TEHRAN, Iran -- Violent clashes erupted yesterday in downtown Tehran between thousands of defiant protesters chanting "Death to the dictator" and security forces wielding truncheons, as the political crisis over Iran's disputed presidential election stretched into its fourth week. (Today)
Despite a last-minute appeal, a judge's order went into effect yesterday allowing General Motors Corp. to emerge from bankruptcy a streamlined, efficient and largely debt-free company. (Today)
ACCRA, Ghana -- As Ghana prepares to receive President Barack Obama today in his first presidential visit to a sub-Saharan country, Ghanaians say the world ought to see the country for more than its political strides in achieving good governance, but also for its diversity. (Today)
WASHINGTON -- House Democrats were working yesterday to avert a showdown with President Barack Obama and the CIA over who in Congress should receive sensitive information on the agency's covert activities. (Today)
ALSIP, Ill. -- Three gravediggers and a cemetery manager unearthed hundreds of corpses from a historic black cemetery south of Chicago, dumping some in a weeded area and double-stacking others in existing graves, in an elaborate scheme to resell the plots, authorities said yesterday. All four were charged with felonies. (Today)
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