Wednesday, February 1, 2012

U.N.: Last chance for peace in Syria?

U.N.: Last chance for peace in Syria?

U.N.: Last chance for peace in Syria?

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 10:54 AM PST

Ken Ballen: The U.N. is considering perhaps the most important resolution so far on stopping Bashar al Assad's brutality in Syria. Is this the final chance for a peaceful end?

Hariri assassination suspects to be tried in absentia

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 06:16 PM PST

The special court investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri announced Wednesday it will try the four accused killers in absentia.

Nigerian militant group Boko Haram's spokesman arrested

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 04:47 PM PST

The spokesman for Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has been captured after a months-long surveillance operation, a spokesman for Nigerian police said Wednesday.

Secret Taliban report stokes Pakistan fears

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 09:36 AM PST

The Taliban in Afghanistan depend on Pakistan for support, even though they do not necessarily welcome it, a secret NATO report says, according to a journalist who has read it.

Iran: Meeting with U.N. nuclear team 'positive'

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 11:15 AM PST

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi called the visit by top International Atomic Energy Agency official "a positive forward step," the semiofficial Fars News Agency reported.

U.S. Rep: Are drugs from overseas safe?

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 07:51 AM PST

Rep. John Dingell: A lot of our prescription drugs come from overseas. The FDA needs the authority to monitor foreign suppliers to prevent counterfeit or contaminated drugs from entering our market.

Minnesota family plans funeral for cruise victims

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 12:30 AM PST

The family of a Minnesota couple who remain unaccounted for after a massive cruise ship ran aground off an Italian island last month plan to hold a memorial service to celebrate their lives.

Julian Assange fights extradition

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 01:58 PM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition fight goes to Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday for two days of hearings on whether he should be sent back to Sweden to face allegations of rape and sexual assault.

Dozens dead in Egypt soccer riots

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 05:45 PM PST

At least 68 people were killed when riots broke out after a soccer game Wednesday in Egypt, the country's deputy health minister said.

Timeline: Tibetan protests in China

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:08 PM PST

The escalation of tensions in ethnically Tibetan regions of China is the latest in a series that have resulted in deaths, frayed ties between the United States and China, and greater pressure from Beijing against the Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet for India in 1959 after a failed uprising.
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