has […]
US Senate Votes to Extend Warrantless Surveillance Act
Posted December 28th, 2012 at 9:20 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly approved a five-year extension of a law allowing the government to conduct wiretapping on foreign citizens without a warrant. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, passed by the House of Representatives earlier this year, cleared the Senate Friday by a 73-23 margin with broad bipartisan support. The legislation now goes to […]
Obama ‘Modestly Optimistic’ on Last-Minute Fiscal Deal
Posted December 28th, 2012 at 6:30 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says he is “modestly optimistic” that a deal can be reached with Congress to avert a looming set of tax hikes and spending cuts that threaten to plunge the U.S. economy back into recession. Mr. Obama told reporters Friday that Republican Senator Mitch McConnell and Democratic Senator Harry Reid were working […]
Ghana Opposition Challenges Election in Top Court
Posted December 28th, 2012 at 5:55 pm (UTC-5)
Ghana’s main opposition party has appealed to the nation’s top court to overturn the result of presidential elections won by incumbent President John Mahama. The New Patriotic Party says it has presented evidence of fraud and irregularities to the Supreme Court from the poll earlier this month. The party says it gathered its data from […]
NY Police Charge Woman in Firefighter Ambush Plot
Posted December 28th, 2012 at 5:30 pm (UTC-5)
Police in western New York state have arrested and charged a 24-year-old woman in connection with the guns used Monday to ambush and kill two firefighters who had responded to a house fire. Authorities say Dawn Nguyen of Rochester faces charges of falsifying documents, but no details were immediately available. Federal charges against her are […]
Indian Rape Victim Dies in Singapore Hospital
Posted December 28th, 2012 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
The Indian student who was brutally gang-raped on a bus in New Delhi has died in a Singapore hospital. A statement from the Mount Elizabeth Hospital said the 23-year-old “died peacefully” early Saturday. The hospital CEO, Dr. Kelvin Loh, said the doctors had fought “for her life including putting her on maximum artificial ventilation support, […]
Obama, Congressional Leaders Hold Fiscal Cliff Talks
Posted December 28th, 2012 at 4:50 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama held talks Friday with top congressional leaders, in a bid to avert the “fiscal cliff” of automatic tax hikes and federal spending cuts. President Obama met at the White House with the Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate — Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid, respectively — and House Speaker John […]
