WASHINGTON (AP) - The director of the National Security Agency said Tuesday the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide, including one directed at the New York Stock Exchange, in a forceful defen... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp has filed a lawsuit against Dish Network Corp and Clearwire Corp to prevent the completion of Dish's offer for Clearwire's shares. The lawsuit details how Dish has "repeatedly attempted to fool Clearwire&... [Full Article]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. entertainer Barbra Streisand on Monday took a swipe at Orthodox Jews in Israel who compel women to sit in the back of buses and assault them for following religious rituals traditionally reserved for men. "It's di... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services on Thursday urged Clearwire Corp shareholders to vote against majority shareholder Sprint Nextel Corp's $3.40 per share offer for Clearwire stock it does not already own... [Full Article]
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has given a lawsuit by pro-democracy activists against Baidu Inc and the People's Republic of China new life, even after the country invoked its authority as a sovereign nation to block the censorship... [Full Article]
By Daren Butler and Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish trade unionists banging drums and trailing banners marched into an Istanbul square on Wednesday, joining unprecedented protests against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan over what they... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Protesters dressed as badgers and led by the Queen guitarist Brian May marched through central London on Saturday demanding that the government scrap a plan to cull badgers, aimed at slowing the spread of a cattle disease. About 5,... [Full Article]
ISTANBUL (AP) - Turkish riot police used tear gas and water cannon Friday to end a peaceful sit-in by hundreds of people trying to prevent trees from being uprooted in an Istanbul park. The dawn raid ignited a furious anti-government protest that too... [Full Article]
LASHIO, Myanmar (AP) - When a huge mob of Buddhist thugs crawled on the roof of Ma Sansar Soe's shop, doused it with gasoline and set it ablaze, the Buddhist businesswoman didn't blame them for burning it to the ground despite seeing it hap... [Full Article]