Hundreds of police officers have joined in the manhunt for the suspected gunman in Monday’s fatal shooting of a rabbi and three children at a Jewish school in the southern French city of Toulouse, as schools across the nation observed a moment of silence for the victims. Interior Minister Claude Gueant told reporters Tuesday the […]
Manhunt Under Way in France For Gunman Who Killed 4 at Jewish School
Posted March 20th, 2012 at 7:35 am (UTC-5)
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Romney Looks to Widen Lead with Illinois Primary Win
Posted March 20th, 2012 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is looking to widen his lead over top rival Rick Santorum Tuesday, as the contest to pick the party’s nominee moves to the central state of Illinois. Opinion polls show Romney 15 points ahead of Santorum in Illinois as voters prepare to take part in the state’s primary. Fifty-four […]
Russia Willing to Back Annan Plan for Syria
Posted March 20th, 2012 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
( Title: SYRIA, 1st UPD – V HEAD: Russia Willing to Back Annan Plan for Syria DATE: 03/20/12 PUBLISHED AT: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 6:26:18 AM NUMBER: 2190769 AUDIO: Dalet 5.1/House Shared Tuesday/CN SYRIA BAN VIDEO: APTN attached below, shotlist in asset manager WEB: PHOTO GALLERY http://www.voanews.com/english/news/photo-galleries/143308496.html TYPE: CN )) Russia says it would support […]
Bomb Blasts Across Iraq Kill 38
Posted March 20th, 2012 at 4:50 am (UTC-5)
A series of near simultaneous bombings in nearly a dozen Iraqi cities has killed at least 38 people and wounded 160. Iraqi police say car and roadside bombs went off early Tuesday in a number of places, including Baghdad, Kirkuk, and the holy Shi’ite city of Karbala. It is unclear who was targeted by the […]
Ban Ki-moon: Syrian Situation is Intolerable
Posted March 20th, 2012 at 1:25 am (UTC-5)
( Title: SYRIA – V HEAD: Ban Ki-moon: Syrian Situation is Intolerable DATE: 03/19/12 PUBLISHED AT: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 2:20:13 AM NUMBER: 22189977 AUDIO: Soundbites of witnesses to Mazzeh battle in APTN feed below VIDEO: APTN / Reuters feeds attached below; shotlists in asset manager (NO ACCESS RUSSIA for APTN Russia Syria # 732959) […]
Romney Looks to Widen Lead with Illinois Primary Win
Posted March 20th, 2012 at 1:20 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is looking to widen his lead over top rival Rick Santorum Tuesday, as the contest to pick the party’s nominee moves to the central state of Illinois. Opinion polls show Romney 15 points ahead of Santorum in Illinois as voters prepare to take part in the state’s primary. Sixty-nine […]
US Justice Department Opens Probe into Teen Killing
Posted March 20th, 2012 at 1:15 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. Justice Department says it has opened an investigation into the killing of an unarmed black teenager by a citizens safety patrol volunteer in Florida. In a statement late Monday, the Justice Department said it will conduct a “thorough and independent review of all evidence” in the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, who was […]
North Korea Invites UN Nuclear Monitors to Return
Posted March 19th, 2012 at 11:30 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations nuclear watchdog says it has received an invitation to visit North Korea, three years after its inspectors were expelled from the communist country. A spokeswoman for the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday that the invitation was received Friday — the same day Pyongyang announced it would soon launch a rocket […]
Greek Finance Minister Resigns
Posted March 19th, 2012 at 11:10 pm (UTC-5)
Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos has resigned after being elected to lead the Socialist party PASOK into upcoming early elections. Venizelos officially replaced former Greek prime minister George Papandreou as head of the PASOK party on Monday. Greece plans to hold early general elections in late April or early May to replace the interim coalition […]
Manhunt Under Way For Gunman Who Killed 4 at French Jewish School
Posted March 19th, 2012 at 11:05 pm (UTC-5)
A manhunt is on in France for the gunman who murdered three young children and a rabbi at a Jewish school Monday in Toulouse. The government has raised its terror alert in southwestern France to “scarlet” — its highest level and just one notch below a state of emergency. Security has been upgraded at Jewish […]
