President Barack Obama says the nation's financial meltdown could have been avoided with clear rules of the road for Wall Street that were actually enforced. (Dec. 12)
Chile could turn to the right for the first time since Pinochet's military dictatorship, according to polls that put a billionaire businessman as the frontrunner in weekend presidential elections. The Sunday vote is to select a successor to...
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Here's the latest news for Friday, December 11, 2009: U.S. claims top Al Qaida operative dead; Pakistan says 5 Americans will likely be deported; Obama returning from Norway; Madoff scandal anniversary.