KABUL, Afghanistan -- One of the principal owners of the Afghan bank at the center of Kabul's accelerating financial crisis said depositors had withdrawn $180 million in the past two days. He predicted a "revolution" in the country's financial system unless the Afghan government and the United States moved quickly to help stabilize the bank. (Today)

A few pennies' increase in a bread loaf's price can mean the difference between getting by and going hungry -- and erupting in anger -- in the world's poorest countries. A spike in Mozambique food prices triggered deadly riots this week, and experts worry other countries that saw such unrest during the last global food crisis in 2008 could be hit again. (Today)

British Prime Minister David Cameron gave his full backing Thursday to a top Cabinet minister who has denied rumors that he is gay and that he had a relationship with a young aide. (Today)

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday strongly rejected as "myth" any prospect that he could have saved investment bank Lehman Brothers and prevented the near-collapse of the global financial system. Former Lehman CEO Richard Fuld suggested Wednesday that the Fed could have given him a lifeline in September 2008 and spared the world the subsequent chaos. (Today)

A federal judge has ordered Patriot Coal Corp. to spend millions of dollars to clean up selenium pollution at two surface coal mines in West Virginia. Environmental groups said it was the first time a court had demanded restrictions on selenium, a trace mineral commonly discharged from Appalachian surface mines, where the tops of mountains are blown away to expose coal. (Today)