The owners of a shipwrecked cruise liner say it may take seven to 10 months to remove the overturned vessel from an Italian coastline. U.S.-based Carnival Corporation says it has contacted 10 firms to submit plans for the job. Carnival plans to make a decision by the end of next month on which company will […]
Wrecked Cruise Ship Salvage May Take Months
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 7:10 am (UTC-5)
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Hungary’s National Airline Grounded
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
Hungary’s Malev airline has grounded its planes and stopped all operations after running out of cash. Friday’s shutdown comes about a month after the European Commission ordered the airline to repay millions of dollars in government subsidies it received between 2007 and 2010. Malev’s problems caused some of its service providers to lose faith in […]
Indian Supreme Court Cancels 122 Controversial Telecom Licenses
Posted February 2nd, 2012 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
India’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to revoke 122 telecommunications licenses awarded in 2008 to mobile phone companies that are at the center of one of the country’s largest corruption scandals. Thursday’s court ruling is expected to disrupt about 5 percent of the nation’s mobile phone users, as customers of the affected companies are […]
Florida Fact Box
Posted January 31st, 2012 at 11:25 pm (UTC-5)
Here are some facts about Florida: The southeastern U.S. state, a popular destination for retirees and tourists, was hit hard by the housing foreclosure crisis and saw home values plummet. The unemployment rate is nearly 10 percent, while the national jobless rate is 8.5 percent. The state has a population of more than 19 million […]
Violence Against Afghan Women Raises Concerns
Posted January 30th, 2012 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
Afghan police are searching for a man they say killed his wife for giving birth to a third daughter, rather than a son he had hoped for. Police in the northern Kunduz province have arrested the victim’s mother-in-law in connection with the murder but the husband fled the scene. Violence and abuse continues to be […]
Wounded US Congresswoman Resigns
Posted January 25th, 2012 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was seriously wounded in a shooting incident in her home state of Arizona last year, received an emotional farewell from Congress on Wednesday as she resigned. In her resignation speech, read by a colleague, the 41-year-old Democratic congresswoman said she is stepping down to focus on her recovery, but vowed she […]
Pakistan Rejects US Findings on Deadly Border Attack
Posted January 23rd, 2012 at 1:20 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistan’s military has formally rejected the findings of a U.S. inquiry into last year’s NATO attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers along the Afghan border. The military said Monday that it does not agree with several portions of the investigation report, calling them factually incorrect. U.S. defense officials blamed inadequate coordination by both Pakistani and […]
Obama Promises New ‘Economic Blueprint’ in State of the Union Address
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 11:10 pm (UTC-5)
President Barack Obama has offered a brief glimpse into his State of the Union address next week, when he says he will announce a new “economic blueprint” intended to benefit all Americans. In a video message to his political supporters, Mr. Obama said his plan will help the manufacturing and energy sectors of the nation’s […]
Ousted Exiled Madagascar President’s Flight Home Diverted
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 8:15 am (UTC-5)
The flight of Madagascar’s ousted president to his island homeland Saturday has been diverted back to South Africa, where he has spent three years in exile. A spokesman for former president Marc Ravalomanana says officials in Madagascar closed the airspace to prevent him from returning home. He had vowed to return, despite a threat that […]
India, China Agree to Prevent Flareups along Border
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
India and China have agreed to work to prevent any flare-ups and to ensure peace along their disputed Himalayan border. India’s ambassador to China, S. Jaishankar, and China’s Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin signed an agreement in New Delhi to establish a committee on border management. The agreement calls for both countries to strive to […]
