US downplays Facebook claim on Benghazi attack Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the White House on Wednesday downplayed reports that a Libyan group claimed responsibility on Facebook for the deadly strike on the US consulate in Benghazi.
27 October 2012
Citi fined $2 mn over Facebook IPO leak US banking giant Citigroup paid a $2 million fine to a state regulator and fired a junior analyst over a probe into leaks of confidential information on Facebook's public offering.
27 October 2012
Berlusconi sentenced to prison for tax fraud Italy's former prime minister and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi was briefly sentenced to four years in prison for tax fraud connected to his Mediaset empire Friday.
27 October 2012
Maya demand an end to doomsday myth Guatemala's Mayan people accused the government and tour groups on Wednesday of perpetuating the myth that their calendar foresees the imminent end of the world for monetary gain.
27 October 2012
Thousands protest at parliament in Madrid Thousands of Spaniards massed near parliament in Madrid Tuesday yelling in anger at government austerity cuts that they say are punishing the poor.
27 October 2012
Libya marks 1st 'liberation' anniversary amid tension Libya on Tuesday celebrated the first anniversary of its "liberation" from the regime of Moamer Kadhafi, even as fighting flared in a former bastion of the slain dictator.
27 October 2012
Hurricane Sandy set to strengthen on path to Cuba Hurricane Sandy was expected to strengthen as it careened towards Cuba early Thursday after battering Jamaica, where it downed power lines and forced more than a thousand people to seek emergency shelter.
26 October 2012
Clinton set on leaving State Dept. despite Obama's 'begging' President Barack Obama said Wednesday he would love for Hillary Clinton to stay on as secretary of state after his hoped for re-election, but that "despite my begging" she has decided to move on.
26 October 2012
Chinese ships enter waters disputed with Japan Four Chinese government ships entered territorial waters around disputed Tokyo-controlled islands early Thursday, the Japanese coastguard said, sparking a strong protest from Japan.
Orynbayev discussed scientific-technical cooperation in U.S.Orynbayev visited several cities in Colorado and Pennsylvania leading Kazakhstan's delegation of representatives of Healthcare Ministry, Nazarbayev University, Kasipkor Holding and National Medical Holding.
26 October 2012
Texas warns it could prosecute OSCE poll monitors The southern US state of Texas has warned it could prosecute election observers from the OSCE, a global body that regularly monitors voting around the world, if they try to visit polling stations next month.
Tom Cruise sues US magazine over daughter story Troubled Hollywood actor Tom Cruise is suing the publishers of US magazine Life and Style for $50 million over a cover claiming he had abandoned his daughter Suri.
26 October 2012
Munch's iconic 'The Scream' goes on display in New York "The Scream," Edvard Munch's eerie 1895 masterpiece which sold in May for $119.9 million, is on view for the first time since that record-breaking auction, at New York's Museum of Modern Art.
Ozone hole over Antarctic second smallest in two decades The seasonal hole in the ozone layer above the Antarctic this year was the second smallest in two decades, but still covered an area roughly the size of North America, US experts said Wednesday.
Australia defends mining tax after 'zero earnings' Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan defended the government's mining profits tax Thursday after reports that no revenue had collected in the first quarter due to China-driven cooling in the sector.