Economy May 06 Indonesia Mulls Quitting OPEC; Oil Prices Leap Past $122 a Barrel Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Tuesday that his country is considering dropping out of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries based on its declining oil output.
World May 06 Death Toll Surpasses 22,000 in Myanmar; Groups Poised to Rush in Aid Myanmar's government raised the death toll from the weekend's cyclone to more than 22,000 on Tuesday and said another 41,000 were missing, as aid groups awaited visas to bring supplies to the devastated Asian nation.
World May 05 Myanmar Cyclone Death Toll Could Top 10,000 The foreign minister of Myanmar's strict military junta said Monday that the death toll from Saturday's cyclone strike could continue to skyrocket.
Arts May 05 Thousands Riot in Somalia over Food Prices; 2 People Killed Tens of thousands of people protested in Somalia's capital Mogadishu over high food prices Monday. At least two people were killed and several more injured when police opened fire on the rioting crowds.
Politics May 02 Zimbabwe Opposition: Results Are 'Scandalous' Zimbabwe's opposition party on Friday challenged results that say its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has won the first round of the presidential election with 47.9 percent of the vote -- but not enough to avoid a runoff against President Robert Mugabe.
Economy May 02 Labor Dept. Report Shows Fewer Jobs Lost in April Employers cut fewer jobs in April than in recent months and the unemployment rate dropped to 5 percent, the Labor Department announced Friday.
Politics May 01 Vote Checks Begin for Zimbabwe Election Results Zimbabwe's electoral commission is presenting initial results from the March 29 presidential vote to the candidates on Thursday, a day after international media outlets reported the opposition party won the vote by a four-point margin.
Nation May 01 U.S. Airstrikes Kill al-Qaida Leader in Somalia U.S. war planes killed the suspected head of al-Qaida in Somalia and as many as 30 other people Thursday in an overnight airstrike, a U.S. defense official said. The head of the Islamic insurgent group confirmed the attack killed its…
Economy Apr 30 Federal Reserve Trims Key Interest Rate In a smaller move than in past months, the Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate by a quarter percentage point Wednesday in what could be the last in a line of reductions aimed at boosting an economy hit hard…
Nation Apr 30 U.S. Deaths Hit Seven-Month High in Iraq The killings of three American soldiers in separate attacks in Baghdad on Tuesday brought the monthly death toll for U.S. troops in Iraq to 47, the highest since September, the military reported.