The European Union is putting a year-long freeze on a controversial rule that all airlines flying in and out of EU airports pay a carbon emissions tax. Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard says the European Union wants to “stop the clock” to create goodwill during talks on a global deal to curb pollution from airplanes. But […]
EU Puts Year-Long Freeze on Airline Carbon Tax
Posted November 12th, 2012 at 7:00 pm (UTC-5)
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Radical Cleric Wins Appeal Against Deportation From Britain
Posted November 12th, 2012 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada has won his appeal against deportation from Britain to Jordan to face terror charges. The Special Immigration Appeals Commission on Monday blocked the extradition order, saying it could not be guaranteed that Qatada would get a fair trial. He is expected to be released from prison on bail on Tuesday […]
Russia Detains Members of Banned Islamist Group
Posted November 12th, 2012 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
Russian police have arrested six members of a banned Islamic group on suspicion of distributing extremist literature and recruiting followers. Police said Monday the six were members of Hizb ut-Tahrir, an organization designated as an international terrorist group by Russia’s Supreme Court. Officials say the group, which aims to establish an Islamic state, was conducting […]
Radical Cleric Wins Appeal Against Deportation From Britain
Posted November 12th, 2012 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada has won his appeal against deportation from Britain to Jordan to face terror charges. The Special Immigration Appeals Commission on Monday blocked the extradition order, saying it could not be guaranteed that Qatada would get a fair trial. In a statement, Britain’s Home Office says it strongly disagrees with the […]
Greece Approves 2013 Austerity Budget
Posted November 11th, 2012 at 8:30 pm (UTC-5)
Greek lawmakers have approved the country’s 2013 budget, which cuts spending and raises taxes in a bid to prevent the country from going bankrupt. Next year’s austerity budget reportedly includes $12 billion in pension, wage and spending cuts. Its approval comes days after parliament narrowly voted to proceed with other austerity measures. The lawmakers are […]
Thousands Protest in Greece as Budget Vote Looms
Posted November 11th, 2012 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
Thousands of protesters gathered outside of Greece’s parliament as lawmakers prepared to vote on the annual budget which is expected to cut spending and raise taxes as part of a plan to secure foreign aid. More than 13,000 people marched through the streets of the capital, Athens, Sunday, in demonstrations ending at the city’s main […]
BBC Chief Resigns Over False Child Sex Abuse Charges
Posted November 10th, 2012 at 6:50 pm (UTC-5)
The head of the British Broadcasting Corporation has resigned after a television news broadcast led to a top politician being wrongly accused of child sex abuse. George Entwistle was BBC director-general for less than two months. He said Saturday that he was also editor-in-chief of BBC news and ultimately responsible for all its content. Entwistle […]
Vatican Court Convicts Programmer in Leaks Scandal
Posted November 10th, 2012 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
A Vatican court has convicted a computer programmer employed by the Holy See of helping the former papal butler create a series of information leaks that embarrassed Pope Benedict. The court on Saturday then handed 48-year-old programmer Claudio Sciarpelletti a suspended sentence of two months in prison and five years’ probation. The three-judge panel convicted […]
Turkish Helicopter Crash Kills 17 Soldiers
Posted November 10th, 2012 at 5:05 am (UTC-5)
Local officials in southeastern Turkey say a military helicopter has crashed, killing 17 soldiers. Provincial governor Ahmet Aydin said the Sikorsky helicopter crashed Saturday in the district of Pervari in Siirt province. He said the aircrafh went down in a mountainous region in bad weather. No one survived the crash. Aydin said an investigation has […]
Djukanovic Selected to Return as Montenegro’s Prime Minister
Posted November 9th, 2012 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
Montenegro’s president has asked controversial ruling party leader Milo Djukanovic to once again become the nation’s prime minister. President Filip Vujanovic announced the appointment of the former president and prime minister Friday after Mr. Djuknovic’s candidacy was put forward by his Democratic Party of Socialists, or DPS. The party won the former Yugoslav republic’s parliamentary […]
