• Occupy protester hands President Obama a note
  The Occupy movement trailed President Obama to New Hampshire today, where protestors briefly interrupted his jobs speech at a Manchester high school. Using the so-called "human microphone" method, pro
• Syria violence rages; Annan seeks Assad answers
  AMMAN (Reuters) - Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad attacked rebel strongholds in various parts of Syria on Wednesday, intensifying their assault as the uprising entered its second year with a
• TSX slides on ECB comments ahead of EU summit
  TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian stocks sank on Thursday after the head of the European Central Bank said "substantial downside risks" remained in Europe's financial markets and did not signal more aggres
• U.S., EU mull free trade talks, sign secure trade pact
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and European Union agreed Tuesday to reduce red tape related to cargo security and pledged to work toward tearing down tariffs and regulatory barriers between
• 200 feared dead as migrant boat sinks in Indonesia
  More than 200 people were feared dead after a heavily overloaded boat packed mostly with Afghan and Iranian asylum-seekers sank off Indonesia en route to Australia, rescuers said Sunday.