ELECTIONS

Clashes among police, military and demonstrators erupted at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday, injuring many hundreds and killing at least two demonstrators. In the clash's aftermath (see photos from protests here), the upcoming elections have become a source of anxiety and hope for an Egypt beyond SCAF control.

Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, 20, the blogger and feminist activist who posted a nude photo of herself on her blog - A Rebel's Scream, has been at the receiving end of criticism from sections of Egyptian society and now has lawsuits filed against her.

At least two rocket-propelled grenades hit a ruling Baath Party building in Damascus on Sunday, residents said, in the first insurgent attack reported inside the Syrian capital since an eight-month uprising began against President Bashar al-Assad.

Clashes erupted between protesters and police in Cairo and two other Egyptian cities, killing two people and wounding hundreds in the biggest security challenge yet for the country's ruling generals days before scheduled elections.

An intercepted memo from lobbying firm CLGC to the ABA outlines a smear campaign on Occupy Wall Street involving opposition research and negative narratives against both OWS and sympathetic Democrats. The memo (full text) reveals Wall Street anxiety over the 2012 election, and the threat a Tea Party/OWS alliance would pose.

The Illinois congressional map, drawn in accordance with the new census data, has been challenged by the Republican party, who say it is bad for Latino voters.

Greece's creditors failed on Saturday to persuade the leader of the main conservative party to drop his refusal to sign a pledge that he will back austerity measures under a bailout deal aimed at saving the country from financial ruin.

To protest against the attempts of military rulers to prevent any civilian government from exerting control over them thousands of Egyptians, mostly Islamists, rallied yesterday in Tahrir Square.

Wall Street is in for a volatile week as escalating problems in Europe's debt crisis continue to keep investors on their toes. With light trading volume expected due to the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, intraday swings are likely to be wide and frequent.

Georgios Karatzaferis has repeatedly made derogatory comments about the Jews and denied the Holocaust.

Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi also gave Monti tacit support.

Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was arrested on Friday for electoral fraud, which carries a life sentence, at a Manila hospital, preventing her departure from the country to seek medical treatment.

Papademos’ government also promised that it will not have to enact any further austerity cuts.

More than 50,000 Egyptian protesters flocked to Cairo's Tahrir square Friday to pressure the military government to transfer power to elected civilian rule, after the Cabinet tried to enshrine the army's role in a constitutional proposal.

U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Friday that he will send Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Myanmar, a nation that was plagued by one of the longest running civil wars and a repressive military regime, until recently.

Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, an Egyptian activist who is protesting limits on free expression in the country, posted naked photographs of herself online and has incited a national uproar.

Spain and France struggled with government bond auctions on Thursday, throwing into sharp relief the threat of larger euro zone economies succumbing to the debt crisis that began in Greece and is already lapping at Italy's shores.

Carrefour, the world's second-biggest retailer, must slash prices, build more convenience stores and attract online shoppers as dire economic times make the current CEO's hypermarket revival plan increasingly obsolete.

Iranian-American filmmaker Hossein Keshavarz's directorial debut, Dog Sweat, has won recognition at world film festivals, but it will never be seen in his homeland.

Iranian-American filmmaker Hossein Keshavarz's directorial debut, Dog Sweat, has won recognition at world film festivals, but it will never be seen in his homeland.

Xing Wu Pan, also known as Oliver Pan, is accused of taking $16,000 from an undercover FBI agent posing as a businessman and distributing it to an unnamed candidate through 20 straw donors.