Saturday, February 5, 2011

U.S. presses for Mubarak transition

U.S. presses for Mubarak transition


U.S. presses for Mubarak transition

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:37 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, urged support for the man whom Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak named to carry out that transition: Vice President Omar Suleiman. STANDOFF IN TAHRIR SQUARE |

U.S. ally from Laos, Vang Pao, remembered

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 07:10 PM PST

Twenty-four hours a day, over six days, they're coming by the thousands to remember their hero.

U.S. hikers to stand trial Sunday in Iran

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 10:52 AM PST

The lawyer representing two U.S. hikers jailed in Iran has been denied a request to visit his clients on the eve of their trial, he told CNN on Saturday.

Pakistan trio banned by cricket's anti-corruption body

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 08:52 AM PST

Three Pakistan international cricketers have been banned from the sport for the next five years after being found guilty at an anti-corruption hearing on Saturday.

Car bomb, roadside bomb in Iraq wound 16

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:56 AM PST

Two explosions wounded at least 16 people Saturday in Salaheddin province, police officials in Samarra said.

Official: Floods kill 7, displace nearly million in Sri Lanka

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 08:58 AM PST

Heavy rains in Sri Lanka's North Central and Eastern provinces have displaced almost a million people and caused widespread devastation, a government official said Saturday.

Protest follows killing of man in Kashmir village

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 08:51 AM PST

A protest erupted Saturday in a village in northern Indian-administered Kashmir after the killing of a man by the Indian army late Friday or early Saturday.

Somali lawmakers extend terms by 3 years

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 03:12 AM PST

Somalia's transitional parliament extended its term by three years without consulting with the local population and other allies to find a way forward for the war-torn country, a U.S. official said Saturday.

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