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Seventeen diplomats were labeled persona non grata in Syria on Tuesday and asked to leave the embattled country immediately.

Samsung announced Monday that it would launch Galaxy S3 with AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and US Cellular starting in June.

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Nebraska landowners challenging the constitutionality of state laws dealing with the Keystone XL Pipeline will have to pin their hopes on Nebraska's lower district court, as its Supreme Court decided it will not hear their case.

Martin Short's wife, Nancy Dolman, died of ovarian cancer in August 2010. In an uncomfortable moment on the Today show yesterday, host Kathie Lee Gifford asked Short how his marriage was going with Nancy, unaware that she passed away nearly two years ago.

The value of the monetary unit of Canada slipped Thursday against the U.S. dollar as a consequence of underwhelming employment data issued by the U.S.

Thousands of Ecuadoreans this week are trying to force Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. oil and gas company, into complying with a verdict and paying billions in environmental fines resulting from a decade-long pollution case.

Data wise, Switzerland GDP beat forecasts by coming in at 0.7% against expectations of no change

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Shares of smartphone manufacturers Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) and Nokia (NYS: NOK) swooned this week on fears of mounting losses and dwindling share.

Samsung Electronics announced Wednesday the models details and availability date of its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S3, in Canada. The highly-anticipated smartphone will be available through leading Canadian wireless carriers and authorized national retailers, starting June 20.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been receiving treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer for more than a year now. He has been in power since 1999 and intends to run for re-election in October, but questions remain about whether his health will hold up and who could replace him in the event it does not.

Only two of the 35 wealthiest countries have rates of relative childhood poverty above 20 percent. The United States shares the dubious honor with a former Communist dictatorship

With Europe rattling markets and the rush to dollars, traders have dragged down Brent Crude to cap-off what looks to be its worst performance in two years.

A severed human foot was mailed to Canada's Conservative Party headquarters on Tuesday, Canadian police said. Immediately after the incident, local police intercepted a second suspicious package, mailed to the same address, which also contained body parts.

Two months ago, Toronto activist investor Victor Alboini, whose Jaguar Financial had acquired a stake just below 5 percent in Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM), said the company won?t be around in its current shape in two years. Now it's for sale.

Several parts of Homs were shelled Wednesday morning while Damascus witnessed overnight explosions, close on the heels of UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's warning that the recent violence had left Syria at a tipping point.

The value of the Canadian dollar gained against most of its rival currencies Tuesday amid strong indications of growth in Asia and North America

Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, fell to a new low following its $16 billion May 17 initial public offering.

The highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S3 is finally out in Europe, but with pre-orders topping over 9 million, customers are facing distribution delays.

Shares of BlackBerry developer Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) rose as much as 3.8 percent Tuesday after reports it might shed 2,000 more employees soon. But they fell 10 percent later.