Verizon Strike Update: The Realities of the Decline in Landline Business
Virtually all of the 45,000 employees on strike work for this struggling landline segment, prompting company officials to re-evaluate its cost structure,
Verizon Strike 2011: Massachusetts Democrat Congressmen Stand With Picketers
Some congressmen from Massachusetts recently joined the picket line
Michele Bachmann Wishes Elvis Presley ?Happy Birthday? on Death Anniversary
Thirty-four years after the death of the King of Rock and Roll, Bachman, stumping for her campaign in South Carolina, wished Elvis a ?happy birthday.?
Verizon Strike Update: Company Calls in Hundreds of Non-Union Replacements
The company said the replacements are handling customer service and network operational duties.
Perry Blasts Fed, Obama in Noisy Start to Race
Texas Governor Rick Perry has only been a presidential candidate since Saturday, but the Republican hopeful has already produced some of the most inflammatory rhetoric of the early 2012 campaign.
London Riots 2011: Taliban Blames Disorder on UK Govt.'s Afghan War Expenditures
The group connected the unrest to the war in Afghanistan ? suggesting that the British government could no longer afford to pay for that military campaign.
Elvis Presley: 10 More Things You Might Not Have Known About Him
Here are some more things you may not have known about the man who made songs like ?Hound Dog? and ?Heartbreak Hotel? internationally beloved.
Manchester United May Consider IPO in Asian Market
An initial public offering is only one of a number of possible strategies the Glazer family is proposing.
Elvis Presley: 10 Things You Might Not Have Known About The King
Here are some things you may not have known about the man who made songs like ?Hound Dog? and ?Heartbreak Hotel? internationally beloved.
Elvis Presley: The Day He Met The Beatles
The Beatles, all of whom worshipped Elvis while they were teenagers in Liverpool (especially John Lennon), always said they sought to match and even surpass the fame of the man from Tupelo.
Gunmen Dressed As Iraqi Soldiers Kill Members of militia Group Outside Mosque
The murders follow a campaign on bombings across Iraq which has killed at least 68 people.
London Riots 2011: Cyber-Snooping Helped to Prevent Two Attacks
"We were able to secure all those places and indeed there was no damage at any of them."
India Detains Hundreds of Supporters of Anti-Corruption Campaigner
Hazare has reportedly been jailed for a week in the Tihar prison in Delhi.
London Riots 2011: Government May Grant Police Increased Powers, Curfew Also Considered
May praised the courage of front-line police officers during the riots and sympathized with the hopeless position they are placed in when dealing with extraordinary civil disturbances.
San Francisco Mass Transit Closes Four Stations Following Hacking Protest by Anonymous
The four stations that were closed -- Civic Center, Powell, Montgomery and Embarcadero ? are busy commuter hubs in the downtown section of the city.
German Economy Slows in Second Quarter As Eurozone Debt Fears Spiral
The statistic office indicated that while German exports grew, imports also sharply rose.
Verizon Strike 2011: The South African Example, Where Strikes Are Endemic
South Africa is in the midst of a massive waves of strikes by tens of thousands of workers across many industries which threaten to paralyze the national economy.
Google-Motorola Mobility Deal: The Impact and Ramifications
Under the deal, Motorola Mobility will remain licensee of Android, which will stay open and available for use by other hardware manufacturers at no cost.
London Riots 2011: Labour Party Chief Miliband?s Speech
British Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband delivered the following speech in the wake of devastating riots at his old school, Haverstock Comprehensive in Chalk Farm, London.
London Riots 2011: 16,000 Front-Line Police to Lose Jobs in Next 4 Years
Coincidentally, 16,000 officers were deployed across London recently to quell the rioting that swept the city.
Verizon Strike 2011: The Steel Strike of 1959 Was Ten Times Bigger
Shortages of steel raised fears that the automobile industry would suffer production cuts and might have to lay off significant numbers of their own workers.
Verizon Strike 2011: IBEW Union Boss Warns Workers Not To Cross Picket Line
The following is a statement from Edwin D. Hill, International President of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) regarding recent developments in the strike against Verizon.
Verizon Strike 2011: Union Boss Says It?s About ?Survival?
Virtually all strikers are from the company?s struggling wireline division.
Eyewitness Accounts of Horrors of Life in Somalia
The following are excerpts of eyewitness accounts to the suffering in Somalia, as recorded by HRW researchers:
All Sides to Blame in Somalia Crisis: Human Rights Watch
Beset by famine, civil war and terrorist militant groups, Somalia is enduring the worst crisis in Africa in at least 20 years.
Knife Killings of Six People Shocks Tranquil Isle of Jersey
The victims haven't been identified yet, but they are believed to all be related and also Jersey residents.
Argentine President Wins Primary, Suggesting Easy Re-Election in October
Fernandez praised the primary election as "historic" and a "qualitative leap" for Argentina.
New U.S. Ambassador to China Assures Treasury Investments Safe
As the biggest holder of U.S. debt, China has bitterly criticized the Americans? profligate ways as well as the recent debt-ceiling fiasco in Washington.
Verizon Strike 2011: Eleven Years of Labor Peace Disappears
The last time Verizon workers went on strike was in August 2000, when members of the Communication Workers of America (CWA) held a work stoppage for eighteen days.
London Riots 2011: This Has Happened Many Times Before
Millions of people in Britain lived lives of appalling, often unspeakable poverty and degradation.