NATO forces affirm that they have killed one of the leaders of the Haqqani network that is suspected of being behind the Tuesday siege on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed 22 people, including eleven civilians
Egypt has suffered its worst violence in several weeks, as police fired tear gas at hundreds of youths, who threw stones and fought back
A massive 48-hour general strike has failed to keep the Greek parliament from passing new austerity measures, passing by a 155-138 delta
A significant cyber-hack has crippled al Qaeda’s main online communication networks, a terrorism expert affirms
News Corp. has sold struggling social network MySpace to Specific Media, an advertising company, for $35 million
Bank of America has agreed pay $8.5 billion to significant investors who lost money on mortgage-backed securities, ending a nine-month court battle
NATO helicopters ended a four-hour siege on a luxury Kabul hotel when helicopters swooped in and killed the Taliban attackers
Microsoft has unveiled its online version of the software company’s Office software suite in an attempt to fight back against Google as it captures market share with Google Apps
The U.S. government has endorsed French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as head of the International Monetary Fund
The ship that was carrying activists planning on joining a flotilla that was protesting Israel’s economic sanctions on Gaza was deliberately sabotaged, a spokesman for the ship’s owner has affirmed
