Inflation, caused in part by the skyrocketing price of oil, is pushing many ordinary people toward poverty even as oil money stimulates a new surge of economic growth in the gulf.
A day after UCLA officials filed suit against a group of animal activists, a judge issued a restraining order prohibiting the groups and individuals who have been accused of targeting faculty involved in animal research from coming near those researchers.
AP - Attempting to reassure anxious donors, Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday outlined a road map she said she will follow to beat Barack Obama in the Ohio and Texas primaries March 4.
AP - Cuba's parliament named Raul Castro president on Sunday, ending nearly 50 years of rule by his brother Fidel but leaving the island's communist system unshaken.
AP - The Coen brothers completed their journey from the fringes to Hollywood's mainstream on Sunday, their crime saga "No Country for Old Men" winning four Academy Awards, including best picture, in a ceremony that also featured a strong international flavor.
"No Country for Old Men" had a strong finish at the 80th Academy Awards, taking the top prize as best picture. The movie's directors, brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, also won an Oscar for their work, and Spain's Javier Bardem won supporting actor for his role as the film's creepy killer with a horrible haircut.
Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean accused Republican presidential front-runner John McCain of trying to skirt campaign finance laws Sunday by trying to opt out of public financing for his primary campaign.
Barack Obama defended himself Sunday against critics who point out that he once did not put his hand over his heart while singing the national anthem, that he does not wear an American flag lapel pin, and that he has met with former members of the violent, Vietnam-era organization Weather Underground.