NEW DELHI (AP) – The August 5 demonstrations by India’s main opposition Congress party against soaring food prices and unemployment began like any other recent protest—an electorally weak opposition taking to the New Delhi streets against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s massively popular government.
Beirut (AP) – A judge ordered a gunman who took up to 10 hostages at a Beirut bank to force the release of his trapped savings to stay behind bars Friday, apparently a bid to prevent copycats as desperation deepens over Lebanon’s economic meltdown.