French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has awarded Burmese pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi one of France’s highest honors. At a ceremony in Rangoon Sunday, Juppe presented Aung San Suu Kyi with the Legion of Honor in recognition of her long struggle for democracy. Speaking alongside Aung San Suu Kyi, Juppe said France and the […]
French FM Meets Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi
Posted January 15th, 2012 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Pakistan Intelligence: Taliban Leader Believed Killed in US Drone Strike
Posted January 15th, 2012 at 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani intelligence officials say the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, may have been killed in a January 12 U.S. drone strike in the North Waziristan tribal region. The unnamed officials said Sunday they have intercepted wireless radio conversations of the Taliban fighters discussing whether their chief was killed in the attack. Some of […]
Death Toll in Italian Cruise Ship Disaster Reaches Five
Posted January 15th, 2012 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
The number of those killed in the Italian cruise ship disaster has risen to five after search crews on Sunday discovered the bodies of two elderly men in the submerged section of the Costa Condordia. The huge vessel with more than 4,000 people on board ran aground late Friday off the northern Italian coast. On […]
Militants Storm Police Building in Western Iraq, Killing 7 Officers
Posted January 15th, 2012 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
Iraqi authorities say militants have raided a government security compound in the western city of Ramadi, killing at least seven policemen and wounding about 15 other people. Officials say the assault began Sunday morning when the insurgents set off several bombs around the capital of Iraq’s Anbar province. They say one assailant later blew himself […]
Kazakhstan Votes in Parliamentary Elections
Posted January 15th, 2012 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
Voters in the oil-rich ex-Soviet republic of Kazakhstan cast ballots Sunday in general elections aimed at adding a second party to parliament. Local and Western news media reports said voter turnout easily exceeded the 70 percent mark as polls closed Sunday evening. To date, all seats in the Kazakh parliament has been occupied by President […]
Arab League to Review Observers’ Final Syria Report Next Sunday
Posted January 15th, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
The Arab League says its foreign ministers will meet next Sunday to review a final report by observers sent to Syria to determine whether its government is honoring pledges to stop cracking down on an opposition uprising. Arab League monitors who have been operating in Syria since December 26 are due to complete their mission […]
Third Survivor Resured from Italian Cruise Ship; 17 Still Missing
Posted January 15th, 2012 at 9:15 am (UTC-5)
A third survivor has been rescued from that Italian cruise ship that ran around late Friday off the coast of northern Italy as the number of missing has been reduced from around 40 to 17. A helicopter lifted a crew member from the ship on Sunday, 36 hours after the incident. He was hospitalized with […]
Third Survivor Rescued on Overturned Italian Ship
Posted January 15th, 2012 at 6:30 am (UTC-5)
Rescue workers on the stricken Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia have rescued a third survivor. The workers found the survivor Sunday as they searched through the ship. Late Saturday, a South Korean couple on their honeymoon were rescued from their cabin. At least three people were killed when the ship ran aground Friday evening in […]
Gunmen Storm Police Building in Western Iraq
Posted January 15th, 2012 at 6:00 am (UTC-5)
Iraqi officials say gunmen stormed a police building in the western city of Ramadi Sunday, as at least one suicide bomber detonated explosives outside the facility. Police say clashes are ongoing inside the building. It is not clear if there are any casualties. A day earlier, a suicide bomber handing out food and pastries blew […]
UN Chief to Assad: Stop Killing Your Own People
Posted January 15th, 2012 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a call to Syria’s embattled President Bashar al-Assad Sunday to stop killing his own people. In a keynote address at a conference focused on democracy in the Arab world, Mr. Ban said “the path of repression is a dead end.” Mr. Ban told those in attendance in Beirut that the […]
