Politics Feb 28 Lebanese Prime Minister Resigns Amid Mass Protests Lebanese Prime Minister Omar Karami announced that he and his government would resign from office Monday, bringing cheers from more than 25,000 people gathered outside the Parliament to protest against the government and its ties to Syria.
Economy Feb 28 Department Stores to Merge in $11 Billion Deal Federated Department Stores Inc., parent to high-end retailers Bloomingdale's and Macy's, is buying rival May Department Stores Co. for $11 billion in cash and stock, the companies announced Monday.
World Feb 28 Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 115 in Iraq A suicide car bomb ripped through a crowd of police and national guard recruits outside a medical clinic south of Baghdad Monday, killing at least 115 people and injuring more than 130 in the single deadliest attack in the two-year…
World Feb 25 U.N. Peacekeepers Killed in Northeastern Congo At least nine U.N. peacekeepers were killed in the central African nation of Congo Friday when attackers ambushed a patrol in the mostly uncontrolled northeastern province of Ituri.
Nation Feb 25 Anglican Leaders Ask U.S., Canada to Leave Council Over Homosexuality Issue Leaders of the global Anglican communion have asked the U.S. Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada to temporarily withdraw from a key council -- a move designed to avoid a schism over differences on homosexuality and same-sex unions.
World Feb 24 Suicide Bombings Target Police, Shiite Political Party A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car inside a police compound Thursday, killing at least 12 officers in the deadliest of a series of attacks against Iraqi security forces.
Science Feb 24 Images, Rock on Mars Yield More Proof of Watery Past The Spirit rover on Mars has found a sulfur-infused rock that gives the most compelling evidence yet of how water affected the planet's surface, while the European Space Agency's orbiting probe has photographed proof of an underground frozen sea.
Politics Feb 24 Palestinian Parliament Approves New Cabinet A new 24-member cabinet that will serve under newly elected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took office Thursday after winning approval from the Palestinian parliament.
Science Feb 22 Harvard President Summers' Remarks About Women in Science, Engineering Harvard President Lawrence Summers faced intense criticism for remarks he made about the shortage of women in the sciences and engineering at a Jan. 14 closed-door conference.
Politics Feb 22 Shiite Group Picks al-Jaafari As Prime Minister The Shiite Muslim coalition that represents the largest voting bloc in Iraq's newly elected national assembly has chosen current interim Vice President Ibrahim al-Jaafari as its candidate for prime minister.