WASHINGTON - Republicans blocked a proposal Thursday to tax the oil industry an additional $29 billion, while the Senate moved closer to an agreement on raising automobile fuel economy for the first time in nearly 20 years. The tax package was aimed at channeling billions of dollars to subsidize windmills, hybrid cars and other alternative [...]
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A masked man hurled a grenade into a busy market Thursday in Somalia’s capital, setting off an explosion and gunbattle that killed four people, witnesses said. The government imposed a nightly curfew following a week of bloodshed.
Starting Friday, anyone outside their homes between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. will be arrested, said [...]