Government

Erdogan rallies supporters as protests continue in Turkey

2013-06-16 14:44:00

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Riot police firing tear gas and water cannons repelled thousands of antigovernment protesters attempting to converge on Istanbul's central Taksim Square on Sunday, unbowed even as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended his...

Britain's scrutiny of tax havens involves looking in the mirror

2013-06-16 20:36:00

LONDON — For hundreds of years, the island of Jersey has been famous for its cows, which have been bred, raised and exported worldwide. But these days, the mother's milk of its economy is something else entirely: the billions upon billions of...

Edward Snowden shows evolution of smuggling secrets

2013-06-13 21:16:00

WHITMORE VILLAGE, Hawaii — Sure, Edward Snowden just used a simple thumb drive to smuggle classified information out of the National Security Agency. But one look at the sprawling NSA compound where he is believed to have worked in the mountains...

California lawmakers finalize $96.3-billion budget

2013-06-15 15:47:00

SACRAMENTO – California lawmakers wrapped up their work on the state budget on Saturday, approving bills detailing plans for university tuition assistance, energy efficiency projects and the expansion of healthcare programs. The Legislature also...

'Less liberal' is the new conservative in state Capitol

2013-06-14 18:35:00

SACRAMENTO — As the Democrats who control the Capitol congratulated themselves over this week's state budget deal, another dynamic emerged: support from across the political divide for Gov. Jerry Brown's thrifty ways. Republicans who a few years...

Iranian officials count ballots in presidential election

2013-06-14 16:03:00

TEHRAN -- Electoral authorities began counting ballots late Friday after tens of millions of Iranians turned out to vote for a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Officials estimated that the turnout may have reached 70% among more than 50...

Turkish police launch assault on protesters in Istanbul park

2013-06-15 15:19:00

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Hundreds of riot police firing tear gas stormed a central Istanbul park Saturday, tearing down tents and clearing out demonstrators in a bold, if politically risky, move by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to stem more than two...

In Pakistan, attackers bomb women's university bus, hospital

2013-06-15 15:54:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Militants laid siege to a hospital and bombed a women's university bus in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta in a wave of violence that killed at least 19 people and underscored the challenge facing new Prime Minister...

California passes a budget that could be a federal template

2013-06-14 21:25:00

SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers passed a budget Friday that lays the groundwork for the largest expansion of public healthcare in the country, placing the state at the leading edge of President Obama's federal overhaul. The budget, which the...

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer pushes through Obama's Medicaid expansion

2013-06-14 06:30:00

TUCSON — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer won a battle with state lawmakers this week, defying most other conservatives in her party to get a key component of President Obama’s Medicaid expansion through the Legislature. The Arizona Senate voted...

Hundreds protest in Hong Kong in support of Snowden

2013-06-15 08:33:00

HONG KONG -- Chanting “No extradition” and “Shame on the U.S. government,” hundreds of people took to the rainy streets of Hong Kong on Saturday to voice solidarity with Edward Snowden and denounce the United States as a...

Artists say Egypt's culture minister trying to quash free expression

2013-06-16 08:58:00

CAIRO — Artists and writers protesting in downtown Cairo are calling for the resignation of Culture Minister Alaa Abdel-Aziz amid accusations that the Islamist-led government is attempting to impose restrictions on the country’s art scene....

Pro-democractic legislator Claudia Mo holds a copy of George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" next to a picture of U.S. President Barack Obama and Edward Snowden during a news conference in Hong Kong Friday, June 14, 2013. Two lawmakers in Hong Kong said on Friday that they had written to U.S.

2013-06-15 01:36:00

"A Morpheus" by Mark Mennin, polished granite, 2012, is part of a new sculpture park at the Governor's Residence that will be opening this week to the public, all sculptures are by CT artists and the works are being displayed on the grounds.

2013-06-15 00:00:00

Protesters hold placards outside government headquarters during a rally in Hong Kong on Saturday in support of Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor.

2013-06-15 00:00:00