U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is expected to win primary elections in three more states Tuesday, as he moves closer to becoming the party nominee who will run against President Barack Obama in November. Romney needs to win less than 300 delegates to reach the 1,144 required to clinch his party’s nomination to face […]
Romney Expected to Win Three States, Lugar Loses Bid to Run for Re-Election
Posted May 8th, 2012 at 9:20 pm (UTC-5)
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Al-Qaida Bomber Was ‘Double Agent’
Posted May 8th, 2012 at 8:05 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. media reports say a man sent by al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner was actually a double agent working for the United States, who infiltrated the terror network and volunteered to carry out the suicide attack. Unidentified American and foreign intelligence officials provided details of the bomb plot. They told […]
Russian Duma Confirms Medvedev as PM
Posted May 8th, 2012 at 5:05 pm (UTC-5)
Russia’s lower house of parliament has approved Dmitry Medvedev as prime minister after he was nominated by newly inaugurated President Vladimir Putin. Lawmakers voted to confirm Mr. Medvedev 299 to 144. He has swapped jobs with Mr. Putin, who, until his inauguration Monday, was prime minister for four years. The job swap has angered many […]
Envoy: Syrian Troops Intensify Mass Arrests
Posted May 8th, 2012 at 1:25 pm (UTC-5)
International envoy Kofi Annan says that Syrian troops appear to be intensifying mass arrests and torture in rebellious communities. Diplomats say Mr. Annan made the comments on Tuesday in a closed briefing to the U.N. Security Council via video conference from Geneva. He later told reporters that the United Nations cannot allow Syria to descend […]
China Expels Al-Jazeera English Reporter
Posted May 8th, 2012 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
Al-Jazeera says it has been forced to close its English language news operation in China after authorities refused to renew the media credentials and visa of its only correspondent in Beijing. The Qatar-based television network said Monday that it “had no other choice” than to close its Beijing bureau after China failed to renew the […]
US Foils Al-Qaida Airliner Bomb Plot
Posted May 7th, 2012 at 6:50 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. officials say they have stopped an al-Qaida bomb plot intended to destroy an airliner heading for the United States. Authorities in Washington say the al-Qaida branch in Yemen intended to put a suicide bomber aboard a U.S.-bound jet with explosives concealed in the attacker’s underwear. They say the plot was detected and the bomb […]
Hollande Begins to Assemble New French Government
Posted May 7th, 2012 at 6:15 pm (UTC-5)
French President-elect Francois Hollande has started putting together a new government after defeating conservative incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy in Sunday’s runoff election. Final results show Mr. Hollande won 51.6 percent of the vote to Mr. Sarkozy’s 48.4 percent. The 57-year-old Socialist will take office on May 15. The vote reflected citizens’ disapproval of the country’s […]
China Criticizes US Role in Dissident Case
Posted May 7th, 2012 at 6:05 pm (UTC-5)
China said Monday the United States should “take necessary measures” to prevent a repeat of events like the case involving blind dissident Chen Guangcheng who escaped from house arrest in Shandong two weeks ago and ended up at the U.S. embassy in Beijing. During a briefing in Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei repeated China’s […]
Clinton Meets Indian PM, Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi
Posted May 7th, 2012 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on a three-day visit to India, met Monday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the leader of the ruling coalition, Sonia Gandhi. Clinton was expected to urge India to further cut its Iranian oil imports and find alternative sources of oil on the international market as part of a […]
Activists: Syrians Boycott ‘Sham’ Parliamentary Election
Posted May 7th, 2012 at 4:05 pm (UTC-5)
Syrian activists say people in rebellious towns and villages across the country have largely boycotted a government-run parliamentary election that major opposition groups dismissed as a sham. The activists said streets were empty and shops were closed in the central town of Hama and other opposition strongholds, where residents staged a general strike to protest […]
