Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. denies involvement in the
Blagojevich corruption scandal and urges the governor to step down.

WASHINGTON D.C. UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 10, 2008) NBC -
Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is calling ...   more »

Italian police have blocked off an entire road in central Rome as a group
of demonstrators tried to gather outside the Greek embassy to protest the
police action in Greece that has sparked days of ...   more »

A Greek prosecutor orders two policemen to be sent to prison pending trial
for the shooting of a teenager which has sparked five days of rioting in
Greece, a court official said.

ATHENS, GREECE (DECEMBER ...   more »

The relics of a once-thriving U.S. auto industry continue to motor through
the streets of Havana as the companies that made them flounder in hard
times.

HAVANA, CUBA (DECEMBER 9, 2008) REUTERS-
U.S. automakers might ...   more »

A rare 17th century blue diamond has been sold at Christies auction
house for a world record 16.39 million pounds (24.3 million USD).
The pre-sale estimate was around nine million pounds. Bond Street jeweller
Laurence ...   more »

Battles rage at Athens university on Wednesday evening.

ATHENS, GREECE (DECEMBER 10) REUTERS-
Riot police clashed with demonstrators for a fifth day as a general
strike paralysed Greece on Wednesday (December 10), piling pressure on ...   more »

In the southern Iraqi city of Basra, a new movement of African-Iraqis plans
for the first time to take part in a ballot to end what it says is centuries
of discrimination because of their ...   more »