Romney wins Michigan and Arizona | Mitt Romney's tentative hold on the status of GOP front-runner received a significant boost with victory in Michigan, where he won his native state and fought off a spirited challenge from Rick Sant... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert) The Los Angeles Times Mit Romney Photos Politics US Wikipedia: United States presidential election, 2012 |
Pentagon: Some 9/11 victims' remains dumped in landfill | WASHINGTON - Some cremated remains of people who were killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were disposed of in a landfill, the Pentagon revealed Tuesday, tracing the problems with the handling o... (photo: US DoD) Seattle Times Attack Pentagon Photos Terrorism Wikipedia: September 11 attacks |
Occupy London protesters evicted from St Paul's site | Some of those who decided to stay at the campsite in defiance of a High Court order built barricades, while others sat on the steps of Sir Christopher Wren's cathedral as the paraphernalia of their ... (photo: AP / Sang Tan) The Independent Economy London Photos Protest Wikipedia: Occupy London |
Costa cruise ship adrift off Seychelles | AFP - An Italian cruise ship from the same fleet as the tragedy-struck Costa Concordia was adrift on Tuesday in pirate-infested seas off the Seychelles with no power and with more than 1,000 people ... (photo: AP / Costa Crociere) France24 Cruise Maritime Photos Travel Wikipedia: MS Allegra |
Greek debt downgraded again | Ratings firm Standard & Poor's has declared Greece in "selective default" after banks agreed to write off more than half of their Greek debt holdings in a second EU bailout of the country. | The... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris) Al Jazeera Debt Economy Greece Photos Wikipedia: Greek government debt crisis |
Syria approves constitution amid bloodshed Amman - Syrian artillery pounded rebel-held areas of Homs on Monday as President Bashar al-Assad's government announced that voters had overwhelmingly approved a new constitution in a referendum derid... (photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd) Independent online Democracy Photos Syria Violence Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising |