The likely loss of unemployment benefits for 3.71 million Americans in a few months will only add to an economy edging ever closer to recession, according to analysis that puts the chances of another downturn at better than 1 in 3.Bank of America Merrill Lynch economists say the...
…KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — At least 20,000 Malaysians defied government warnings by marching for electoral reforms Saturday, as police fired tear gas and detained more than 1,600 in the country's biggest political rally in four years.The crackdown on the opposition-backed de...
Lai Seng Sin / AP Malaysian activists cover themselves with towels as they run away from tear gas fired by police during a rally calling for electoral reforms in Kuala Lumpur on Saturda...
Malaysian police face off against thousands of protesters during a mass rally calling for electoral reform in Kuala Lumpur Malaysian police fired tear gas and water cannon at thousands of demonstrators to prevent them from assembling to rally for electoral reform on Saturday. Almo...
KUALA LUMPUR - Prime Minister Najib Razak's government is on the defensive after Malaysia's biggest opposition-aligned protest in almost four years was put down forcefully on Saturday by riot police, water-cannons and teargas in ...
WASHINGTON (AP/The Huffington Post) -- Sarah Palin says she didn't mess up her history on Paul Revere. The potential 2012 presidential candidate was in Boston on Thursday as part of her bus tour when she was asked about the Revolutionary War hero. Palin sa...
SANAA, June 3 (Reuters) - The Yemeni presidential palace was hit by at least two shells on Friday as street fighting in the civil-war-threatened country widened to more parts of the capital. Battles in Sanaa have killed at least 155 people over the last 10 days, marki...
'Saturday Night Live' Weekend Update host Seth Meyers delivered a fiery speech Saturday at the White House Correspondents' dinner, ripping everyone from Washington players like President Barack Obama and members of Congress to media mavens like Katie Couric and Michael Bloomberg.Don...
AFP - Jordan's Islamist opposition, leftists and trade unions on Saturday demanded the ouster of Prime Minister Maaruf Bakhit, who they blame for violence that has killed one person and injured 130."The Islamist movement demands the resignation, or the sacking, of the government and...
CAIRO — Saudi police opened fire Thursday to disperse a protest in the mainly Shiite, oil-producing east, leaving at least one man injured, as the government struggled to prevent a wave of unrest sweeping the Arab world from reaching the kingdom.Word of the protest helped drive oil ...
Capitalism: A Love Story and Fahrenheit 9/11 director Michael Moore on Saturday implored demonstrators in Wisconsin to continue fighting Gov. Scott Walker's efforts to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights.Moore told the crowd, "We're going to do this together. Don't give up. Please don't give up.The documentarian also thanked the 14 Democratic state senators that fled...
Ajdabiya, Libya (CNN) -- The Libyan military bombed two key towns in the east again Thursday, stepping up efforts to reclaim a region lost to rebels.The aircraft targeted al-Brega and Ajdabiya, both of which were hit with bombs Wednesday.Opposition forces told CNN they were forging ...
Up to 100,000 rally in Madison while hundreds show up in dozens of other cities to combat the Republican-backed measure that would limit collective bargaining rights for most public workers in Wisconsin.Reporting from Madison, Wis. — Nearly two weeks into a political standoff, tens of thousands rallied in Madison and in dozens of cities around the nation to oppose a bill that would sev...
Ireland's incoming leader has promised to work to renegotiate the country's crippling 85bn euro bail-out next week.Enda Kenny of Fine Gael said he would fight for a cheaper loan deal from the International Monetary Fund and Europe.His party is now the largest in the 31st Irish parli...
Ireland's opposition parties have made big gains in a general election focused on the country's economic woes as angry voters ended the 80-year dominance of Fianna Fail.The Fine Gael party was leading the pack, but the shape of the next government is hanging in the balance as counti...
King Abdullah needs to implement political reform, scholars claim, as students plan 'day of rage'Leading intellectuals in Saudi Arabia have warned that grand financial gestures are no substitute for meaningful political reform, after King Abdullah unveiled a $36bn (£22bn) social wel...
Here's something for your "can this possibly be for real" file this morning. Over at the Buffalo Beast -- the former print alt-weekly turned online newspaper founded by onetime editor Matt Taibbi, typically best known for its annual list of "The 50 Most Loathsome Americans" -- there...
Benghazi, Libya (CNN) -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Thursday blamed the violence in his country on young people, who he said are taking some sort of pills and being exploited by Osama bin Laden.Speaking by phone on state TV as reports came in of pro-Gadhafi forces killing unar...
