January 3rd, 2012
Police think poisoned cat meat killed China tycoon
BEIJING (AP) — The sudden death of a billionaire in southern China is causing police to ask: Was it murder by cat meat?…
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BEIJING (AP) — The sudden death of a billionaire in southern China is causing police to ask: Was it murder by cat meat?…
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QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — An appeals court in Ecuador upheld an $18 billion ruling against Chevron Corp. on Tuesday for oil pollution in the Amazon rain forest more than two decades ago….
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica’s first female prime minister has officially led her party to a landslide victory in general elections with final results announced Tuesday giving it a two-to-one margin in Parliament….
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LONDON (AP) — British cartoonist Ronald Searle, the creator of the willfully wicked schoolgirls of St. Trinian’s who amused generations of Britons, has died, his family said Tuesday. He was 91….
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SAO PAULO (AP) — Nearly 300 employers in South America’s biggest country submit workers to slave-like conditions, Brazil’s Labor Ministry said Tuesday….
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar began releasing some prisoners on Tuesday, but activists and relatives said a government clemency fell short of national reconciliation promises and showed that political prisoners may remain behind bars for a long t…
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LONDON (AP) — Winds surpassing 100 miles per hour (160 kph) tormented parts of Britain on Tuesday, wreaking havoc with travel and killing two people….
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WINCHE, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez’s government is likely to spend heavily this year to rev up the economy during his re-election bid, and that could worsen one of Venezuela’s biggest problems: 27-percent annual inflation that is alrea…
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s army chief on Tuesday warned an American aircraft carrier not to return to the Persian Gulf in Tehran’s latest tough rhetoric over the strategic waterway, part of a feud with the United States over new sanctions that has…
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PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Pumping their fists and chanting, tens of thousands of North Koreans packed the snowy main square of the capital Tuesday to pledge their loyalty to new leader Kim Jong Un as the campaign to consolidate his power deepe…
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank official Peter Praet has been named chief of economics in a reshuffle of top responsibilities at the bank….
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ROME (AP) — The new head of the U.N. food agency said Tuesday he expects food prices to stay volatile in 2012 – and more people to go hungry….
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — As the drawdown of U.S. troops from Afghanistan steps up in 2012, NATO military planners are trying to figure out the logistics of how to ship out the massive quantities of alliance vehicles, weapons and other equipment f…
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San Diego: Defend Christians.Org solicited the members of their online community to vote for their choice of the top ten anti-Christian acts of 2011 in the U.S.
I am always surprised at the results of our poll and this year is no exception, said Dr….
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San Diego: Defend Christians.Org solicited the members of their online community to vote for their choice of the top ten anti-Christian acts of 2011 in the U.S.
I am always surprised at the results of our poll and this year is no exception, said Dr….
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli lawmakers have pushed ahead contentious legislation that critics say undermines the independence of the country’s Supreme Court and is part of a broader assault by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Israel’s…
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesians have found a new symbol for their growing frustration at uneven justice in their young, democratic nation: cheap, worn-out flip-flops….
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ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has a vision for a Soviet Union-lite he hopes will become a new Moscow-led global powerhouse. But, his planned Eurasian Union won’t be grounded in ideology: This time it’s about trade…
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — World music icon Youssou Ndour says he plans to run in Senegal’s presidential election next month, challenging an 85-year-old incumbent whose plans to seek a third term have sparked violent protests….
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey will compensate the families of 35 civilians mistakenly killed in an airstrike meant for Kurdish rebels, the deputy prime minister said, even as he insisted that military officials followed proper procedures, including…
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