No end in sight to U.S. economic crisis as 'scariest jobs chart ever' shows post-recession unemployment is at its worst since World War Two
As unemployment in the U.S. nears the dreaded 10 per cent mark, it is a chart to chill the bones of any job hunter.
Comparing previous recoveries from all 10 American recessions since 1948 to the current...
By CASSELL BRYAN-LOW in London And SVEN GRUNDBERG in Stockholm
A growing roster of companies, prosecutors and banks that have tangled with WikiLeaks and its detained founder, Julian Assange, have been hit with online attacks, apparently from hackers bent on exacting revenge for the document-leaking website.
China to award own peace prize
Dec 8, 2010 9:49 AM | By Reuters
China will award its answer to the Nobel Peace Prize a day before it is bestowed upon jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, giving the "Confucius Peace Prize" to former Taiwan vice-president Lien Chan.
China was furious after Liu won the Nobel Peace Prize in October,...
When international exchange student Jawdat “J.D.” Kasab wrote “Death to America” on a board inside a Niceville High School classroom, he had no inkling of the havoc the phrase would cause.
It wasn’t a threat. It wasn’t a promise. It was just a joke, he said.
Jawdat, a Muslim, was sent back to his home in Israel on Friday evening after...
