Italian rescuers are again searching for survivors inside the wreck of a luxury cruise ship that hit rocks and capsized off the coast of northern Italy. The search restarted Monday afternoon, hours after the Costa Concordia slipped on its rocky resting place in bad weather, sending divers fleeing to safety. Six people are known dead […]
Workers Restart Italian Cruise Ship Rescue Operations
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 9:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Islamist Set to Lead Egypt’s Next Parliament
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
Egypt’s leading political parties have agreed to select a senior Muslim Brotherhood figure as speaker of the country’s newly elected parliament, with another Islamist group and a liberal party taking the deputy posts. The Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party-led alliance, which secured the biggest bloc in parliamentary elections, proposed its secretary-general, Mohamed Saad el-Katatni, as […]
Pakistan PM Agrees to Appear in Court
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has agreed to appear before the Supreme Court later this week to face a contempt notice for failing to reopen a graft case against President Asif Ali Zardari. The Supreme Court ordered Gilani to appear on January 19. If convicted of contempt of court, Mr. Gilani could be sent […]
Workers Restart Italian Cruise Ship Rescue Operations
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
Italian rescuers are again searching for survivors inside the wreck of a luxury cruise ship that hit rocks and capsized off the coast of northern Italy. The search restarted Monday afternoon, hours after the Costa Concordia slipped on its rocky resting place in bad weather, sending divers fleeing to safety. Six people are known dead […]
Workers Restart Italian Cruise Ship Rescue Operations
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 2:40 pm (UTC-5)
Italian rescuers have resumed a search for survivors inside the wreck of a luxury liner that hit rocks and capsized off the coast of northern Italy. The search restarted Monday afternoon, hours after the massive cruise ship Costa Concordia slipped on its rocky resting place in bad weather, sending divers fleeing to safety. Six people […]
Nigerian Unions End Strike Over Fuel Prices
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 1:25 pm (UTC-5)
Nigerian labor unions ended a nationwide strike Monday, after the president announced a partial rollback of an increase in fuel prices. In a statement, the Nigeria Labor Congress and Trade Union Congress said they were suspending the strike and daily protests against the increase. The unions said they made the decision “in order to save […]
Workers Restart Italian Cruise Ship Rescue Operations
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
Italian rescuers have resumed a search for survivors inside the wreck of a luxury liner that hit rocks and capsized off the coast of northern Italy. The search restarted Monday afternoon, hours after the massive cruise ship Costa Concordia slipped on its rocky resting place in bad weather, sending divers fleeing to safety. Six people […]
Workers Suspend Cruise Ship Rescue Operations
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
Rescue workers suspended operations Monday aboard a stricken cruise ship off the coast of Italy, after the huge vessel slipped on its rocky resting place in bad weather. Six people are known dead and at least 14 others remain missing as a result of the accident, which the ship’s owners are blaming on human error […]
Nigeria Labor Unions Suspend Strike Over Fuel Prices
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
Nigerian union leaders say they are suspending a nationwide strike over fuel costs, after the president announced a partial rollback of this month’s price increase. The head of the Nigeria Labor Congress, Abdulwahed Omar, told a news conference in Abuja Monday that unions are suspending the strike and the demonstrations that have taken place in […]
Rights Activists Say Pro-Government Militiamen Kill 5 in Syria
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 7:25 am (UTC-5)
Syrian rights activists say pro-government militia members have killed five people and wounded nine others in the restive city of Homs. The continued violence Monday comes a day after Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani called for Arab troops to be sent to Syria. His comments broadcast Sunday in an interview with the U.S. […]
