Occupy Wall Street activists targeted a Mitt Romney fundraiser at a luxury Manhattan hotel on Wednesday, denouncing the Republican presidential candidate but also taking shots at all the contenders.
A U.S. soldier accused of shooting dead 16 Afghan civilians has been flown out of Afghanistan, officials said, as Washington attempted to calm seething anger over a massacre that raised serious questions about the West's war strategy.
Iran charges that as a former U.S. Marine, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati received special training and served at U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan before heading to Iran for his
Members of the American Dialect Society came out in record numbers to vote Friday night at the organization's annual conference, held this year in Portland, Oregon.
2011 was the year of activism, of uprising, of the protester. But the new year is coming, and with it a chance to write a new narrative.
The demands of working people in the US and
* Global markets rallied including in Asia, where data showed improvement in Chinese manufacturing. European shares also rose, led by mining stocks after the Chinese data lifted hopes
Romney said he'll win the Iowa precinct caucuses Tuesday night and give a boost to the campaign that he predicted will make him the Republican nominee for president.
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Occupy Wall Street is a leaderless people powered movement for democracy that began in The US on September 17 with an encampment in the financial district of New York City. We vow to end the monied corruption of our democracy.