Serbs in northern Kosovo cast a near unanimous rejection of a referendum on whether to recognize the country’s ethnic Albanian dominated government after two days of voting. The Kosovo Serb electoral commission said 99.7 percent of voters in the four Serbian communities in northern Kosovo opposed the referendum. Ethnic Serbs have ignored Pristina’s efforts to […]
Kosovo Serb Voters Reject Pristina Rule
Posted February 16th, 2012 at 5:25 am (UTC-5)
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Indian Police Arrest Tibetan Protesters Outside Chinese Embassy
Posted February 16th, 2012 at 5:25 am (UTC-5)
Indian police have arrested dozens of Tibetan activists during a loud and disorderly protest outside the Chinese embassy in New Delhi. Police forcibly dragged away the kicking and screaming protesters, who were demonstrating to call attention to the situation in Tibet, where more than 20 monks and nuns have set themselves on fire to protest […]
Chinese VP Wins Hearts in US Heartland
Posted February 16th, 2012 at 2:55 am (UTC-5)
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping won the hearts of ordinary Americans during a visit to a farming community in Iowa Wednesday, 27 years after he first visited the area as a mid-level official. The man presumed to be China’s next president spent an hour sipping tea with residents in the town of Muscatine, and many […]
North Korea Marks 70th Birthday of Late Kim Jong Il
Posted February 16th, 2012 at 2:05 am (UTC-5)
North Koreans on Thursday are marking what would have been the 70th birthday of their late leader Kim Jong Il with emotional, but somewhat muted, festivities in a cold and windy Pyongyang. Large groups of soldiers and civilians took turns somberly bowing in unison and leaving “kimjongilia” flowers named after the late leader at the […]
China to Buy Billions Worth of US Soybeans
Posted February 15th, 2012 at 10:05 pm (UTC-5)
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping is in Iowa, where Chinese buyers have pledged to buy $4.3 billion worth of soybeans. The Chinese trade federation Wednesday signed an agreement to buy nearly 9 million metric tons of soybeans from U.S. companies. The trade representatives are expected to sign another deal when they travel with Xi to […]
China to Buy Billions Worth of US Soybeans
Posted February 15th, 2012 at 8:35 pm (UTC-5)
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping is in Iowa, where Chinese buyers have pledged to buy $4.3 billion worth of soybeans. The Chinese trade federation Wednesday signed an agreement to buy nearly 9 million metric tons of soybeans from U.S. companies. The trade representatives are expected to sign another deal when they travel with Xi to […]
Kurds Mark 13th Anniversary of PKK Founder’s Capture
Posted February 15th, 2012 at 5:45 pm (UTC-5)
Kurds in parts of southeastern Turkey have marked the 13th anniversary of the capture of former Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan with protests and business closures. Supporters of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party threw Molotov cocktails at the police in the mostly Kurdish city of Hakkari, in a show of support for Ocalan. Police used […]
France’s Sarkozy Announces Candidacy for Re-election
Posted February 15th, 2012 at 3:50 pm (UTC-5)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has formally announced that he will seek a second five-year term in this year’s presidential elections. Mr. Sarkozy made a televised announcement Wednesday evening. The elections are set for April 22 with a runoff May 6 if necessary. The latest opinion polls show the incumbent behind opposition Socialist leader Francois Hollande. […]
Obama Calls for Tax Changes to Boost US Manufacturing
Posted February 15th, 2012 at 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to enact a series of tax law changes to help boost American manufacturing and encourage companies to add jobs in the United States rather than moving them overseas. Mr. Obama told a group of workers Wednesday at the Master Lock plant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that it is […]
Greek Leaders Pledge Austerity Support as European Doubts Grow
Posted February 15th, 2012 at 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
Greece’s coalition leaders are pledging to carry out the country’s latest austerity plan, but the government also pointedly acknowledges some of its European neighbors may want the country out of the 17-nation eurozone. Both socialist leader George Papandreou, the country’s former prime minister, and conservative leader Antonis Samaras sent written pledges to eurozone finance ministers […]
