Pakistani authorities have charged Osama bin Laden’s three widows with illegally entering and living in the country. Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik announced Thursday the charges were filed against the women earlier this week. It is not clear when they will go on trial. In the meantime, Malik said authorities have confined the women to […]
Pakistan Charges Bin Laden’s Wives With Illegal Entry
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 1:25 pm (UTC-5)
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Annan Opposes Further Militarization in Syria
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 11:45 am (UTC-5)
U.N.-Arab League special envoy for Syria Kofi Annan has warned against further militarization of the country’s unrest, saying it would make the situation “worse.” Speaking on a visit to Cairo Thursday, Annan said the use of external force to resolve the Syrian crisis would be a “miscalculation” that could have an impact on the wider […]
Continental Airlines Begins Appeal in Concorde Jet Crash
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Officials from U.S.-based Continental Airlines are in a French court to appeal a manslaughter conviction for the deadly crash of a Concorde supersonic jet in 2000. The trial, which began Thursday outside of Versailles, will re-examine evidence of the crash, as well as take into account the safety record of the plane. In 2010, a […]
US-Korean Food Aid Talks End With Progress, No Deal
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
A top U.S. envoy says ongoing talks with North Korea on deliveries of 240,000 metric tons of emergency American food aid are making progress, but says details remain to be settled. U.S. negotiator Robert King spoke Thursday in Beijing, where negotiations opened earlier this week. “We’re able to discuss the modalities of providing humanitarian nutrition […]
Greece Nears Debt Write-Off Goal
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
Greece is nearing its goal of getting the country’s private lenders to eliminate $142 billion of the country’s debt to help it avoid a default on its financial obligations later this month. European leaders and financial analysts predicted the Athens government would be successful in winning pledges from its creditors ahead of a deadline Thursday […]
China Drops Plan to Legalize Secret Detentions
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 8:50 am (UTC-5)
China’s parliament has dropped controversial plans to legalize the detention of suspects in secret locations, following a public outcry over an increase in forced disappearances by police. The latest draft of China’s Criminal Procedure Law introduced Thursday at the National People’s Congress removed a clause that would allow police to secretly “disappear” criminal suspects deemed […]
Continental Airlines Begins Appeal in Concorde Jet Crash
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
Officials from U.S.-based Continental Airlines are in a French court to appeal a manslaughter conviction for the deadly crash of a Concorde supersonic jet in 2000. The trial, which began Thursday outside of Versailles, will re-examine evidence of the crash, as well as take into account the safety record of the plane. In 2010, a […]
Taiwanese Farmers Protest New US Beef Import Plan
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 8:10 am (UTC-5)
Thousands of angry Taiwanese hog farmers marched in Taipei Thursday to protest the government’s decision to allow imports of U.S. beef treated with a controversial additive. The farmers gathered outside Taiwan’s legislature before marching to the self-ruled island’s agricultural agency. They pelted riot police with rotten eggs and animal excrement, and tried to breach a […]
Greece Still Short of Reaching Debt Write-Off Goal
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
Greece is edging closer to its goal of getting the country’s private lenders to eliminate $142 billion of the debt it owes them, but remains short of the target as a Thursday deadline nears. Eurogroup president Jean-Claude Juncker said Wednesday he is confident private investors participating in a Greek debt-relief deal would reach the target […]
World Powers Urge Iran Towards Nuclear Talks
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 7:45 am (UTC-5)
A group of six world powers has called on Iran to enter talks on its controversial nuclear program without preconditions. At a board meeting of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog in Vienna on Thursday, the group known as the P5+1 said that the process should be a “serious dialogue” that produces “concrete results.” The West fears […]
