Egyptian President-elect to Appoint Woman, Christian Vice-Presidents

Posted in: Featured, World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | June 27th 2012 | no comments

Egyptian president-elect Mohamed Morsi on Tuesday announced that he would nominate six vice-presidents, including a woman and a Christian, in a bid to keep his word to be a president to all Egyptian. The move is also perceived as a step toward ending the reign of the military, which is [...]

Fight Goes On After War End

By Izabela Toth | September 2nd 2010 | no comments

HAWIJA, Iraq – Even while President Barack Obama was pronouncing the end of war in Iraq, American soldiers were blocking a northern rural community early Wednesday as their Iraqi associates invaded houses and detained tens of alleged rebels. As the Obama government has radically trimmed down on the number of units and re-branded the assignment, the operation in Hawija was a cue that [...]

Will Fear of Iran Contribute to the Success of Israeli-Palestinian Direct Talks?

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | September 1st 2010 | no comments

As the direct negotiations between Israel and Palestinian Authority are ready to begin in Washington, skepticism builds up regarding the outcome these direct talks could produce. Many people think the leaders of the two parties are gathering in Washington, DC for no more than a round of handshakes and empty promises. In fact, the topic is so unimportant that in none of the most [...]

Blasts in Lahore Kill 28

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | September 1st 2010 | no comments

The first signs of social instability show in Pakistan following the natural disaster that practically devastated the country as three blasts killed 28 and injured around 218 people during a Shi’ite procession in Lahore today. A Lahore governmental official said that two of the victims were children and two others were women. Seven of the injured are in critical condition the same [...]

What Kind of Iraq Do the U.S. Troops Leave Behind?

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | September 1st 2010 | no comments

The President of the United States announced yesterday night that the Operation Iraqi Freedom is over and the American troops are withdrawn from Iraq, leaving behind only 50,000 U.S. soldiers who will operate as advisers of the Iraqi security forces. As Americans leave Iraq after seven years of military presence in this country, many people are asking what does the American army [...]

“The War in Iraq Is Over,” Obama Says

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | September 1st 2010 | no comments

Barack Obama gave a speech yesterday in which he announced the end of the war in Iraq and the focusing on the domestic economy. The president spoke on Tuesday night to a public tired of war saying it was time “to turn the page,” and focus the attention on the millions of Americans who are in need because of the economic problems the country is facing. The U.S. combat mission of [...]

Zimbabwe Needs $200 mln For 2011 Polls

By Izabela Toth | September 1st 2010 | no comments

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) – According to Wednesday press releases, Zimbabwe will necessitate 200 million US dollars (157 million euros) to hold elections in 2011 in case heads clamor for meeting unanimity agreement time-frames. Future polls should take place in 2011 under the power-division deal signed in 2008 by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe. Finance [...]

More And More Possible Evacutions Caused By Hurricane Earl

By Izabela Toth | September 1st 2010 | no comments

RALEIGH, N.C. – As damaging Hurricane Earl menaced to curve along the sides of the East Coast, tourists on a North Carolina holiday destination islands were planned to embark the ferries and go towards the mainland Wednesday and more evacuations are estimated to follow. According to Hyde County emergency officials, the evacuation of Ocracoke Island begins at 5 a.m. for about 5,000 [...]

Mexico’s Drug Cartels Strike Again

By Izabela Toth | September 1st 2010 | no comments

The Ecuadorean government did its best to get its resident out of Mexico hastily enough. The young guy was headed toward the U.S. last week when he and 72 male, both Latin American migrants, he related to officials, were kidnapped by one of Mexico's most violent drug cartels, the Zetas, in the northeastern boundary state of Tamaulipas. When the migrants rejected to pay release money, [...]

Direct Talks Ready To Resume in Washington, DC

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | August 31st 2010 | no comments

As negotiations are ready to start in Washington, DC between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, four people were killed in the West Bank, in the city of Hebron. Four Israeli settlers were killed a few hours ago on the outskirts of the city of Hebron as gunmen opened fire on a car on a road in this city, according to [...]

Suspects of Hijacking Arrested in Amsterdam

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | August 31st 2010 | no comments

Two men were arrested in Amsterdam today for questioning in a terrorist investigation that had been going on for a while, since the U.S. law enforcing agencies had been on a high alert status regarding the possible hijacking activities linked to terrorist activity. Thus, air Marshalls in the Chicago-Amsterdam flight yesterday were onboard and watched very closely two people who had [...]

Britain To Urge Serbia About Kosovo Independence

By Izabela Toth | August 31st 2010 | no comments

BELGRADE, Serbia – Britain's foreign secretary urged Serbia on Tuesday not to defy Kosovo's independence at the U.N. General Assembly, and the Balkan nation's president declared he is open to a negotiation on the pledge. The discussions underline the pressures that hang around over Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence. Britain, the U.S. and most important European Union [...]

Expanded Sex Abuse Guidelines Initiated By German Church

By Izabela Toth | August 31st 2010 | no comments

BERLIN – The Roman Catholic church from Germany established new rules Tuesday on managing reports of sexual abuse that have need of prosecutors to be notified of any alleged cases. The additional policy comes as a reaction to a large number of accusations of abuse at the groups of clergy that came into view at the beginning of this year and shake the church in Germany — Pope [...]

China Advocates Resumption of Negotiations on Korean Peninsula

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | August 31st 2010 | no comments

The representative of China on North Korean affairs, Wu Dawei, said on Tuesday that his country is ready to put forward new measures that would resume the six-party talks that were stalled for quite a while now. Wu made these declarations at the end of a discussion with the Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, but he refrained for the time being to say which exactly are these [...]

Latent Terrorist Test Run Investigated By U.S. Officials

By Izabela Toth | August 31st 2010 | no comments

WASHINGTON – U.S. representatives reported Tuesday, after a telephone recorded to a Pepto-Bismol bottle and a dagger and box cutters were found in one of the men's baggage, that two men were detained in Amsterdam because they may have been carrying out a trial run for a latent terrorist assail. According to officials who are reporting on clause of anonymity to talk about the [...]

Tropical Storm Fiona Forecast

By Izabela Toth | August 31st 2010 | no comments

MIAMI (CBS4) - Tropical Storm Fiona, one of the most extensive storms of this year's hurricane period, is anticipated to pass by just north of the Leeward Islands in the following 24 hours or so. At 7 a.m., the center of Fiona was reported to be situated about 500 miles east of the Leeward Islands. The structure was curving to the west-northwest near 24 mph, whit maximum sustained [...]

Hurricane Earl Reached Category 4

By Izabela Toth | August 31st 2010 | no comments

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Hurricane Earl has at this time already developed into a terrifying Category 4 storm. Earl headed angrily toward the U.S. coast early Tuesday after damaging small islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy downpours and winds that smashed [...]

Mortar Attack Against Presidential Palace in Somalia

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | August 30th 2010 | no comments

A mortar attack occurred today in Somalia on the presidential palace in the capital city and killed at least four African Union peacekeepers and wounded nine others. The peacekeeping forces in Mogadishu have been defending for the last week the presidential palace against al-Qaeda-linked militant group called Al-Shabab. According to the spokesman for the African Union peacekeeping [...]

What Palestinian State Does Netanyahu Have in Mind?

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | August 30th 2010 | no comments

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said on Monday that it will not be long before Benjamin Netanyahu will have to explain what kind of state he has in mind. Israel and the Palestinian Authority are to resume negotiations in September after 20 months of interruption due to the Israeli attack on Gaza Strip. The Palestinian PM is skeptic that the Israeli PM is ready to give [...]