Monday, January 23, 2012

Sanctions take toll on ordinary Iranians

Sanctions take toll on ordinary Iranians


Sanctions take toll on ordinary Iranians

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:36 AM PST

Many in the West would like to see Iran punished for its nuclear ambitions. Tehran's residents would like those people to take a glimpse into their lives.

Syria slams Arab League plan

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:58 PM PST

The head of the Arab League's monitoring mission in Syria is expected to speak Monday about the league's plan for the violence-wracked country.

2 more bodies found in Italy cruise crash

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:21 AM PST

The man in charge of search-and-rescue on the stricken cruise liner Costa Concordia is due to talk about the operation Monday, as a decision looms about when to call off the search for victims and start offloading thousands of tons of fuel from the vessel.

Yemen's president heads to U.S. for treatment

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:14 AM PST

Yemen's embattled president was on his way Monday to the United States for medical treatment, officials said.

Egypt's new Parliament convenes

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 01:47 PM PST

Egypt's parliament convened Monday for the first time since former President Hosni Mubarak's ouster last year.

Megaupload founder appears in New Zealand court

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:32 AM PST

The founder of the shuttered file-sharing site Megaupload appeared in a New Zealand court Monday, as the U.S. Department of Justice seeks to extradite him and other company officials on criminal charges. But his lawyer insisted his client is innocent.

How will Armenian genocide bill affect France-Turkey relations?

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:31 AM PST

Turkey's fraught relationship with France is set to erode further as the French Senate prepares to vote on controversial legislation that would criminalize any public denial of what the bill calls the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 -- a description Turkey has rejected.

Kenyan leaders to stand trial on human rights violations

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:41 AM PST

Four Kenyan officials, including Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, will stand trial on human rights violations that are alleged to have occurred after the 2007 election, the International Criminal Court ruled Monday.

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