Radical US-born cleric Awlaqi killed

2011-10-01 08:05:03

A senior US official confirmed Awlaqi's death after an announcement by the Yemeni defense ministry.

Occupy Wall Street campaign

2011-09-30 16:27:07

A demonstrator shouts slogans outside a Charles Schwab banking center during a rally against banking institutions as part of the Occupy Wall Street campaign in San Francisco, California September 29, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

Boeing workers nabbed in drug bust

2011-09-30 06:33:51

Boeing employs more than 6,000 people at the Ridley Park plant, where the V-22 Osprey vertical take-off aircraft and H-47 Chinook helicopters are produced.

US GDP growth upwardly revised to 1.3%

2011-09-30 06:15:48

The US economic growth rate was upwardly revised to an annual rate of 1.3 percent in the second quarter of this year from the previous estimate of 1 percent last month

US warns on possible Saudi abduction plot

2011-09-29 16:12:17

The US Embassy in Saudi Arabia warned that a terrorist group may be planning to abduct Westerners in the capital, Riyadh, and urged US citizens to exercise caution.

US: Iran's navy threat does not hold water

2011-09-29 11:52:14

Washington poured scorn on a threat by Iran to send warships close to the U.S. coast, saying curtly on Wednesday that Tehran's navy does not have what it takes.

USS Cole bomb suspect could face death penalty

2011-09-29 10:50:53

A Saudi Arabian prisoner accused of plotting the deadly attack on the warship USS Cole in 2000 could be executed if he is convicted in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

Two shot dead at Calif. high school

2011-09-29 10:00:16

Two people were shot to death at a high school in Reverside County, southern California Wednesday and the school was placed on lockdown

US man charged in Pentagon explosive plot

2011-09-29 09:15:27

US authorities on Wednesday arrested and charged a Massachusetts man with plotting to damage or destroy the Pentagon and US Capitol

Tape, testimony reveal Jackson's hope for comeback

2011-09-28 11:14:44

Pop star Michael Jackson had high hopes his 2009 "This Is It" concerts would be the spark to revive his flagging career, but in the days before he died his ability to perform was hanging in the balance.

Venezuela slams US involvement in Libya

2011-09-28 10:45:53

Nicolas Maduro Moros, foreign minister of Venezuela on Tuesday lashed out at the involvement of the US, the NATO and the UN in recent events in Libya.

At least 13 killed in Listeria outbreak in US

2011-09-28 09:38:43

At least 13 people had been killed in Listeria outbreak traced to Colorado cantaloupes