American officials say they might have to curtail aid to the Interior Ministry police, who have been accused by Sunnis of complicity in torture and killings.
A slew of economic readings Friday gave ammunition to those who think the economy is slowing enough to offset inflation and also to those who think inflation is at a level that argues for additional hikes in interest rates by the Federal Reserve Board.
When you're a CEO who does something stupid, here's the drill: Congress holds hearings. Lawmakers spank you silly. The press hyperventilates. Then you go back to work, while real prosecutors and market forces determine your fate.
AP - Brazilian air force pilots spotted the wrecked fusilage of a jetliner that crashed deep in the Amazon jungle on Saturday, and an aviation official said it was unlikely any of the 155 people aboard had survived.
AP - A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a busy pedestrian alley next to Afghanistan's Interior Ministry on Saturday, killing at least 12 people and wounding more than 40, officials said.
AP - The police officer leading the investigation into train bombings that killed more than 200 people in the Indian city of Mumbai in July accused Pakistan's spy agency on Saturday of masterminding the attack.
Rescue planes spotted wreckage from a Brazilian jetliner that went missing over dense rainforest with at least 145 people on board, an airline spokesman told CNN on Saturday. "At this moment there is no way of telling if there are any survivors," said Denise Abreu of the Brazilian Aviation Agency.
The Indian government accused Pakistan's military spy agency, the Inter Services Intelligence, of planning the July 11 Mumbai train bombings that killed 209 people.