Rescue delayed for icebound ship in Antarctica
The latest attempt to rescue passengers on board a research ship that has been trapped in Antarctic ice for more than a week was delayed again Thursday after sea ice prevented a barge from reaching one of the rescue vessels. The Australian Maritim…
Read More →Hospital: Ariel Sharon’s health worsens
IAN DEITCH Associated Press= JERUSALEM (AP) — The medical condition of the comatose former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sharply deteriorated Wednesday, the hospital treating him said. Sharon, 85, has been in a coma since 2006 when a devastating stroke incapacitated him at the height of his political power. His family has said that he sometimes opens his eyes and moves his fingers. Amir Marom, a spokesman for…
Read More →Russian officials identify suicide bomb suspect as Putin vows to annihilate terrorists
Russian officials believe that they know the identity of the man who blew himself up Sunday at a train station in the southern city of Volgograd, killing at least 18 people. The Moscow Times reported Wednesday that officials had identified the suspect as Pavel Pechyonkin, a Russian man who had converted to Islam and joined […]
Read More →South Sudan peace talks to open in Ethiopia
Dec. 31: A displaced family stand by their makeshift shelter at a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in the Jebel area on the outskirts of Juba, South Sudan. (AP) JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN –  Negotiators from South Sudan’s two warring sides are scheduled to arrive in […]
Read More →Saudis lament, ‘we have been stabbed in the back by Obama’
By Richard Miniter FoxNews.com Arabs don’t trust Obama either. As 2013 ends, President Obama has lost credibility with many people who trusted him at the start of the year. Thanks to the Healthcare.gov debacle, polls find support for the president among women and independents has dropped to the lowest ebb of his presidency. Obama’s words — […]
Read More →Dubai Sets A World Record With The World’s Largest Fireworks Display On New Year’s Eve JULIE ZEVELOFF
It’s another feather in Dubai’s hat: The city appears to have broken the record for the largest fireworks display of all time this New Year’s Eve. Guinness World Record adjudicators were on hand to record the attempt. screenshot via NBC News Fireworks cover the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest skyscraper. The pyrotechnic […]
Read More →Op-ed: Asylum seeker from Eritrea asks Israel to show some sympathy, let him live in dignity
Eritrean refugee Last week, after seeing the State define our friends as numbersrather than names – we could no longer keep quiet. Earlier we still deliberated whether to go out to protest or not, but now it’s already clear: The Israelis must hear our outcry. I understand that it may not have been convenient for some of you […]
Read More →Rigoberta Menchu: Lighting Candles, Exposing Shadows
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling “When you light a candle,” wrote Ursual K. Le Guin, “you also cast a shadow.” Rigoberta Menchu, who was awarded the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize and instrumental in having the Guatemalan Government end its …
Read More →Syria conflict pits Shia against Sunni as Hezbollah says this is ‘war we must win’
Commander of militant Lebanese group claims that it has been forced to intervene in self-defence after sectarian attacks The Syria conflict is increasingly dragging in militant groups from surrounding countries. Photograph: -/AFP/Getty Images In a…
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