U.S. Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has overwhelmingly won the caucuses in the midwestern state of Kansas, but front-runner Mitt Romney countered with solid wins in the western state of Wyoming, and the U.S. territories of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands. A total of 52 delegates was at stake in […]
Bloody Friday Precedes Annan’s Syria Visit
Posted March 9th, 2012 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
Renewed efforts to end the violence in Syria are being overshadowed by more demonstrations and deaths. Syrian opposition groups say at least 19 people died Friday as thousands took to the streets across the country to rally against the government of President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said most of the deaths […]
Greece Still Short of Reaching Debt Write-Off Goal
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
Greece is edging closer to its goal of getting the country’s private lenders to eliminate $142 billion of the debt it owes them, but remains short of the target as a Thursday deadline nears. Eurogroup president Jean-Claude Juncker said Wednesday he is confident private investors participating in a Greek debt-relief deal would reach the target […]
White House Narrows List of World Bank Nominees
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 4:15 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Senator John Kerry and Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations are reported to have been mentioned as possible candidates to head the World Bank. Indra Nooyi, the chairman and chief executive officer of soft drink maker PepsiCo, is also said to be on the short list of candidates compiled by the […]
Liberal Democratic Star Loses Primary for Congressional Seat
Posted March 7th, 2012 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich, a two-time candidate for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, has lost his bid for re-election in Ohio. Kucinich was defeated by fellow Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur in a primary contest made necessary when the Republican-controlled Ohio legislature redrew the state’s congressional map after the 2010 census and merged the two lawmaker’s […]
‘Super Tuesday’ Voters Make Mark on US Republican Presidential Race
Posted March 6th, 2012 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
Voters in 10 U.S. states are going to the polls for “Super Tuesday” nominating contests in the biggest day of voting yet in the race to choose the Republican Party’s presidential nominee. More than a third of the 1,144 delegates needed to win the Republican nomination are up for grabs on Tuesday, which is more […]
Ruling Congress Party Trailing Badly in Uttar Pradesh Election
Posted March 6th, 2012 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
Early returns from elections in five Indian states indicate a mid-term loss for the national ruling Congress Party, which is trailing badly in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state. Some Indian political analysts say what happens in Uttar Pradesh could be a harbinger of national elections in 2014. The first results, released Tuesday, put the […]
Republican Candidates Make Final Pitches Before ‘Super Tuesday’
Posted March 5th, 2012 at 4:20 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Republican presidential candidates are fanning out across a number of key states as they try to rally support ahead of the so-called “Super Tuesday” set of primaries and caucuses. Voters in 10 states will take part in nominating contests as Republicans move closer to selecting their candidate to face President Barack Obama, a Democrat, […]
Putin Seeking to Regain Russian Presidency
Posted March 4th, 2012 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
Russians are voting in a presidential election that is likely to return Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin for a record third term. More then 200,000 volunteer poll watchers are keeping a close eye on the voting, hoping to avoid allegations of fraud like those the opposition leveled against the December 4 parliamentary elections. Another 600,000 […]
US Economy Grows Faster Than First Thought
Posted February 29th, 2012 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. economy grew a bit faster than first thought in the last few months of 2011, as incomes grew and businesses started hiring more workers. The Commerce Department Wednesday said the nation’s overall economic output expanded at a 3 percent annual rate in the October-to-December period, its fastest growth in a year-and-a-half. The government […]
