Three men arrested earlier this week when police raided a Chicago apartment were being held on terrorism conspiracy charges Saturday stemming from allegations that they tried to make Molotov cocktails ahead of the NATO summit, but the first major dress rehearsal of this weekend's large-scale protests was relatively peaceful.
Greek poll front-runner Alexis Tsipras, buoyed by a groundswell of opposition to EU-IMF imposed austerity measures, says forcing his country out of the eurozone would sink the region as a whole.
Syrian TV: Suicide bomber carried out Deir al-Zor attack BEIRUT (Reuters) - A suicide bomber carried out a car bombing in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, state television said. In a bulletin flashed over its regular programming, it said the bombing was the work of a "suicide terrorist". (Writing by Joseph Logan; Editing by Louise Ireland)
Nine killed by Syria car bomb, 100 wounded: agency BEIRUT (Reuters) - A car bomb that rocked the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday killed nine people and wounded about 100, the official SANA news agency said. It said the bombing was carried out by a suicide bomber and that the dead included guards at a military installation which is near a housing complex. (Writing by Joseph Logan; Editing by Louise Ireland)
A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after rocket engine trouble led to a last-second abort of the historic flight.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday called on the U.S. Congress to back his efforts for tough new financial industry oversight, saying a $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan underscored the need for such regulation. "We've got to finish the job of implementing this reform and putting these rules in place," Obama said in a weekly radio address that accused some on Wall Street of causing the 2007-2009 economic crisis because they "treated our financial system like a casino. ...
Official denies death of second girl in Italy bombing ROME (Reuters) - A second girl who was injured by a bomb blast in southern Italy on Saturday was in "very serious" condition after surgery, a civil protection official said, denying an earlier news report that she had died. A 16-year-old girl was confirmed killed in the explosion. Fabiano Amati, the region's civil protection representative, said that a second girl's condition was stable though grave after surgery. Six others suffered less serious injuries, Interior Minister Anna Maria Cancellieri said in an interview with SkyTG24. (Reporting by Steve Scherer; Editing by Louise Ireland)
