Authorities in the midwestern U.S. state of Indiana say they have found a baby girl alive in a field near her home, following Friday’s massive tornadoes there. She was hospitalized in critical condition Saturday, after being found in the field in the town of Salem. Officials say she is the only member of her family […]
Baby Found Alive in US Field After Violent Tornadoes
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 7:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Red Cross to Attempt to Enter Syria’s Rebel Stronghold Sunday
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 7:05 pm (UTC-5)
The International Committee of the Red Cross on Saturday appealed to Syrian authorities to allow aid workers to enter the embattled city of Homs and deliver badly needed aid to thousands of people stranded in the besieged district of Baba Amr. The ICRC said it will work with the Syrian Red Crescent to attempt to […]
Baby Found Alive in US Field After Violent Tornadoes
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 6:40 pm (UTC-5)
Authorities in the midwestern U.S. state of Indiana say they have found a baby girl alive in a field near her home, following Friday’s massive tornadoes there. She was hospitalized in critical condition Saturday, after being found in the field in the town of Salem. Rescue crews are searching for additional survivors from the string […]
Suicide Bomber Kills 1 in NW Pakistan
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 6:40 pm (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber in northwestern Pakistan attacked the convoy of a senior politician Saturday, killing a policeman and wounding at least four others. Local authorities said the attacker approached the convoy of Aftab Khan Sherpao on foot and detonated his bomb near his vehicle. Sherpao, a former Pakistani interior minister, escaped unharmed. The French News […]
Red Cross to Attempt to Enter Syria’s Rebel Stronghold Sunday
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
The International Committee of the Red Cross on Saturday appealed to Syrian authorities to allow aid workers to enter the embattled city of Homs and deliver badly needed aid to thousands of people stranded in the besieged district of Baba Amr. The ICRC said it will work with the Syrian Red Crescent to attempt to […]
North Korea: Military Exercises Show US is ‘Double Faced’
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
North Korea is lashing out at the the United States, charging that military drills with South Korea show Washington is not serious about peace. Major General Kwak Chol Hui with the North’s National Defense Commission blasted the ongoing U.S. war games with Seoul during a news conference in Pyongyang Saturday. “The true character of the […]
Early Iran Results: Ahmadinejad Faction Losing in Parliamentary Vote
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
Partial results Saturday from Iran’s parliamentary elections show that conservative rivals of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appear on course to gain firm control of the 290-seat parliament, after winning in several constituencies across the country. Early returns from provincial towns suggest that loyalist supporters of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei are in the lead and that the […]
Militants Losing Ground, Fighting Back in Somalia
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 2:40 pm (UTC-5)
Forces loyal to the militant group al-Shabaab have attacked a Somali army checkpoint, killing at least nine people. Somali and al-Shabaab officials said the fighting took place late Friday and early Saturday near Bosasso, in the Puntland region. A military spokesman for al-Shabaab, Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, told media organizations the militant group attack killed […]
North Korea: Military Exercises Show US is ‘Double Faced’
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 1:25 pm (UTC-5)
North Korea is lashing out at the the United States, charging that military drills with South Korea show Washington is not serious about peace. Major General Kwak Chol Hui with the North’s National Defense Commission blasted the ongoing U.S. war games with Seoul during a news conference in Pyongyang Saturday. “The true character of the […]
Aung San Suu Kyi Falls Ill, Leaves Rally
Posted March 3rd, 2012 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi left one of the biggest rallies of her election campaign, telling aides she felt unwell. The 66-year-old pro-democracy leader flew from Rangoon to Mandalay, Burma’s second largest city, Saturday, part of a rigorous campaign schedule ahead of by-elections on April 1. But after speaking for several minutes, Aung […]
