Peru is evaluating a U.S. extradition request for jailed Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, according to his attorney.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Romney amassing endorsements, but none yet from Santorum, Gingrich or Paul
The Republican primary race is effectively over but Mitt Romney keeps piling up delegates and endorsements.
He was expected to tighten his lock on the GOP nomination by sweeping Pennsylvania, New York and three other northeastern states holding primaries Tuesday. They offer a combined trove of 209 delegates.
He was expected to tighten his lock on the GOP nomination by sweeping Pennsylvania, New York and three other northeastern states holding primaries Tuesday. They offer a combined trove of 209 delegates.
Nationalism looks set to remain on trend in France
The first round of the French elections has provided a salutary lesson in the effects of the economic crisis in a Western democracy.
There has been polarisation to the extremes, a refusal by many to engage with the country's basic economic dilemmas, taking refuge instead in fundamentalist ideas about the country's ills, and the search for scapegoats.
There has been polarisation to the extremes, a refusal by many to engage with the country's basic economic dilemmas, taking refuge instead in fundamentalist ideas about the country's ills, and the search for scapegoats.
Old wounds, ethnic rivalries stoke Sudan war fever
When petrol started running low in South Sudan's capital this month, Peter Bashir Gbandi sensed a sinister force at work.
Rather than blaming a severe shortage of dollars, which the newly-independent country needs to buy imported fuel, the lawmaker pointed to arch rival Sudan - likely in league with Horn of Africa immigrants running filling stations, he said.
Rather than blaming a severe shortage of dollars, which the newly-independent country needs to buy imported fuel, the lawmaker pointed to arch rival Sudan - likely in league with Horn of Africa immigrants running filling stations, he said.
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