Japanese troops have airlifted supplies to thousands of people who remain cut off by floods and mudslides triggered by days of torrential rains that have killed at least 26 people. More than 3,000 people are stranded in Fukuoka prefecture, southwestern Japan. More than 90 millimeters of rain an hour fell in Kyoto prefecture in western […]
Torrential Rains Strand Thousands in Japan
Posted July 15th, 2012 at 6:05 pm (UTC-5)
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Oscar-Winning Film and Stage Actress Celeste Holm Dies at 95
Posted July 15th, 2012 at 5:20 pm (UTC-5)
Academy-award winning actress Celeste Holm, whose career in the theater, movies and television spanned 60 years, has died in New York at age 95. Holm first won national attention in the original cast of the Broadway favorite Oklahoma in 1943. Five years later, she took home an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for the film […]
UAE Opens Oil Pipeline Bypassing Iran-Threatened Strait
Posted July 15th, 2012 at 4:20 pm (UTC-5)
The United Arab Emirates has opened a key overland pipeline that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz, giving the OPEC member insurance against Iranian threats to block the strategic waterway. The new 380-kilometer pipeline carries oil from fields in the UAE’s western desert to the city of Fujairah on the east coast. With an initial handling […]
AU Summit to Address Battle for Chairmanship
Posted July 15th, 2012 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
The African Union summit opened in Ethiopia on Sunday with an appeal for a regional response to conflicts. AU Chairman Jean Ping called for Africa to solve its own problems. The summit is to focus on trade and security. The AU said it may send forces to battle armed rebels in the Democratic Republic of […]
Clinton in Cairo to Discuss Egypt’s Political Transition
Posted July 14th, 2012 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
(new info in grafs 5, 9)) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she has reaffirmed U.S. support for Egypt’s political transition in a meeting on Saturday with newly-inaugurated President Mohamed Morsi. In a news conference after the meeting, Clinton said the United States wanted to be helpful but that “it was for the Egyptian people […]
UN Observers: Assault Targeted Syrian Opposition
Posted July 14th, 2012 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
United Nations observers investigating a deadly attack on a Syrian village say they have found signs that the assault targeted the homes of specific opponents of the regime. The observers visited the village of Tremseh, where activists say more than 150 people were killed on Thursday. The team said it could not confirm the toll. […]
Clinton in Cairo to Discuss Egypt’s Political Transition
Posted July 14th, 2012 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she reaffirmed U.S. support for Egypt’s political transition in a meeting on Saturday with newly-inaugurated President Mohamed Morsi. In a news conference after the meeting, Clinton said the United States wanted to be helpful but that “it was for the Egyptian people to decide” how the transition played out. […]
U.N. Probes Mass Killings in Syrian Village
Posted July 14th, 2012 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
U.N. observers in Syria have visited the central village of Tremseh, where opposition activists say more than 150 people were killed in an attack on Thursday. U.N. officials say an 11-vehicle team entered the Sunni farming village in Hama province on Saturday to gather information about the incident. On Friday, U.N. envoy Kofi Annan blamed […]
London Olympics Security Firm Can’t Fill Jobs
Posted July 14th, 2012 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
A private firm contracted to provide security at the 2012 London Olympics has apologized to Olympic officials for failing to provide all the personnel it had promised. G4S said Saturday it is having difficulty processing applicants for the security jobs. That has prompted British government officials to order an additional 13,500 military personnel to take […]
U.N. Probes Mass Killings in Syrian Village
Posted July 14th, 2012 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
U.N. observers in Syria have set out from Damascus to try to reach a site where more than 150 people may have been killed, on Thursday, as opposition activists reported fresh attacks elsewhere in the country. The team departed on Saturday for Tremseh, a Sunni farming village in Hama province. Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for […]
