British Prime Minister David Cameron forced to make third unwanted shake up of his government after prosecutors charged Cabinet minister Chris Huhne over an alleged attempt to pin a speeding penalty on his ex-wife.
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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran would not yield to international pressure to abandon its nuclear course, threatening retaliation for sanctions aimed at Iran’s oil exports.
In the 1989 film When Harry Met Sally, actor Billy Crystal asserted that men and women can never be friends – because “the sex part always gets in the way.” That may be true for humans, but it’s not the case for one of our closest relatives, the Central A
The death toll from a riot at a soccer game in Egypt rises to 79, as many continue to mourn and look for the reasons behind the deadly melee.
Rescuers have plucked more than 230 survivors from the sea off Papua New Guinea’s east coast after a ferry sank with as many as 350 people on board.
Dundee, famous for working alongside Muhammad Ali for 20 years, is reported to have had a heart attack in Florida, aged 90.
The pharmaceutical company Pfizer said a “packaging error” caused incorrect doses It said the tablets did not pose any health dangers, but there was a risk of unintended pregnancy.
Gunmen seize a Dutch and a Swiss tourist and their Filipino guide on board a boat taking them back to a southern Philippine island after a 14-day bird-watching trip.
Mitt Romney’s lopsided Florida victory over Newt Gingrich — a stunning 14 percentage-point margin — may be the beginning of the end of the Republican contest to decide who challenges President Obama in November.
Five things to watch in Florida: Newt Gingrich hopes to hang on as Mitt Romney appears to be pulling ahead in the polls.
Dozens of people are killed in clashes between Pakistani soldiers and militants in the northwest region, casting further doubts on exploratory peace talks with the rebels.
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Euro zone unemployment hits new record
Eurostat agency reports jobless rate in the 17 countries that use the single currency at 10.4% in December. Some 16.5 million people were out of work in the euro zone in December, up 751,000 on the year before.
Mani, a photojournalist with Le Monde, was in Homs, Syria on Jan. 26 when he finds out about a massacre of a local family. Rebels lead him past enemy territory to see the bodies of the victims, including several young children. This is his account.
The U.N. Security Council will take up a draft resolution this week that calls on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down and transfer power.
Oakland City Hall is set to reopen after municipal employees worked to clean up damage they said was caused over the weekend by Occupy protesters, about 400 of whom have been arrested following clashes with police in this Northern California city.
European shares are falling, dragged down by banks after Greece and its private creditors failed to come up with an agreement on a debt swap before the start of a European summit focused on growth and the region’s debt crisis.
In a new book called “My Father, Kim Jong Il and Me,” Japanese journalist Yoji Gomi offers a rare glimpse into North Korea’s ultra-secret halls of power. The book is based on lengthy interviews and e-mails with Kim Jong Nam, the late Kim
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says economy still faces big challenges to repair damage of financial crisis.
An explosives-packed car slams into a funeral procession in a Shiite neighborhood, the latest in a wave of attacks on Shiites across Iraq since the withdrawal of American troops last month.
Passengers on the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship are expected to receive a compensation lump sum of 11,000 euros each. Sixteen are confirmed dead, and 16 others still missing from the roughly 4,200 people aboard the cruise liner when it crashed.
DEVELOPING – AP reporting that the Iranian President has declared his country’s readiness to negotiate with the West over Iran’s nuclear program.
At least 100 people have died after taking what officials suspect may have been tainted heart medicine in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.
Australian PM Julia Gillard and leader of the opposition Tony Abbott have been rescued by the police after becoming trapped by an angry mob of protesters in Canberra.
Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of the French firm that produced the faulty breast implants at the centre of a global health scare, has been arrested in the south of France.
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Obama’s State of the Union address, unpacked
President Barack Obama didn’t turn his State of the Union speech into an overt pitch for his reelection, but he did push back against his Republican rivals in his address. Politico reads between the lines.
Theo Angelopoulos, the Greek filmmaker who won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998, has died in a road accident while working on his latest movie near Athens.
Thousands of Egyptians are gathering in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to mark one year since the start of the uprising which toppled President Hosni Mubarak.
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Romney Tax Returns Show $45 Million Income
Mitt Romney’s campaign has released details of his federal tax returns, showing that he will most likely pay $6.2 million in taxes on $45 million in income over the two tax years of 2010 and 2011.
Turkey has warned the French president against signing a law that makes it a crime to deny that the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago constituted genocide, saying it will implement retaliatory measures against France.
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Car bombs kill 13, wound 75 in Iraq capital
Four car bombs have exploded in mainly Shi’ite Muslim areas of Baghdad, killing at least 13 people and wounding 75, underlining a political crisis that threatens to revive sectarian strife in Iraq.
Four years after New York stunned previously undefeated New England in the Arizona desert, the Patriots and Giants are going at it again at the Super Bowl — this time in Indianapolis.
The founder of the shuttered file-sharing site Megaupload appeared in a New Zealand court Monday, as the U.S. Department of Justice seeks to extradite him and other company officials on criminal charges.
The EU has agreed to ban Iranian crude oil imports as the Western world turns up the pressure on Tehran to halt its nuclear activities.
General Motors back as the world’s top-selling automaker from Japanese rival Toyota Motor Corp, less than three years after the US carmaker filed for bankruptcy.
Four French troops have been killed in northern Afghanistan after a soldier from the Afghan National Army opened fire. President Nicolas Sarkozy said France was suspending its training programs in Afghanistan following the attack.
British author cancels appearance at the Jaipur literary festival in India following warnings of threats to his life from what he called “the Mumbai underworld.”
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Eastman Kodak Files for Bankruptcy
Eastman Kodak says that it files for bankruptcy protection, as the 131-year-old film pioneer struggles to adapt to an increasingly digital world.
Argentine leaders have reacted with fury after UK Prime Minister David Cameron accused Argentina of “colonialism” for continuing to claim sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
The Bangladesh military says it has foiled a bid by mutinous officers to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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‘Smoking object’ tossed at the White House
A “smoking object” was thrown over the White House fence late Tuesday. Authorities have closed the north gate of the residence while the object is being investigated.