Insurgents are shot dead after killing at least 12 people in a strike on a British cultural office in Afghanistan, which UK PM David Cameron has condemned as a "cowardly attack".
More than 100 government employees have been dismissed in recent weeks, joining 2,500 workers – nearly all Shiites – who have been fired since Bahrain's pro-democracy uprising.
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 - Syrian security forces killed at least 20 protesters Friday despite promises by President Bashar Assad that the military operations against the 5-month-old uprising are over.
AP - The stock market went back into a lull Friday as investors waited for the next signals on the economy — and whether it's headed for another recession.
AP - Three men convicted of killing three 8-year-old Cub Scouts and dumping their bodies in an Arkansas ditch were freed from nearly two decades in prison Friday, after they agreed to plead guilty to secure the release of one of them from death row.
Russia opposes U.S. and European leaders' calls for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resign, state media reported Friday, saying that the leader should get time to implement reforms.