Politics Dec 08 Blackwater Guards Charged With Manslaughter in Shooting Deaths of Iraqis Blackwater Worldwide security guards fired on innocent Iraqis with a machine gun and launched a grenade into a girls' school during a gruesome Baghdad shooting in 2007, prosecutors said Monday in announcing manslaughter charges against five guards.
Politics Dec 08 Two Police Officers Charged as Riots Rage in Greece Youth riots across Greece continued for the third day Monday as two policemen were charged in the killing of a young man Saturday night in Athens.
Economy Dec 08 Markets See Early Lift on Infrastructure, Auto Bailout Plans U.S. stocks enjoyed an upbeat opening Monday as investors reacted to President-elect Barack Obama's plan to launch an infrastructure spending package to boost job growth and news that a deal on bailing out Detroit's Big Three automakers may be near.
Science Dec 05 Rocks on Mars Shed New Light on Planet's Ancient Climate Cycles In the stratified layers of a rocky Martian outcrop, researchers have found evidence of ancient climate cycles similar to the ones that caused Earth's ice ages.
Nation Dec 05 U.S. Calls for Zimbabwe's Mugabe to Resign as Power-sharing Deal Falters U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice increased pressure on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to leave office after his government stalled on a power-sharing deal with the opposition party.
Economy Dec 05 U.S. Employers Slash 533,000 Jobs; Unemployment Rate Jumps to 6.7% U.S. employers cut 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years, sending unemployment up two-tenths of a point from October to 6.7 percent, the highest in 15 years, the Labor Department reported Friday.
Politics Dec 04 Rice Visits Pakistan Urging Cooperation in Mumbai Investigation Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice increased pressure on Pakistani leaders Thursday to cooperate with India to find the attackers responsible for last week's attacks in Mumbai.
Economy Dec 04 Global Banks Chop Interest Rates as Crisis Grows More central banks across the world cut interest rates Thursday, hoping to quash a global economic slump that is spreading faster than policymakers had anticipated.
Economy Dec 04 Auto Execs Renew Case for Government Aid Leaders of Detroit's Big Three automakers returned to Capitol Hill Thursday to renew their case for an expanded $34 billion rescue package, but heard fresh skepticism from lawmakers on their plea.
Politics Dec 04 Reporter's Notebook: Gwen Ifill on Clinton's Appointment and Obama's Transition Senior NewsHour correspondent Gwen Ifill reflected on President-elect Barack Obama's recent nomination of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state and the transition process in a reporter's notebook.