Palash Ghosh

An Indian court has sentenced eleven Muslim men to death for setting fire to a passenger train in 2002 that killed dozens of people, mostly Hindu pilgrims.

Mar 01, 2011

During an exchange in the British House of Commons, Prime Minister David Cameron said that his number one priority is to remove Moammar Gaddafi from power and that his government may arm the opposition in Libya, according to The Financial Times.

Feb 28, 2011

U.S. stocks got a boost from some bullish comments by uber-investor Warren Buffett over the weekend and a number of M&A deals. The stock market rose in February, marking the third consecutive month of equity price gains.

Feb 28, 2011

A British Airways IT expert who conspired to blow up an airplane has been convicted of terror charges.

Feb 28, 2011

There are conflicting reports about the current whereabouts of Iran’s two most prominent opposition leaders, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi.

Feb 28, 2011

Over the next two weeks, thousands of teachers across California may be fired as school districts sweat out the cuts proposed by Governor Jerry Brown.

Feb 28, 2011

In an interview with BBC, Gaddafi claims he is loved by all of his people and denied that any anti-government protests have occurred in the capitol, Tripoli, which remains a Gaddafi stronghold.

Feb 28, 2011

While Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin and certain other states are seeking to curtail the power and influence of public sector unions, a different kind of labor dispute is taking place in Philadelphia which may be an augur for U.S. employee-management relations in the future.

Feb 28, 2011

Despite the fact that volatility has increased since the start of the Egyptian crisis on January 25th, true risk aversion seems to have been well contained.

Feb 28, 2011

Smarting from criticism that some of its top officials have had too cozy a relationship with foreign despots, the French government said it is sending medical aid via airplanes to Benghazi in eastern Libya to help groups opposed to Moammar Gaddafi.

Feb 28, 2011

Convicted hedge fund swindler Bernard Madoff gave an interview to New York Magazine, in which he discussed a number of subjects, including government regulatory reform, prison life and his family. Here are some choice quotes from the interview:

Feb 28, 2011

The public prosecutor of Egypt has imposed a travel ban on former President Hosni Mubarak and his family, according to a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office.

Feb 28, 2011

The interim Prime Minister of Tunisia, Mohammed Ghannouchi, has resigned amidst demands by protesters for the removal of all figures associated with the ousted regime of former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

Feb 27, 2011

An international refugee crisis is developing on the Libya-Tunisia border as thousands of people are pouring into Tunisia, fleeing the carnage in neighboring Libya.

Feb 27, 2011

President Barack Obama has called Moammar Gaddafi to step down as leader of Libya, citing that the regime’s brutal crackdown on protesters questions the legitimacy of his rule

Feb 27, 2011

Unrest in the Middle East has now apparently reached the Persian Gulf kingdom of Oman where two people are reported to have died following clashes between state security officers and anti-government protesters. Another ten people were wounded by police firing rubber bullets and tear gas, according to reports.

Feb 27, 2011

A suicide grenade attack outside a Moscow supermarket killed only the perpetrator, according to Russian news agencies.

Feb 26, 2011

Gunmen have attacked and bombed Iraq's largest oil refinery, Baiji, shutting down the facility and killing at least five employees

Feb 26, 2011

Two Hercules transport aircraft of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) have rescued about 150 workers, mostly Britons, from the Libyan desert, and carried them safely to the Mediterranean isle of Malta.

Feb 26, 2011

Tunisian government troops have fired tear gas and warning shots into a crowd of hundreds of protesters staging a rally outside the interior ministry in the capital Tunis.

Feb 26, 2011

Early results from Ireland’s national election suggest that the ruling Fianna Fail party has incurred a huge defeat from voters enraged by the government’s austerity budget months after it received a massive 85-billion euro bailout package from the European Union/International Monetary Fund.

Feb 26, 2011

In defiance of almost universal condemnation for his actions, Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi is reportedly raising the stakes by arming his supporters in Tripoli for a long and exhaustive battle against armed rebels who are reportedly encroaching upon the capitol.

Feb 26, 2011

In yet another anti-government protest in the Middle East, at least 100,000 people rallied across the impoverished Arab nation of Yemen on Friday, demanding democratic reforms.

Feb 26, 2011

Anti-government protests in Iraq have resulted in the deaths of at least eleven people as thousands of demonstrators rallied on Friday across the country to express a day of rage.

Feb 25, 2011

U.S. stocks climbed on Friday, reversing a three-day sell-off on the deepening Libyan crisis, as oil prices appeared to have stabilized after Saudi Arabia increased its oil output.

Feb 25, 2011

In the summer of 1971, George and his friend Ravi Shankar organized the now=-legendary Concert for Bangladesh to raise money to help feed and clothe the millions of refugees displaced from civil war in what was then East Pakistan.

Feb 25, 2011

The United Nations Human Rights Council has condemned the ongoing violence in Libya and ordered an international probe into alleged abuses carried out by government forces against protesters.

Feb 25, 2011

Libya’s former Interior Ministers is urging Moammar Gaddafi to resign in the face of massive resistance against the embattled leader

Feb 25, 2011

Tens of thousands of anti-government Bahrainis assembled in the capital city of Manama on the twelfth straight day of the tiny nation's protests demanding democratic reforms, including a new constitution, and the establishment of more rights for the dispossessed Shia majority.

Feb 25, 2011