If Time Magazine can name both the computer and " you " as Person of the Year, why can't the Internet win the Nobel Peace Prize? Perhaps because there's just as much hate involved on the Web as there is peace.
Web sites dealing with subjects such as the Tiananmen Square democracy protests, Tibet and regional independence movements could all be accessed through Google's Chinese search engine Tuesday, after the company said it would no longer abide by Beijing's censorship rules.
An apparent U.S. missile attack destroyed a suspected militant compound in a tribal region of northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, intelligence officials said.
An unprecedented discipline has thrust the followers of Moktada al-Sadr, the radical Shiite cleric, to the brink of perhaps their greatest political influence.
A dispute could shore up President Obama?s credibility as a peacemaker by showing that he has the fortitude to push Israelis and Palestinians toward an agreement.
Hiram Monserrate, who was expelled from the State Senate after he was convicted of assaulting his companion, lost in a special election to Jos?. Peralta, according to early returns.
David W. Johnson, a senior aide to Gov. David A. Paterson, had been ordered to testify about his role in obtaining World Series tickets from the Yankees for the governor.
A dispute over new Jewish homes in a traditionally Arab part of Jerusalem quickly became a test of U.S. and Israeli commitment to peace talks and one another.
Women and children as young as 2, already traumatized by the loss of homes and loved ones in the Jan. 12 quake, are now falling victim to rapists in the sprawling tent cities.
The FBI says the slayings in Mexico of three people with ties to the U.S. consulate may have been committed by drug cartel hit men who targeted the wrong party.
Thai protesters pour blood they had donated outside the front gate of the government headquarters in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections.
Fed Lifts Asian Shares U.S. central bank affirms interest-rate pledge, bolstering investors appetite for risk. Australia rises 0.6% on mining stocks. BOJ s rate decision is due today.
Fed s pledge to maintain low rates may support stocks for now, but analysts say market psychology may eventually be swayed by the growing rhetoric between China and the U.S. on Beijing s currency policy.
Fed Jumpstarts a Relief Rally The Treasurys market rallied after the Fed reined in rate-increase speculation by reiterating its firm pledge to keep interest rates low to help the economy recover.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke plans to wage a fresh battle against Senate efforts to scale back the Fed s role in supervising the nation s banks.
The US Federal Reserve gave a slightly more upbeat outlook for the country s economy on Tuesday, but said interest rates would remain close to zero for an extended period .
Stocks closed higher Tuesday after the Federal Reserve held benchmark rates near zero and renewed its pledge to keep them exceptionally low for an extended period.
The economy is strengthening and the job market is stabilizing, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday, but not enough for the central bank to consider raising interest rates soon. Policymakers voted 9-1 to keep the benchmark fed funds rate at a record-low 0%-0.25% range.
Federal Reserve done for the moment. What s next? Three factors for the remainder of week: 1) inflation indicators: PPI tomorrow, CPI Thursday. 2) Quadruple witching on Friday. 3) Health care bill is the unknown.
US equities closed at an 18-month high, the dollar came under renewed pressure, while US Treasury yields declined, after the Fed reiterated that it would keep rates low for an extended period .
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, according to his prepared remarks obtained from a committee source, will strongly back the Feds supervisory authority Wednesday before the House Financial Services Committee.
