Pakistani security forces have fired into the air and lobbed tear gas in Islamabad, where protesters are holding an early morning march and calling on the country’s political leaders to resign and dissolve the government. The demonstrators gathered on one of the city’s main thoroughfares for an anti-corruption protest. They were acting at the urging […]
Pakistani Forces Use Tear Gas on Anti-Government Demonstrators
Posted January 14th, 2013 at 11:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Clinton to Testify Before Congress on Benghazi
Posted January 14th, 2013 at 9:40 pm (UTC-5)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will finally testify before Congress next week about September’s deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Clinton will appear before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on January 23. She was to have appeared last month, but illness forced the delay. Republican committee chairman, Congressman Ed Royce of California, […]
More Suicides Than Combat Deaths in US Military
Posted January 14th, 2013 at 8:20 pm (UTC-5)
The Pentagon says 349 U.S. servicemen and women killed themselves last year, more than the number of troops killed in combat. The number is up from the 301 military suicides in 2011. Some experts predict the number will be even higher this year. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has called suicides in the armed forces an […]
Pakistani Cleric Demands Government Resign
Posted January 14th, 2013 at 8:00 pm (UTC-5)
A populist Pakistani cleric gave the country’s political leaders an ultimatum to dissolve the government and resign, telling his supporters to march on parliament early Tuesday and force the issue. Tahir-ul Qadri called for action by tens of thousands of people gathered for an anti-corruption rally on one of Islamabad’s main thoroughfares, following a 38-hour […]
Scientists: Chimps and Human Share Sense of Fair Play
Posted January 14th, 2013 at 7:55 pm (UTC-5)
Scientists already know chimpanzees are the closest human relatives. They now say chimps and humans share a trait that was thought to be exclusive to people — a sense of fairness. U.S. researchers at Emory University had chimps play a game called “Ultimatum,” where one chimp can choose between two tokens. One token would let […]
Islamabad Rally Calls for Delay in Elections
Posted January 14th, 2013 at 6:30 pm (UTC-5)
Thousands of Pakistanis have converged on the capital, Islamabad, to back the call of a charismatic Sufi cleric for an indefinite delay in elections and a crackdown on government corruption and inefficiency. Tahir-ul Qadri, who recently returned home from Canada, arrived in Islamabad early Tuesday to join the protest rally. His black, chauffeur-driven SUV was […]
Thousands of Demonstrators Gather in Islamabad
Posted January 14th, 2013 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
Thousands of Pakistanis are converging on the capital for a protest march led by a cleric who has called for political change. Tahirul Qadri, who recently returned home from Canada, had promised to bring a million demonstrators to the streets of Islamabad Monday in his call for electoral reform, but early estimates say he will […]
Italian Court Rejects Berlusconi Bid to Halt Sex Trial
Posted January 14th, 2013 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
An Italian court in Milan has rejected a request by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to suspend his sex scandal trial. Lawyers for Berlusconi argued that his role as leader of a center-right coalition standing in next month’s general election would be an impediment to the proceedings. Prosecutors have accused the defense of trying to […]
Eurozone Industrial Production Still Shrinking
Posted January 14th, 2013 at 9:30 am (UTC-5)
The eurozone says its industrial production fell for the third straight month in November, the latest signal that the currency bloc remains mired in recession. The 17-nation eurozone said Monday that industrial output dropped the most in three years in November, down three-tenths of one percent. Analysts had predicted that manufacturing would advance slightly. From […]
Thousands of Demonstrators Gather in Islamabad
Posted January 14th, 2013 at 6:35 am (UTC-5)
Thousands of Pakistanis are converging on the capital for a protest march led by a cleric who has called for political change. Tahirul Qadri, who recently returned home from Canada, had promised to bring a million demonstrators to the streets of Islamabad Monday in his call for electoral reform, but early estimates say he will […]
