AP - Aides to Benazir Bhutto charge that lax security allowed an assassin to approach within a few yards of her. But authorities insist it was her decision to open a hatch in her bombproof vehicle and chat with supporters that left her vulnerable.
AP - Police fired tear gas and bullets Monday as they struggled to contain tens of thousands of opposition supporters accusing President Mwai Kibaki of stealing his re-election. The death toll in the demonstrations and ethnic clashes rose to at least 125 people, police and witnesses said.
Oil prices look set to end 2007 with the biggest gain this decade, climbing nearly 60 percent since the start of the year. Crude prices will notch their biggest yearly gain since 1999 and end the year around $96 a barrel. Gas prices have followed oil prices -- up over 30 percent from a year ago to more than $3 a gallon.
An official at the hospital where Benazir Bhutto was declared dead said the local police chief blocked doctors from doing an autopsy. The police chief, however, told CNN that he suggested an autopsy, but Bhutto's widower objected.
New York's most famous New Year's tradition celebrates its 100th birthday Monday, as organizers of the Times Square ball drop have given the crystal globe an environmental makeover.