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…
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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 →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…
Read More →South Sudan government, rebels set for New Year’s Day talks
South Sudan’s government and rebels are set for New Year’s Day peace talks in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, to thrash out a ceasefire to end weeks of ethnic bloodletting in the world’s newest state. Both sides agreed to a ceasefire on Tuesday, mediators said, but fighting between government troops and militias loyal to former vice-president Riek Machar raged in Bor, the capital of the vast Jonglei state and site of an ethnic massacre in 1991. “I’m worried that the continued fighting in Bor might scupper the start of these talks,” said Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr Tedros Adhanom, who is chairperson of the regional Intergovernmental Authority on…
Read More →North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says purge was a cleansing of ‘filth’
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first reference to the execution of his powerful uncle in a New Year’s address, saying the reclusive state’s ruling party had become stronger after it was purged of “factional filth.” And he called for better relations with South Korea, warning that another war on the Korean peninsula would cause a massive nuclear disaster that would hit the United States. Kim, the third generation of his family to rule North Korea, did not refer by name to his uncle Jang Song Thaek, who…
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