A leading U.S. senator and one-time presidential candidate is warning China, “the Arab Spring is coming.” Republican Senator John McCain made the comment to Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun Saturday during a high level security conference in Munich. McCain, in his Arab Spring warning, referenced the recent self-immolations by Tibetan monks to protest Chinese […]
US Senator: China Cannot Avoid ‘Arab Spring’
Posted February 4th, 2012 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
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UN: Afghan Civilian Deaths Up for 5th Straight Year
Posted February 4th, 2012 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
A United Nations report says more than 3,000 civilians died in Afghanistan’s conflict last year, the worst annual toll in the decade-long war. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said Saturday that 3,021 civilians were killed in 2011, an 8 percent increase over the previous year, and the fifth year in a row that the […]
UN: Afghan Civilian Deaths Up for 5th Straight Year
Posted February 4th, 2012 at 8:50 am (UTC-5)
A United Nations report says more than 3,000 civilians died in Afghanistan’s conflict last year, the worst annual toll in the decade-long war. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said Saturday that 3,021 civilians were killed in 2011, an 8 percent increase over the previous year, and the fifth year in a row that the […]
UN Tribunal Sentences Khmer Rouge Jailer to Life in Prison
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 6:10 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia has ordered the Khmer Rouge’s main jailer to spend the rest of his life in prison for crimes it says were “among the worst in recorded human history.” The ruling extends a lower court’s 19-year sentence that has been appealed by prosecutors as too lenient. The president […]
US Labor Market Surges, Jobless Rate Falls
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock markets surged following a report that the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent, the lowest in almost three years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 156 points Friday to reach its highest level since the current economic crisis began in 2008. The Nasdaq Composite Index, comprised mainly of technology stocks, […]
Nepal’s Former Rebels Begin Leaving Camps
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
Nepal’s former Maoist rebels have begun leaving camps that were established at the end of the country’s civil war in 2006. The first of some 19,000 former rebels were released Friday from seven camps across Nepal as part of a peace deal struck last year between the country’s major political parties. Under the agreement some […]
US Labor Market Surges, Jobless Rate Falls
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. says its labor market surged last month, with nearly a quarter million workers added to payrolls, and that its unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent, the lowest in almost three years. In its closely watched monthly report, the government said Friday that 243,000 jobs were added in January, a month after the world’s […]
Severe Winter Weather in Europe Raises Fears of Gas Shortages
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
Severe winter weather that is gripping central and eastern Europe has raised concerns about heating gas supplies in eight nations. A spokeswoman for the European Union energy commissioner confirmed on Friday that there has been a decrease in gas deliveries across central Europe from Italy to Poland. Also affected are Austria, Greece, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia […]
Renewed Clashes Grip Egypt, At Least 3 Dead
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
Violence spreading across Egypt’s cities Friday killed at least three people in growing fallout from a deadly soccer riot. Anger over the inability of security forces to prevent Wednesday’s soccer stampede that left 74 dead in Port Said has evolved into demonstrations calling for the ruling military council to surrender power to a civilian government. […]
Iran ‘Will Retaliate’ Against Sanctions or Attack
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Friday that Iran will retaliate against Western-backed oil sanctions and threats of attack, as media reports say U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta fears Israel could strike Iran in the next few months. A report Thursday in The Washington Post, later backed by other news outlets, said Panetta worries […]
