Militants attempt to storm an anti-terrorist police headquarters in Pakistan's largest city and then detonate a truck bomb, leaving 20 dead and at least 100 injured.
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The average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage held steady from last week, at 4.28 percent. Refinancing is popular, but home-buying remains near decade lows.
The secrecy around Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s selection of Cathleen P. Black to run the city’s schools highlighted his faith in business leaders and dislike of public debate.
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart plans to offer free shipping on its Web site, a move that may create an expectation among consumers and a threat to smaller retailers.
AP - A disabled cruise liner inched into San Diego Bay on Thursday after three nightmarish days adrift on the Pacific, sparking cheers from passengers who disembarked and described limited food, backed-up toilets and dark cabins.
AP - A strong sense of pessimism shrouded the start of an economic summit of rich and emerging economies Thursday, with President Barack Obama and fellow world leaders arriving in Seoul sharply divided over currency and trade policies.
AP - A Sunni-backed coalition walked out of Iraq's parliament session in protest Thursday before a vote on the presidency in a move that cast doubt on the durability of an agreement to form a new unity government under Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Iraqi politicians appear poise to finally announce a deal to form a new government, eight months after elections were held. The deal will keep Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in power.
A colonel in Russia's SVR, the foreign intelligence service, helped the United States expose the spy ring that was part of July's spy swap, the biggest since the Cold War, according to a leading Russian newspaper. The long-time SVR officer, a Col. Shcherbakov, was head of the U.S. section in charge of planting moles in the United States, Kommersant reported.
Authorities investigating the disappearance of a 10-year-old North Carolina girl have recovered "evidence that could provide valuable information" in the case, police said today.
After eight-months of bickering and political paralysis, Iraqi leaders have finally reached a power-sharing agreement that is expected to usher in a new government.
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