The arrest of 74-year-old Anna Hazare and the crackdown on the peaceful protest against the tooth-less anti-corruption bill by the Indian government might boomerang against the already troubled government.
Two men were sentenced to four years in prison for allegedly using Facebook to incite disorder, even though nothing came of their plans.
"These [Facebook] posts caused significant panic and revulsion in local communities as rumors of anticipated violence spread."
Four big cigarette makers are suing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, seeking to void as unconstitutional new graphic labels and advertising that warn consumers about the risks of smoking and induce them to quit.
Vice President Joe Biden began his six-day state visit to China, where he is expected to talk to leaders about a number of U.S.-Sino issues, including debt and Taiwan.
Since July, just after general elections in Turkey, Kurdish militants have stepped up their attacks on Turkish military forces.
The suspect?s name was not released by police.
South America has a right to beef up its armed forces but is not in an arms race, Brazil's defense minister said on Monday
Strikers will also lose pension benefits, life insurance and other benefits.
London police have charged more than 1,000 in the riots that plagued the city for days last week.
According to Verizon spokesman Lee Gierczynski, the company?s base of landline telephone customers declined from 45 million to about 25 million in just the past five years.
President Barack Obama will give a major jobs speech in early September, according to a source.
Spain and Italy, under the market microscope over debt servicing costs, welcomed Franco-German proposals for a more integrated euro zone Wednesday and said they hoped the plans would usher in regionwide bonds.
China Life , the world's biggest insurer by market capitalisation, has become the first Chinese insurance company to be granted a license to form a private equity fund, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang said China will soon allow foreign investors to buy mainland securities using yuan up to an initial quota of 20 billion yuan ($3.1 billion), a move aimed at promoting international use of the Chinese currency.
Opposing lawyers disputed the meaning of a medical report that said "rape" caused injuries sustained by the woman who has accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault.
India's leading anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare fasted in Tihar jail on Wednesday after refusing a police release order, a stand-off that has sparked nationwide demonstrations and widespread derision at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government.
ASIC has questioned consumer group Choice's role in a mortgage lending campaign, it has been reported.
As Biden arrives in Beijing, China warns the United States must shoulder its responsibilities and take steps to soothe China's concerns over the security of its U.S. government debt holdings.
A black-market baby-selling operation that preyed on wealthy women has been broken up by the FBI, assisted by key evidence provided by socialite Taylor Stein, who had been deceived by the ring when she bought her son.
In separate letters made public by the House of Commons, former Rupert Murdoch staffers say that the media mogul and his son have been telling "serious inaccuracies" concerning their involvement in the News of the World phone hacking scandal.
A 16 year-old in London was charged with the murder of a 68-year-old pensioner. While the boy sits in court for his crimes, the nation of England slowly moves on, attempting to recover from five nights of society-shattering riots.
Virtually all of the 45,000 employees on strike work for this struggling landline segment, prompting company officials to re-evaluate its cost structure,
President Barack Obama sought on Tuesday to turn voter anger over the economy toward Republicans in the U.S. Congress as he courted rural Americans in a campaign-style bus tour through a key election state.
Comedian Jon Stewart said Ron Paul is "the real deal."
The White House denounced Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry on Tuesday for his threatening remarks about U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that represented some of the most inflammatory rhetoric of the 2012 election campaign.
PayPal co-founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel recently detailed his support for Seasteading Institute, an organization that promises floating libertarian nations on oil rig-type platforms.
Obama and presidential contenders point out flaws, defend themselves.
Voters in two Wisconsin State Senate districts headed to the polls on Tuesday in the last of nine recall elections triggered by the fight earlier this year over Republican-backed curbs on union rights of public workers.
GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry is not shy about using strong words. At a campaign event in Iowa, Perry said if Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke prints more money, it would be ?almost treasonous.?
