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Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng who escaped house arrest leaves Beijing for the United States

Editor — Mon, 21 May 2012 09:00:34 +0000

A blind Chinese legal activist was hurriedly taken from a hospital and put on a plane for the United States on Saturday, closing a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations. No related posts. No related posts.

U.S. civil rights group NAACP endorses gay marriage

Editor — Mon, 21 May 2012 08:00:49 +0000

The nation’s largest civil rights group, the NAACP, endorsed gay marriage on Saturday, giving a boost to the movement to legalize same-sex nuptials despite reservations expressed by some black ministers. No related posts. No related posts.

G8 leaders urge Europe to focus on growth rather than austerity at G8 summit

Editor — Mon, 21 May 2012 05:00:21 +0000

The Group of Eight nations are advocating growth rather than austerity in Europe after spending two days of meetings at storied Camp David aimed at containing an escalating fiscal crisis overseas. No related posts. No related posts.

Lockerbie bombing convict dies in Libya

Editor — Mon, 21 May 2012 04:00:19 +0000

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the only person convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing which killed 270 people, died on Sunday, almost three years after being freed from jail on compassionate grounds. No related posts. No related posts.

Obama in race-baiting row with Republicans

Editor — Fri, 18 May 2012 08:00:26 +0000

Mitt Romney has been forced to denounce plans by a conservative campaign group to mount a racially-charged attack on President Barack Obama to help the Republicans win the U.S. presidential election. No related posts. No related posts.

Srebrenica UN blunders created ‘time bomb’

Editor — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:00:04 +0000

United Nations blunders created a “ticking time bomb” in Srebrenica that allowed Ratko Mladic to commit the first genocide on European soil since the Holocaust, the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal heard. No related posts. No related posts.

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng to leave for the U.S. ‘within 15 days’

Editor — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:00:04 +0000

The Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who last month triggered a diplomatic crisis between the U.S. and China, will be allowed to travel to America “within 15 days”. No related posts. No related posts.

Signs of progress in blind Chinese activist’s bid to study abroad

Staff — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:00:47 +0000

A blind Chinese activist who sparked a diplomatic crisis by fleeing into the U.S. Embassy last month filled out a Chinese passport application and posed for a photo Wednesday, moving forward in his bid to study in the United States. No related posts. No related posts.

George W. Bush unlikely to have role in Romney campaign

Editor — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:00:12 +0000

George W. Bush finally weighed on the presidential race — with four short words.

“I’m for Mitt Romney,” the former president said Tuesday as the doors of his elevator shut, perhaps his only statement of public opinion on the race before election.

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Daughter of Cuban leader Raul Castro to visit U.S.

Editor — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:27 +0000

Cuban President Raul Castro’s daughter is scheduled to visit California next week to speak at a conference of experts on Latin America during a rare U.S. trip by a member of Cuba’s ruling family. No related posts. No related posts.