U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is using the one-tenth-of-a-point increase in the nation’s unemployment rate to criticize his rival, President Barack Obama, as the candidates move into the closing days before Tuesday’s election. The former Massachusetts governor called the 7.9 percent October jobless rate “a sad reminder that the economy is at a virtual […]
Romney: Higher Unemployment Shows US Economy at ‘Virtual Standstill’
Posted November 2nd, 2012 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
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US Presidential Race Back at Full Speed after Superstorm
Posted November 1st, 2012 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is making a three-state campaign swing on Thursday, after spending several days heading the federal government’s response to the massive Atlantic storm named Sandy. Mr. Obama is campaigning in Wisconsin, Nevada and Colorado, so-called “battleground states” that could determine whether he or Republican challenger Mitt Romney wins the 270 electoral votes […]
Thousands Flee as Cyclone Hits Southern India
Posted October 31st, 2012 at 4:00 pm (UTC-5)
Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from their homes Wednesday as a cyclone slammed into southern India from the Bay of Bengal. Officials say that Cyclone Nilam left at least two people dead, including a crew member of an oil tanker that ran aground off Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state. India’s Meteorological […]
Clinton Visits Future EU Member Croatia
Posted October 31st, 2012 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on a five-nation Balkan tour, is in Croatia, where she will praise the country’s expected accession to the European Union next year. Clinton met with Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic Wednesday in the capital, Zagreb, for talks on Zagreb’s future EU membership and its role as a NATO ally. […]
Apparent Afghan Insider Attack Kills 2 NATO Troops
Posted October 30th, 2012 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
NATO says a man wearing an Afghan police uniform has shot and killed two coalition troops in southern Afghanistan in the latest apparent “insider” attack. Afghan officials said the attacker killed two British soldiers Tuesday in Helmand province. NATO gave few details, but coalition spokesman Brigadier General Gunter Katz told reporters in Kabul that “currently, […]
Sandy Strengthens, Threatens 50 Million People on US East Coast
Posted October 29th, 2012 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
Hurricane Sandy has strengthened as it approaches the U.S. East Coast, putting 50 million people in the path of torrential rain, high winds and dangerous tidal surges from one of the largest storms to hit the region in years. Major U.S. cities from Washington to New York came to a standstill Monday, with public transit […]
Eastern US Braces for ‘Superstorm’
Posted October 28th, 2012 at 7:45 pm (UTC-5)
The east coast of the United States is preparing for what weather forecasters expect to be one of the biggest storms ever to hit the mainland. Hurricane Sandy is moving up the Atlantic coast and is expected to join with two winter storm systems. Forecasters are calling this a hybrid “superstorm,” bringing damaging winds, heavy […]
Ruling Party Leads in Ukraine Exit Polls
Posted October 28th, 2012 at 4:20 pm (UTC-5)
Early exit polls show that Ukraine’s ruling party, Regions Party of President Viktor Yanukovych, leading in Sunday’s elections for parliament with the largest share of votes – at least 28 percent. Voter surveys released after the polls closed indicated the opposition alliance of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko was running in second place with about […]
Air Strikes, Clashes in Syria After Truce Bid
Posted October 28th, 2012 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
Syrian activists say government aircraft pounded opposition strongholds on the outskirts of Damascus and troops clashed with rebel fighters in several other areas of the country Sunday, leaving a U.N.-backed truce declared for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha largely in tatters. Amateur videos posted on YouTube appeared to support claims of the Britain-based Syrian […]
Suicide Bomber Kills 40 in Afghan Mosque
Posted October 26th, 2012 at 6:45 am (UTC-5)
Officials in northern Afghanistan say a suicide bomb attack on a mosque has killed at least 40 people and wounded dozens of others. Authorities say the bomber struck the mosque in Maymana, the capital of Faryab province, on Friday, at the start of the four-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. Officials say casualties included members […]
