The party of Madagascar’s former president Marc Ravalomanana has suspended its role in the unity government after the plane carrying him home from exile was turned away. A spokesman for the Ravalomanana movement says its members in the Cabinet and parliament will not participate in any meetings in protest against Saturday’s rejection of the deposed […]
Ravalomanana’s Party Suspends Role in Madagascar’s Government
Posted January 22nd, 2012 at 2:30 am (UTC-5)
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Ship Search off Italy Finds 12th Body, Hard Disk
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 8:05 pm (UTC-5)
Italian media say police divers searching the Costa Concordia cruise liner, which ran aground earlier this month off the Italian island of Giglio, have found a hard disk containing data of the voyage, as another body was pulled from the wreckage, bringing the death toll to 12.. Media reports say the disk retrieved late Saturday […]
Croatia Holds Referendum on EU Membership
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 6:20 pm (UTC-5)
Croatians go to the polls Sunday to decide whether to become the 28th member of the European Union. The referendum on joining the bloc comes as the grouping faces one of its biggest challenges ever — the sovereign debt and banking problems that have moved from one eurozone country to another. Polls indicate that a […]
Activists: Syrian Rebels Seize Town Near Damascus
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 6:05 pm (UTC-5)
Syrian activists said Saturday a group of army deserters seized the town of Douma on the outskirts of the capital, Damascus, and that heavy fighting continued into the night. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the rebels were fighting the government troops at the entrances to Douma suburbs, which have been a continuing […]
12th Body Found on Wrecked Cruise Ship in Italy
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 4:00 pm (UTC-5)
Italian divers have found a woman’s body in the wrecked cruise liner Costa Concordia, raising the death toll from the maritime accident to 12. Officials say the body was found Saturday in the corridor of a submerged section of the 114,000-ton ship and was transferred to the mainland. Divers had entered previously inaccessible parts of […]
French Defense Minister Visits Afghanistan
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
The French defense minister arrived in Kabul Saturday for talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a day after an Afghan solider shot and killed four French troops. Gerard Longuet said France remains committed to bringing stability to Afghanistan. His comment followed a threat from Paris to accelerate its troop withdrawal following the soldiers’ deaths. Longuet […]
PACE Mission: Russian Needs Political Reforms
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 1:55 pm (UTC-5)
European lawmakers say recent protests are an indication that Russia needs real political change, not a survival mechanism for its current leadership. A delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe made the statement Saturday in Moscow while the leftist opposition rallied to demand fair presidential elections March 4. Protesters waved red flags […]
Yemen Approves Immunity for Saleh
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
Yemen’s parliament has formally approved a law giving President Ali Abdullah Saleh immunity from prosecution, in return for leaving the office he has held for more than three decades. The law, brokered by neighboring Gulf nations, grants Mr. Saleh complete immunity from legal and judicial prosecution for any alleged crimes committed during his 33-year rule. […]
’88 Generation Students Group’ Backing Aung San Suu Kyi
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 1:40 pm (UTC-5)
The leaders of Burma’s failed 1988 democratic uprising are putting their faith in pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The recently freed leaders of the “88 Generation Students Group” on Saturday voiced support for Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy . Group leaders Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi said […]
Yemen Approves Immunity for Saleh
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
Yemen’s parliament has formally approved a law giving President Ali Abdullah Saleh immunity from prosecution, in return for leaving the office he has held for more than three decades. The law, brokered by neighboring Gulf nations, grants Mr. Saleh complete immunity from legal and judicial prosecution for any alleged crimes committed during his 33-year rule. […]
