ExxonMobile Unseats Walmart as Top Dog on Fortune 500 List
Oil companies have taken three out of the top five spots on the Fortune 500 list this year.
US Foils al-Qaida Airliner Bomb Plot
The United States has broken up an al-Qaida plot to place a bomb aboard a U.S.-bound airliner.
Putin Sworn In Amid Controversy Over Protest Violence
Vladimir Putin was sworn in Monday as Russia’s president. But the highly choreographed ceremony in the Kremlin’s St. Andrew Hall was clouded by events in the Russian capital a day earlier, when police and protesters, during a large opposition demonstration, left dozens injured on both sides.
China Criticizes US Role in Dissident Case
Chinese newspapers are stepping up their criticism of dissident Chen Guangcheng, who fled to Beijing last month, and the United States, which harbored him for six days in the embassy.