Tuesday, March 13, 2012
By Amy Gardner and David A. Fahrenthold, Tuesday, March 13, 2:56 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--America’s national conversation about grits is about to end: voting for GOP primaries is underway in Mississippi and Alabama, where three tightly bunched candidates have spent a strange few days trying to... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
New cease-fire plans proposed for Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria, March 11 (UPI) -- Syria's president and a U.N. envoy met again to discuss a cease-fire amid ongoing violence that opposition activists said left 15 dead Sunday. Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan met in Damascus with President Bashar Assad on Saturday and laid out a U.N.... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Annan to meet with Syrian president Saturday
(CNN) -- Kofi Annan, the joint special envoy to Syria for the United Nations and the Arab League, will meet Saturday in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "to seek an urgent end to all violence and human rights violations and to initiate efforts to promote a peaceful solution" to the... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, March 9, 2012
U.S., Afghans Set Six-Month Hand-Over of Prison
KABUL—The U.S. and Afghanistan agreed to transfer the main U.S.-run detention facility in the country to Afghan control over the next six months, a breakthrough in talks over a long-term strategic partnership. The commander of U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, U.S. Marine Gen. John Allen, and Afghan... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Libya: Semi-autonomy declared by leaders in east
Civic leaders in eastern Libya have declared semi-autonomy for their oil-rich region at a meeting in Benghazi. They say the move is necessary as the region, once known as Cyrenaica, has been neglected for decades. But the move has caused tension with the governing National Transitional Council (NTC)... Sign in to see full entry.