Italian divers resumed their search Thursday for at least 21 people missing from a wrecked cruise ship off Italy’s northwestern coast. Officials say divers began searching again after the operation was suspended Wednesday out of concern the Costa Concordia might move off its rocky resting place into deeper waters. Anxious relatives are holding on to […]
Italian Divers Resume Search of Wrecked Cruise Ship
Posted January 19th, 2012 at 5:00 am (UTC-5)
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Hope Fading for Possible Cruise Ship Suvivors
Posted January 19th, 2012 at 1:00 am (UTC-5)
Anxious relatives are holding on to faint hopes rescue workers will find more survivors from a cruise ship that ran aground off the northwest Italian coast. Officials suspended their search of the Costa Concordia Wednesday after the cruise ship started shifting. In Friday’s accident, the ship hit rocks that tore a 52 meter gash in […]
Hope Fading for Possible Cruise Ship Suvivors
Posted January 19th, 2012 at 12:20 am (UTC-5)
Anxious relatives are holding on to faint hopes rescue workers will find more survivors from a cruise ship that ran aground off the northwest Italian coast. Officials suspended their search of the Costa Concordia Wednesday after the cruise ship started shifting. The stricken ship hit rocks that tore a 52 meter gash in the hull, […]
Russia Vows to Block Military Intervention in Syria
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 7:50 pm (UTC-5)
Russia has vowed to block any Western attempts to intervene militarily against Syria, as the European Union prepares to tighten sanctions against President Bashar al-Assad’s government. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday any plans to send foreign troops to Syria will not be approved in the U.N. Security Council, where Moscow holds a veto. […]
Israel Says Decision on Iran Attack ‘Far Off’
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 5:50 pm (UTC-5)
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says any decision about a preemptive Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear program is “very far off.” Barak spoke Wednesday, a day before U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey is to visit Israel to discuss security issues, including U.S. and Israeli concerns that Iran is trying to develop nuclear […]
Gunmen Kill Five Europeans in Northern Ethiopia
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 2:15 pm (UTC-5)
Five foreign tourists have been killed, and two kidnapped, in an attack in northern Ethiopia. Ethiopian officials say the attack occurred Tuesday in the Afar region. They say two Germans, two Hungarians, and one Austrian were killed in an ambush — while a Belgian and a national from another country were wounded. Officials also said […]
Hope Fading Fast for Possible Cruise Ship Survivors
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
Anxious relatives are holding on to faint hopes rescue workers will find more survivors from a cruise ship that ran aground off the northwest Italian coast. Officials suspended their search of the Costa Concordia Wednesday after the cruise ship started shifting on the rocks that tore a hole in the hull, causing it to tip […]
Israel Says Decision on Iran Attack “Far Off”
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says any decision about a pre-emptive Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear program is “very far off.” Barak was speaking Wednesday a day before U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey visits Israel to discuss security issues including U.S. and Israeli concerns that Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons. […]
Growing Worries Cast Shadow Over Eurozone
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
European leaders are again trying to face down doubts they can overcome the eurozone debt crisis, as a growing unease spreads across the continent. Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Paris and Athens Wednesday, angry over government proposals intended to try to jump-start the French and Greek economies. In Athens, where government officials […]
India, China Agree to Prevent Flareups along Border
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
India and China have agreed to work to prevent any flare-ups and to ensure peace along their disputed Himalayan border. India’s ambassador to China, S. Jaishankar, and China’s Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin signed an agreement in New Delhi to establish a committee on border management. The agreement calls for both countries to strive to […]
