Rising prices and a falling stock market have sparked protests in recent weeks, increasing the pressure on a government already facing militancy, political discord.
AP - Congress passed the most significant housing legislation in decades Saturday, offering help to struggling homeowners and seeking to stabilize a troubled housing market that has dragged down the economy.
AP - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama brushed aside Republican criticism of his overseas trip on Saturday and stood outside the famed 10 Downing Street to say that both President Bush and Sen. John McCain were moving his way on the key issues of Iraq and Afghanistan.
At least 26 people were killed when 17 blasts rocked the western Indian city of Ahmedabad within a little more than an hour, police and government officials say. Several media outlets and the country's Intelligence Bureau received an e-mail purportedly from the militant group Indian Mujahedeen warning about a possible attack.
The Senate overwhelmingly passed a landmark housing bill today that will offer up to $300 billion in loans for troubled homeowners and establish a government rescue plan for mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Sen. Barack Obama met today with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other officials in London, England, the final stop of an international tour. The trip has taken Obama to the Middle East and Europe in an effort to bolster the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee's foreign policy credentials.