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Asian stocks climbed and the euro inched higher on Monday after policymakers approved an emergency tranche of funding for Greece, offering a lifeline to the debt-stricken nation while strong U.S. data also boosted demand for risky assets.

Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan win their second major title this year.

Yingluck Shinawatra, the 44-year-old youngest sister of the exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, of the Puea Thai Party, is challenging the Democrat incumbent Abhisit Vejjajiva in Sunday’s general polls.

Check out the incredible sequence of pictures that captured the moment when the third bomb exploded. The images show a bomb disposal expert standing to the left of the car as it is ripped apart in the blast.

Kia Abdullah, who periodically writes for the Guardian newspaper, said she felt no sympathy for the three teenaged men who were killed in a bus crash in Tuesday, since they came from comfortable middle-class backgrounds.

Thais face jail if they campaign during Sunday's election on social media sites such as Twitter, with more than 100 police monitoring sites to make sure the law is enforced.

Could Thaksin Shinawatra reclaim power in the country from which he was exiled?

Burma has banned Michelle Yeoh, the Chinese-Malaysian actress of Crouching, Tiger Hidden Dragon fame.

The military-backed government of Burma has deported actress Michelle Yeoh, who stars as the country's famous pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an upcoming movie, officials said on Tuesday.

Nissan Motor outlined plans to boost both its global market share and profit margin to 8 percent within six years, promising a new vehicle every six weeks on average to woo consumers away from rivals.

Sudan produces up to 81,000 tonnes of camel meat per year. Down there, it's common food.

Thousands of corrupt Chinese government officials have stolen more than $120-billion from the mid-1990s to 2008, according to a report from China’s central bank.

There are a thousand reasons not to travel. Here are six reasons why you should. Why it’s essential. Why escaping somewhere, anywhere, is important, and a vital part of humanity!

(Pamela Eyring is president and director of The Protocol School of Washington, which provides certified professional etiquette and protocol training. The opinions expressed are her own. PSOW's website is http://psow.edu)

If you crave the solitude and serenity of an untouched paradise, here are 5 destinations that will truly match your wanderlust dreams. But get there quick, secrets like these can only last so long.

The Chinese military has confirmed that it is constructing its first aircraft carrier.

Last week we had snakes on a train. This week there’s rats on a plane.

German health officials say 16 people have been killed in the country so far by an E.coli outbreak. Officials have yet to figure out the source of the outbreak.

Gold continued to trade in a tight range Tuesday morning around $1538 per ounce - just over 2% off its all-time high - after a flat day on Monday as the UK and US had official holidays.

There is something terribly right going on in this small Southeast Asian republic.

North Korean food crisis is no longer news, but this year it has made unusual public pleas for food aid. Should North Korea get food aid or not? While the easy answer to the heartrending stories of North Korean's plights may be unconditional food aids, there are more significant factors, complex and indispensable for the ultimate well-being of the North Koreans in the long run, to be considered.