Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistani opposition leader, called today for a protest against emergency rule, marking an escalation of tensions with the president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
Police beat Pakistani protesters this morning, including those angered by the ongoing political crisis and supporters of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, as they demonstrated near Pakistan's parliament.
AP - Police swung batons and fired tear gas at supporters of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto demonstrating near Pakistan's parliament Wednesday, deepening a political crisis triggered by the imposition of military rule.
AP - Oil prices stalled in their climb toward $100 a barrel Wednesday after a government report said oil inventories fell less than expected last week, while refinery utilization remained flat.
AP - General Motors Corp. posted a company record $39 billion loss in the third quarter, as a charge involving unused tax credits brought an abrupt end to a string of three profitable quarters for the nation's largest automaker.
A prisoner being transported to court today in South Florida overpowered and shot a deputy accompanying him, then escaped in the transport van, a Broward County Sheriff's Office spokesman said. The deputy is reported to be in critical condition.
At least seven people were reported killed when an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at a school in Finland Wednesday, in a shooting that appeared to have been planned out in graphic videos posted on Internet sharing site YouTube.
Wearing black coats and ties, Pakistani lawyers clashed with security forces for a second straight day Tuesday, protesting President Pervez Musharraf's declaration of a state of emergency that suspended the country's constitution and shut down the judicial system.