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• Rowling is back on bookshelves, and helping others
Proceeds from “The Tales of Beedle the Bard,” expected to become an international bestseller even though the seven-book Potter series is over, will go to a charity for vulnerable children in Eastern Europe co-founded by Rowling. Beedle the Bard is ...
• U.S. official: Indian attack has Pakistani ties
The State Department official, traveling with Rice in Europe before her India stop, said both sides have acted "in a wise manner" so far, noting there has been no buildup of troops along the India-Pakistan border or other overt signs that words will ...
• Gloom returns to world markets after U.S. falls
The heavy losses in Asia followed near 5 percent declines in Europe on Monday and the near 700 point, or 7.7 percent, slide in the Dow Jones index of leading U.S. shares, which wiped out more than half of last week’s gains. The gloom gripping world ...
• Travel pinched by global financial crisis
... traveling on premium airline tickets — who tend to be business travelers — dropped 8 percent in September, reflecting the severity of the global financial crisis and a slump in the confidence of manufacturers in the U.S., Japan and Europe ...
• Obama A.G. pick defended Guantanamo policy
Those in Europe and other places who are concerned about the treatment of al-Qaida members should come to Camp X-ray and see how the people are, in fact, being treated," he said. Those were essentially the arguments of the Bush administration. Since ...