Red Cross teams in Syria delivered relief supplies to areas near the battered Homs district of Baba Amr Sunday, but were blocked for a third straight day from entering the former rebel bastion. Concerns are mounting for civilians left stranded in Baba Amr. Activists say the entire city of Homs faces a humanitarian catastrophe. Electricity, […]
Syria Blocks Red Cross from Baba Amr for 3rd Straight Day
Posted March 4th, 2012 at 7:20 pm (UTC-5)
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Exit Polls: Putin Wins Russian Presidential Elections
Posted March 4th, 2012 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
Voting has ended in Russia’s presidential election with exit polls showing Vladimir Putin winning a landslide victory for a record third term in office. A state-run polling institute gives Mr. Putin 58.3 percent of the vote, enough to avoid a second-round runoff. Mr. Putin, who served as Russian president from 2000 to 2008, faced four […]
200 Reported Dead in Republic of Congo Blasts
Posted March 4th, 2012 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
Government and hospital officials in the Republic of Congo say a series of explosions at a weapons depot in the capital, Brazzaville, has killed about 200 people and injured about 200 more. Authorities say the arms facility, located on the banks of the Congo River, caught fire early Sunday causing the powerful blasts. The explosions […]
Early Iran Results: Ahmadinejad Faction Losing in Parliamentary Vote
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 11:50 pm (UTC-5)
Partial results from Iran’s parliamentary elections show conservative rivals of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on course to take firm control of the 290-seat parliament, after winning in several constituencies. Early returns from provincial towns show loyalist supporters of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei in the lead, and also show the president’s supporters are losing ground. Final results […]
RRomney Heading for Victory in Washington State Caucuses
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 9:35 pm (UTC-5)
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is heading for big victory in the Washington state Republican caucuses. With about 60 percent of the vote counted, Romney had about 37 percent support in the straw poll. Texas Representative Ron Paul and former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum are battling for the second place with about 24 percent each, […]
Baby Found Alive in US Field After Violent Tornadoes
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 6:40 pm (UTC-5)
Authorities in the midwestern U.S. state of Indiana say they have found a baby girl alive in a field near her home, following Friday’s massive tornadoes there. She was hospitalized in critical condition Saturday, after being found in the field in the town of Salem. Rescue crews are searching for additional survivors from the string […]
Polls Open in Russia’s Far East for Presidential Election
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 3:40 pm (UTC-5)
(new head and lede)) Polls opened in the eastern parts of Russia Sunday in a presidential election likely to return Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin for a third term. Ahead of the polls, the opposition held unprecedented protests across the country against him and his ruling United Russia Party. Hundreds of thousands of Russians have […]
Syrian Forces Shell Homs, Block Aid to Rebel Stronghold
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is pressing Syrian authorities to allow aid workers enter the battered district of Baba Amr in the Syrian city of Homs as government forces continued to bombard the city Saturday. Syrian authorities stopped Friday an ICRC convoy of seven trucks carrying medical supplies and food from entering […]
Syrian Forces Shell Homs, Block Aid to Rebel Stronghold
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is pressing Syrian authorities to allow aid workers enter the battered district of Baba Amr in the Syrian city of Homs as government forces continued to bombard the city Saturday. Syrian authorities stopped Friday an ICRC convoy of seven trucks carrying medical supplies and food from entering […]
Tornadoes Touch Down in Southeastern US
Posted March 2nd, 2012 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
Officials with the U.S. National Weather Service say tornadoes touched down in the states of Kentucky and Indiana Friday as severe weather moved over a seven-state region. Media reports say there were injuries and heavy damage near Louisville, Kentucky. Tornadoes touched down earlier Friday in the state of Alabama, sending some residents to hospitals. One […]
