PHILADELPHIA – Protesters with signs that read “Irresponsible Journalism” gathered outside the offices of The Philadelphia Inquirer Saturday to condemn the newspaper’s decision to reprint a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad that had angered Muslims worldwide. Many of the 200 protesters acknowledged that the paper had the right to publish …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – The bullet-riddled bodies of 14 Sunni Arab men purportedly seized by police a week ago were found dumped in Baghdad in the latest bout of Sunni-Shiite sectarian violence in the capital, a top Sunni group said Saturday. The discovery threatens to further polarize Iraq’s ethnic and religious …
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MIAMI – A federal judge refused to set bail for terror suspect Jose Padilla on Friday after hearing about his extensive travel overseas and his history of skipping bail in criminal cases. U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke upheld another judge’s ruling that Padilla would remain jailed without bond because he …
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RICHMOND, Va. – The company that has exclusive salvage rights to the wreckage of the Titanic does not own the site or the artifacts recovered from it, a federal appeals court said Tuesday. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a decision …
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – The spirit of carnival arrived a week early in Brazil with a free Rolling Stones concert before a crowd of over 1 million people at Copacabana Beach. The band opened the Saturday night gig with “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” cheered on by fans who had staked …
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PARIS – France’s highest court ruled Friday that homosexual parents may extend parental rights to their partners, a move long sought by gay rights campaigners. The Cour de Cassation approved such shared rights when the couple is living in a stable union and when it is in the child’s best …
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ROME – An Italian priest who runs a music label specializing in religious songs said on Monday that Michael Jackson could be one of several artists to sing on a CD of Pope John Paul II‘s prayers, but cautioned that the project is “only a small idea” that has yet …
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Scuffles broke out and polling stations opened hours late Tuesday as masses of Haitians waited — sometimes in mile-long lines — to vote under the protection of U.N. peacekeepers crouching behind machine guns and patrolling alongside armored vehicles. Outside the gang-controlled Cite Soleil slum, frustrated voters pounded …
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HOUSTON – The former head of Enron Corp.‘s bust of a broadband business acknowledged that former CEO Jeffrey Skilling may not have knowingly misled anyone about the venture’s prospects of success. Under cross-examination Wednesday, Kenneth Rice, a former top lieutenant and friend to Skilling, said his own cheerleading for the …
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SAN FRANCISCO – Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday’s session are Comcast Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Tyco International Ltd., JDS Uniphase Corp. and Starbucks Corp. Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) is expected to report fourth-quarter earnings of 21 cents a share, according to analysts polled by …
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