The District of Columbia Council approved new firearms legislation Tuesday that will allow residents to begin applying for handgun permits this week.
A probe of two companies that develop and operate wind farms has been opened over claims that the two have improperly dealt with public officials and behaved anticompetitive.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says Ireland will have to hold a second referendum on the new European Union treaty after rejecting it in a vote last month.
Belgium´s King Albert II continued talks Wednesday with politicians to deal with the country´s political crisis following the resignation of Prime Minister Yves Leterme on Monday night.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivered a broadside at Russia and China, saying their veto of United Nations sanctions on Zimbabwe could not be "easily justified" in the light of the violence and intimidation being unleashed by the regime of Robert Mugabe.
The Bush administration will soon begin telling consumers whether the local groceries stores will bring contaminated meat or poultry. This decision is part of food safety policy and was announced on Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich used his amendatory veto power Monday to rewrite a House bill that would require medical costs associated with autism to be covered by insurance.
Google may conceal YouTube users´ identities when it hands a database of their viewing habits to Viacom International in response to a court order, the companies agreed Monday.
General Motors will cut white-collar jobs, including engineering positions in North America, as part of its latest restructuring to be announced on Tuesday, people briefed on the plans said on Monday.
EBay Inc. scored an important victory in court Monday, as a federal judge said companies such as jeweler Tiffany & Co. are responsible for policing their trademarks online, not auction platforms like eBay.
The Federal Reserve´s proposed new relationship with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- two of the country´s biggest financial institutions -- would broaden its regulatory scope, building on its emerging role as the U.S. financial system´s most important regulator.
The US State Department gave cautious support Monday to a Mediterranean summit in Paris aimed at spurring on Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations.
China said Tuesday it was concerned about an International Criminal Court prosecutor´s decision to seek an arrest warrant for Sudan´s president on charges of genocide in the African country´s war-torn Darfur region.
President Bush lifted the 18-year-old White House ban on offshore drilling yesterday, but his action is likely to have no impact on prices or supplies anytime soon, if ever.
Austrian financial watchdog FMA has fined a Meinl European director 100,000 euros ($157,100) for market manipulation, Meinl European Land said in a statement over the weekend.
Yahoo rejected a proposal from Microsoft and billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn that would have broken up the Internet company, saying they were trying to "coerce" officials into selling assets.
Iran´s leader reportedly warned on Sunday that its security forces would "cut off the hands" of any one who attacks the country.
South Korea on Monday said it will recall its ambassador to Japan after Tokyo reaffirmed its claim to a group of islands controlled by Seoul.
Ranbaxy, India´s largest producer of generic drugs, is being investigated by United States officials for alleged fraud that may have led to substandard medicines being sold in the US.
Groupe Danone SA´s requests for interim measures against estranged Chinese venture partner Hangzhou Wahaha Group Co. and its Chairman Zong Qinghou were rejected by an arbitral tribunal in Sweden.
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