The plan would slash public spending by $20 billion over four years and raise taxes sharply as the country tries to rebuild its depleted finances.
24/11/2010 02:20 PM
The South Korean capital seemed caught between anger over the deaths and relief that tensions hadn?t escalated.
24/11/2010 01:57 PM
The response is meant to signal an American presence and deter further attacks after the shelling on Tuesday that killed two South Korean marines and two civilians.
24/11/2010 02:40 PM
Authorities say a second explosion in a New Zealand coal mine would have killed any of the 29 miners who survived the first blast.
24/11/2010 09:21 AM
Irving H. Picard, the bankruptcy trustee, accuses the Swiss bank and "feeder fund" affiliates of helping enable Bernard L. Madoff's huge Ponzi scheme and reaping $80 million in fees.
24/11/2010 02:20 PM
It was the second such action this month to protest a drop in education spending and an increase in university costs to up to $14,400 a year, from $5,624.
24/11/2010 02:21 PM
Building a consumer society in China won?t be easy, but the health of the world economy depends on it.
24/11/2010 12:50 PM
The U.S. student Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, both found guilty of killing a 21-year-old woman, appeared in a courtroom in Perugia, Italy.
24/11/2010 02:34 PM


