Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has offered some re-election advice to President Barack Obama, saying he needs to convince voters that his administration upheld a U.S. economy that was already in collapse. Mr. Clinton weighed in on the 2012 presidential race Monday in an interview with ABC’s morning show, “Good Morning America.” He says Mr. […]
Former President Clinton Offers Obama Re-election Advice
Posted April 2nd, 2012 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
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Chinese President in Cambodia As Summit Opens
Posted March 30th, 2012 at 5:10 pm (UTC-5)
China’s President Hu Jintao is in Cambodia on a four-day state visit that coincides with a key regional summit where participants are expected to voice growing opposition to Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea. Mr. Hu was to meet with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni and confer with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, as […]
Aung San Suu Kyi Cites Burmese Election Irregularities Ahead of Polls
Posted March 30th, 2012 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says parliamentary candidates in her National League for Democracy party have campaigned in the face of threats and violence ahead of Sunday’s by-elections. But the Nobel laureate says both she and her colleagues are determined to go forward because “we think that is what our people want.” “As […]
Apple CEO Tours Foxconn Plant in China
Posted March 29th, 2012 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
Apple’s chief executive has visited a newly built iPhone and iPad production line in China, where its operations have faced accusations of harsh labor conditions. The California-based company said Thursday that its new CEO Tim Cook toured the Foxconn Zhengzhou Technology Park in the north central province of Henan. Foxconn is the Taiwanese company that […]
Romney Earns Endorsement of Two Major Republican Figures
Posted March 29th, 2012 at 8:10 am (UTC-5)
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush is planning to endorse Mitt Romney’s campaign for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. A spokesman for Romney says the former president will throw his support to Romney at an event Thursday in of Houston, Texas. Mr. Bush’s endorsement comes one week after his son, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, […]
Police Resume Probe After Deadly France Shooting
Posted March 23rd, 2012 at 5:45 am (UTC-5)
French police have begun collecting evidence at the apartment building of the suspect in seven murders who was killed after a 32-hour standoff in the city of Toulouse. Police technicians on Friday were spotted loading bags into a van while several people looked on near a makeshift memorial. Prosecutor Francois Molins said special police units […]
U.S. Senators Push Resolution Condemning Kony
Posted March 21st, 2012 at 7:45 pm (UTC-5)
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced a resolution condemning a Uganda-based militant group and its leader for crimes against humanity. A third of the senators back the resolution aimed at the group known as the Lord’s Resistance Army and its leader, Joseph Kony. Senator Chris Coons on Wednesday accused Kony of “unconscionable crimes […]
French Police Negotiate Surrender of School Shooting Suspect
Posted March 21st, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
French police are negotiating the surrender of a man suspected in the shooting deaths of seven people, including three Jewish children at a school in Toulouse. Officials say the suspect is 24-year-old Mohammed Merah, a Frenchman of Algerian origin, who claims to have links to al-Qaida. A French prosecutor says Merah spent time in Pakistan […]
Tibetan Activist Stages Hunger Strike From NY Hospital
Posted March 20th, 2012 at 2:45 pm (UTC-5)
A Tibetan activist staging a nearly monthlong hunger strike outside the United Nations is continuing his protest from a New York hospital Tuesday. The Tibetan Youth Congress said in a press release that Tibetan-American Dorjee Gyalpo was forced by police to seek medical care late Monday after he was unable to stand up on the […]
4 Dead in Shooting at French Jewish School
Posted March 19th, 2012 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
Police in southwestern France say one adult and three children are dead after a gunman opened fire at a private Jewish school in the city of Toulouse. Authorities say the attack at the Ozar Hatorah school also seriously wounded at least one other person. The dead include a teacher who worked at the school and […]
