Violent clashes between protesters and security forces snowballed in cities throughout eastern Libya, as the country's leader Moammar Gadhafi struggled to crush an uprising aimed at ending his 42-year rule.
Iran's opposition for the second time in a week drew tens of thousands of protesters across the nation on Sunday calling for the end to the Islamic Republic's rule. They were met with what witnesses said was an extraordinary large and violent crackdown by government security forces.
Chinese authorities detained dozens of political activists after an anonymous online call for protests in 13 cities, though only a handful of people appear to have shown up to demonstrate.
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Diageo is close to buying Turkish spirits company Mey Icki for between $2 billion and $2.5 billion, a deal that would give the U.K. alcohol giant access to a vast distribution network Turkey.
Iceland's president again vetoed a bid by the Parliament to repay the U.K. and the Netherlands more than $5 billion lost by depositors in Iceland's banking collapse—sending the matter to a referendum.
The European Central Bank must avoid at all costs the rise in oil and commodities prices being passed on to wages and other prices, its president, Jean-Claude Trichet, said, repeating that the ECB will do whatever it takes to ensure price stability in the euro zone.
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An unusual surge in ECB overnight lending last week was connected to Ireland's effort to wind down nationalized lenders Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society, a person familiar with the matter said.
Online deals website Groupon appears to be making preparations to launch operations in China, a move that could shake up the market for group buying.
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Negotiators from the world's leading economies haggled all night over seemingly technical details regarding how to measure global economic imbalances. They eventually produced a 53-word sentence intended to appease all sides—and open to interpretation by all sides.
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The 401(k) generation is beginning to retire, and it isn't pretty. The retirement savings plans that many baby boomers thought would see them through old age are falling short in many cases.
Mubarak had no idea how to counter the power of social media. China, Russia and Iran know better.
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Insects are nutritious and easy to raise without harming the environment. They also have a nice nutty taste.
Novelist Jennifer Belle on the joys of honeymooning alone in Venice.
One of London's smallest football clubs could be a victim of the 2012 Games stadium battle.
Luxe textures from Ralph Lauren, Proenza Schouler, Isaac Mizrahi and Calvin Klein.
Hungary has drafted a new version of its media law after criticism from the European Commission. Most of the controversial sections will remain unchanged.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the Obama administration would support—but not seek to direct--pro-democracy forces across North Africa and the Persian Gulf.
The Bank of England sent a strong signal in its inflation report that it won't raise interest rates as rapidly as market participants expect.
Mining stocks dropped after China took another step to cool its economy, leaving European markets little changed.The Stoxx Europe 600 index fell fractionally, its first loss in six sessions.
U.S. antitrust enforcers have begun looking at the terms Apple set this week for media companies who want to sell their content on the iPad and other devices.
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Some foreign banks are moving to restructure their U.S. operations to avoid one of the most-burdensome requirements of the new Dodd-Frank law.
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U.S. House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan said Sunday he wasn't pushing for a government shutdown as a budget deadlock continued, and suggested Republicans would seek a short-term extension of the budget to allow negotiations to proceed.
While London's Leicester Square has long been associated with multiplex cinemas, casinos and tourists, it hasn't typically been known as a desirable place to stay. But with the opening of two upmarket hotels, that may change.
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Keeping out immigrants who want to work won't create any new jobs for Britons on the dole.
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Chefs and bartenders are bringing the leaves out of the kettle and into the kitchen.
Abigail Kawananakoa has been on a decades-long treasure hunt—a bid to recover silverware, lamps, rare furniture and other assorted objects from her family's former home. Make that "palace."
A closer look at studies analyzing the glut of information people face every days suggests the avalanche of words and images isn't as massive as feared.
Radiohead, was nowhere to be seen in Tokyo's famous Shibuya intersection in person, via satellite, a beamed in hologram or otherwise on Friday night as per a cryptic Tweet. But the indie band has released its new album a day early.
This botched Liam Neeson thriller mixes and mismatches fragments of earlier films into what amounts to "The Stillbourne Identity," says Joe Morgenstern. Meanwhile, social unrest powers the intriguing "Even the Rain."
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