November 5, 2012
Obama, Romney tied in polls before election
US President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney remain essentially tied in national polls just two days from the election on Tuesday. According to the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday, Obama leads…
November 5, 2012
China on orange alert for blizzards
China on Sunday continued to warn against blizzards, hiking the alert to the second-highest level on snowstorms that are expected to hit northern regions over the next few days. On Sunday and Monday, heavy snow will hit central and eastern parts of…
November 4, 2012
Bishop Tawadros new pope of Egypt’s Coptic Christians
Bishop Tawadros has been chosen as the new pope of Egypt's Coptic Christians, becoming leader of the largest Christian minority in the Middle East. His name was selected from a glass bowl by a blindfolded boy at a ceremony in Cairo's St Mark's…
November 4, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi Refuses to Take Sides in Burma Ethnic Violence
Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has urged tolerance in response to a wave of ethnic violence in the west of the country, but says she will not take sides. In an interview with the BBC Saturday, the Nobel Peace laureate said she does “not…
November 4, 2012
Egypt’s Coptics Choose New Pope
Egypt's Coptic Christian Church has chosen a new pope. Bishop Tawadros became the new head the church early Sunday when a blindfolded boy picked his name from a transparent container in a ceremony at Cairo's Coptic Cathedral. Bishop Tawadros, who is…
November 4, 2012
Syrian activists say more than 4,500 people died last month.
Libyan officials say a car bomb has exploded near a police station in the country's second largest city, wounding three people. Authorities say the blast Sunday in the Mediterranean city of Benghazi heavily damaged the front of the police……
November 4, 2012
France’s Hollande in Beirut to Discuss Syria
The French president is in Lebanon for a short visit to show support for the country amid ongoing violence in neighboring Syria. That violence has spilled across the border into Lebanon, and has been growing worse in recent months. Francois…
November 4, 2012
Beijing Hit by Early Snows
Beijing has issued its second-highest blizzard alert, after the Chinese capital was hit by an unusually early snowstorm. China's National Meteorological Center issued an orange alert Sunday, predicting that heavy snow will also hit central and…
November 2, 2012
US Presidential Race Back at Full Speed After Superstorm
U.S. President Barack Obama is back to campaigning for reelection after spending most of the week heading Washington's response to Superstorm Sandy. The incumbent Democrat was in Wisconsin, Nevada and Colorado Thursday — three so-called…
November 2, 2012
Ukraine’s Tymoshenko Refuses to End Hunger Strike
Ukraine's jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko is refusing to end a hunger strike she began this week to protest alleged widespread vote irregularities in Sunday's parliamentary polls, which have been described by U. S. Secretary of State…