January 12, 2012
Taiwan President In Tough Re-Election Fight
Taiwan incumbent President Ma Ying-jeou says he is the only candidate in Saturday's election who can continue Taipei's strong and beneficial relationship with mainland China. Speaking to foreign journalists in Taipei Thursday, President Ma…
January 12, 2012
Japanese, S. Korean Nuclear Envoys Hold N. Korea Talks
Japanese and South Korean nuclear envoys held talks Thursday in Seoul, to explore further initiatives aimed at persuading North Korea to end its nuclear weapons program. The meeting between Japanese negotiator Shinsuke Sugiyama and South Korean…
January 11, 2012
Romney Wins Major Victory In New Hampshire Primary
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney took a major step Tuesday toward winning the Republican Party’s presidential nomination with a convincing victory in the New Hampshire presidential primary. Romney easily defeated five Republican rivals…
January 11, 2012
Three believed dead in S Korean boat fire in Antarctic
Three crew members are thought to have died on a South Korean fishing boat that caught fire in Antarctica. "Three crew members are still missing and are believed to have died in the fire in the vessel's accommodation block,'' the New Zealand…
January 11, 2012
Syria: US condemns Bashar al-Assad ‘conspiracy’ speech
The US and France have condemned a speech by Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad which blamed an "external conspiracy" for the mass uprising against his rule. The US state department said President Assad had thrown "responsibility on everybody but back…
January 11, 2012
Scotland May Vote on Independence in 2014
Britain has set out the conditions under which Scotland can decide whether to sever its centuries-old constitutional ties with Britain. The British government offered with certain conditions Tuesday to remove legal hurdles so Scots can hold a…
January 11, 2012
Work by Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Coming to Washington
A work by provocative Chinese artist Ai Weiwei will go on display at a museum in Washington. The Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery said on Tuesday that it will display Ai's installation piece “Fragments,'' a huge work in ironwood with pieces from the…
January 10, 2012
Voting Begins in First Primary of 2012 US Presidential Election
Voters in the U.S. state of New Hampshire are casting ballots Tuesday in the first primary election of the 2012 U.S. presidential campaign. Residents in the small town of Dixville Notch, near the Canadian border, cast their votes in the…
January 10, 2012
Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi Confirms Run for Parliament
Burmese opposition leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi has confirmed that she will run for parliament in the country's highly anticipated April by-elections. A spokesperson for Aung Sang Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party said Tuesday the Nobel…
January 10, 2012
Bomb Kills 25 in NW Pakistan
Pakistani officials say a bomb blast near the Afghan border has killed at least 25 people and wounded 26 others, making it the deadliest attack of its kind in months. The explosion hit a market in the Khyber tribal region Tuesday at a site where…