The United Nations has officially declared an end to the famine in Somalia, but warns that nearly a third of the war-torn country’s population is still in need of food aid. The U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said Friday that because of a good harvest and humanitarian aid, parts of southern Somalia have improved […]
UN: Somalia Famine Over, but Millions Still Need Food Aid
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 7:50 am (UTC-5)
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Wrecked Cruise Ship Salvage May Take Months
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 7:10 am (UTC-5)
The owners of a shipwrecked cruise liner say it may take seven to 10 months to remove the overturned vessel from an Italian coastline. U.S.-based Carnival Corporation says it has contacted 10 firms to submit plans for the job. Carnival plans to make a decision by the end of next month on which company will […]
Rescuers Search for 100 Missing After Papua New Guinea Ferry Disaster
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
Officials believe more than 100 people still missing after Thursday’s ferry disaster off the coast of Papua New Guinea may be trapped inside the sunken vessel. A spokesman for the Pacific nation’s maritime safety agency says the Rabaul Queen quickly sank after it was hit by three strong waves while traveling between the island of […]
UN Tribunal Sentences Khmer Rouge Jailer to Life in Prison
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 4:55 am (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 increased a lower court’s 19-year sentence that had been appealed by prosecutors as too lenient. The president […]
Merkel Holds Talks with Top Chinese Leaders
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 2:55 am (UTC-5)
Chinese President Hu Jintao says his country is eager to further develop its “strategic relationship” with Germany. Mr. Hu made the remarks Friday at the start of his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. State-run Xinhua says the Chinese leader told Ms. Merkel that bilateral relations […]
Wrecked Cruise Ship Salvage May Take Months
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 2:20 am (UTC-5)
The owners of a shipwrecked cruise liner say it may take seven to ten months to remove the overturned vessel from an Italian coastline. U.S. based Carnival Corporation says it has contacted ten firms to submit plans for the job. Carnival plans to make a decision by the end of next month on which company […]
European Cold Spell Kills 123, No Relief in Sight
Posted February 2nd, 2012 at 8:05 pm (UTC-5)
Weather forecasters predict no immediate relief from the deadly cold wave that is gripping central and eastern Europe. The frigid temperatures have killed at least 123 people this week with thermometers plunging as low as minus 25 degrees Celsius in some places. In Serbia, some farmers reported finding chickens frozen to death with their eggs […]
Rescuers Search for 100 Missing After Papua New Guinea Ferry Disaster
Posted February 2nd, 2012 at 7:35 pm (UTC-5)
Rescuers in Papua New Guinea are searching for more than 100 people still missing after a ferry sank off the coast of Papua New Guinea Thursday morning. Officials say 238 survivors have been saved so far in a joint Australian-Papua rescue operation after the ferry Rabaul Queen sank. News reports from the region say about […]
Clashes in Egypt as Protesters Blame Police for Soccer Deaths
Posted February 2nd, 2012 at 7:35 pm (UTC-5)
Egyptian security forces clashed late Thursday with thousands of protesters who flooded the capital, Cairo, enraged by the failure of the country’s military rulers and police to prevent soccer violence that killed 74 people in the northern city of Port Said. Black-clad riot police fired tear gas at stone-throwing demonstrators attempting to reach the Interior […]
NATO Allies Discuss New Time Frame for Afghan Transition
Posted February 2nd, 2012 at 6:00 pm (UTC-5)
NATO defense ministers, at a two-day meeting in Brussels, have joined the United States and France in calling for Afghan forces to take the lead in all combat operations in their country by 2013 — a year earlier than originally envisioned. NATO Secretary-General Anders-Fogh Rasmussen told the gathering he supports the new time frame, but […]
