England soccer coach Fabio Capello quits
AHN Sports Staff London, England, United Kingdom (AHN Sports) - England soccer coach Fabio Capello quit the post Wednesday, just hours after his possible successor, Tottenham's Harry Redknapp, was cleared of tax evasion charges. Capello was on the job four years and left after a…
2 shot dead in Senegal election protest
FILE - This Tuesday June 27, 2006 file photo shows Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, as he waves to photographers during a farewell ceremony in Tehran. Senegal's highest court ruled just after midnight on Monday that the West African country's aging leader was eligible to run…
Slight slowdown on Interstate 165, otherwise traffic moving along
MOBILE, Alabama -- There is a slight slowdown on both lanes of Interstate 165 this morning. Otherwise, traffic is moving along on the Interstate 10 Bayway, through the Wallace and Bankhead tunnels and over the Cochrane Africatown Bridge. Traffic is also moving well at the…
Iran: Nuclear inspectors can extend their visit
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) â” Iran's official news agency reports that the country's foreign minister has said that inspectors from the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog can extend an ongoing visit to the Islamic Republic. The Monday report by IRNA says Ali Akbar Salehi told Turkish TRT TV…
Syrian troops push back in fight on Damascus edges
Map locates violence in Damascus, Syria Map locates violence in Damascus, Syria This image from amateur video made available by the Ugarit News group and shot on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, purports to show a funeral in Damascus, Syria. The Syrian military launched an offensive…
Libya: Justice Ministry to take over prisons
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) â” Libyan judicial police have started taking control of makeshift prisons in the country after human rights organizations complained of rampant torture of inmates, the country's deputy justice minister said on Sunday. The deputy minister, Khalifa Ashour, said uniformed police have been…
Euro, rich-poor gap proved key issues at Davos
The mountain resort of Davos pictured during the last day of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. The overarching theme of the Meeting, that took place from Jan. 25 to Jan. 29 was "The…
Syrian troops storm areas near capital of Damascus
This image from amateur video made available by the Ugarit News group and shot on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, purports to show a funeral in Damascus, Syria. The Syrian military launched an offensive to regain control of suburbs on the eastern edge of Damascus on…
Sudan says to release ships seized from South Sudan (Reuters)
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Sudan said on Saturday it would free tankers carrying cargoes of South Sudanese crude it had seized earlier this month, in a push to defuse a row over transit fees between former civil war foes that both depend on oil for…