The funerals and raids followed demonstrations Friday that ended with more than 100 people dead. Two members of Syria's parliament resigned in protest after security forces repeatedly shot into crowds of civilians.
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 - NATO airstrikes targeted the center of Moammar Gadhafi's seat of power early Monday, destroying a multi-story library and office and badly damaging a reception hall for visiting dignitaries.
AP - Taliban insurgents dug a more than 1,050-foot (320-meter) tunnel underground and into the main jail in Kandahar city and whisked out more than 450 prisoners, most of whom were Taliban fighters, officials and the insurgents said Monday.
AP - Nearly 25,000 Japanese troops backed by boats, helicopters and airplanes began a massive search Monday for bodies of the nearly 12,000 people missing and presumed killed in last month's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has recovered enough from her shooting injuries to attend the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour commanded by her husband, Mark Kelly, according to a source close to Giffords.