Wed Mar 26, 11:50 AM ET
Deutsche Bank, Germany's biggest bank, warned Thursday it might miss 2008 earnings targets due to the international financial turmoil that the bank has managed to scrape through reasonably well so far.
Wed Mar 26, 11:39 AM ET
Israeli security forces in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday arrested a Hamas commander they said was suspected of playing a key role in a 2002 attack that killed 30 civilians.
The recent attack on a U.S. diplomatic target in Lebanon is one in a series of terrorist attacks meant to undermine the government of Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and threaten to further destabilize the country. With support from Syria and Iran, Hizballah and other terrorist groups continue to rearm and carry out attacks against Israel, U.N. peacekeepers and supporters of Lebanese democracy. Further action by the international community is necessary to ensure Hizballah is disarmed and is not allowed to undermine Lebanon’s democratic government or spark renewed conflict with Israel.
(LIP-ir) -- A powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake, which was felt in Peru's Tacna and Arequipa regions, struck northern Chile on Monday at 4:39 p.m., said the U.S. Geological Survey.
By MICHAEL ASTOR The Associated Press Monday, March 24, 2008; 7:22 PM
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Brazil will send hundreds of health workers to Rio de Janeiro state to help overwhelmed emergency rooms that are reporting 80 new cases of dengue fever every hour, the health minister announced Monday.
