Rights activists say Syrian troops have stormed a flashpoint suburb of Damascus, rounding up people in house-to-house raids as the country’s 10-month anti-government uprising edges closer to the capital. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said security forces detained 200 people Thursday during raids in Douma, a hotbed of protests and armed rebellion against […]
Syrian Troops Storm Damascus Suburb; 200 Detained
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Suicide Bomber Attacks Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 8:20 am (UTC-5)
Afghan officials say a suicide car bomber has killed four civilians in an attack on a NATO-affiliated provincial reconstruction team in southern Afghanistan. A spokesman for the governor of Helmand province said Thursday’s attack took place in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah. Officials say the bomber hit a convoy of armored vehicles passing near the […]
27 Killed in Pakistan Violence
Posted January 25th, 2012 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
Violence across Pakistan killed at least 27 people Wednesday. Pakistani security officials say at least four government troops and 17 militants were killed during clashes in Kurram tribal agency in the country’s northwest. The officials say troops were conducting a search operation in the Jogi village when they were attacked by a group of militants. […]
Obama Takes New Economic Plan on Tour
Posted January 25th, 2012 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is on the road, taking to the American people the economic plan he unveiled in his State of the Union address. President Obama Wednesday pushed his agenda of rebuilding the American economy on manufacturing and alternative energy during a speech at a conveyor belt factory in the Iowa. But the president […]
Wounded US Congresswoman Resigns
Posted January 25th, 2012 at 12:35 pm (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 […]
Wounded US Congresswoman Resigns
Posted January 25th, 2012 at 12:20 pm (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 […]
Russia Says Will Not Support UN Moves to Sanction Syria
Posted January 25th, 2012 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
Russia says it will not support United Nations actions on Syria that may include sanctions or military intervention. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday moves by the U.N. Security Council against Syria, a long-time Russian ally, would be “unfair and counterproductive.” U.N. diplomats say France, Britain and Germany have been working with Arab nations […]
Tens of Thousands Rally in Cairo to Mark Anti-Mubarak Revolt
Posted January 25th, 2012 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
Tens of thousands of Egyptians have gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to mark one year since the start of an uprising that toppled long-time president Hosni Mubarak. Many of those who attended Wednesday’s rally called it a celebration of the downfall of an autocratic leadership, but others said they want a new revolution against the […]
US Special Forces Rescue Hostages in Somalia
Posted January 25th, 2012 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
A U.S. military operation has freed two aid workers – an American woman and a Danish man – who were kidnapped by gunmen three months ago in central Somalia. In a statement Wednesday, President Barack Obama praised U.S. special operations forces who hours earlier freed Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted during a daring pre-dawn […]
Obama to Unveil Economic Blueprint in State of the Union
Posted January 24th, 2012 at 3:40 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama will unveil a new economic blueprint during his State of the Union address Tuesday night, addressing a key issue as he faces a contentious re-election bid later this year. Mr. Obama will deliver his third annual speech on the nations’ progress before a joint session of the U.S. Congress, and on […]
