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Asian, European and U.S. stocks fell hard Wednesday on rising fears and uncertainty about a possible Greek exit from the euro zone as well as concerns over slowing economic growth.

Pakistan Imprisons Doctor Who Helped CIA Find Osama Bin Laden

The talks between representatives of the U.S., Russia, France, Britain, Germany, China and Iran are aimed at diffusing rising tension in the region, with Iran seeking a reprieve from crippling sanctions imposed on its energy and banking sectors.

Futures on major U.S. stock indices point to a lower opening Wednesday ahead of new home sales data for April and a European Union summit.

Asian stock markets declined Wednesday as renewed concerns of Greece's probable exit from the euro zone dampened sentiment.

Japan reported Wednesday a rise in trade deficit in April compared to a year earlier as the nuclear energy crisis has resulted in the increase of oil and gas imports.

The U.S. economy will likely dip into another recession in the first half of 2013 if planned tax increases and spending cuts are allowed to go into effect in January, the Congressional Budget Office said.

The Republicans in the recently formed Women's Policy Alliance don't actually support legislation intended to aid women.

Tanya Dixon-Neely, the North Carolina high school teacher who became an infamous YouTube sensation after she yelled at student Hunter Rogers over his critical questioning of President Barack Obama, has been suspended with pay over her shocking classroom antics.

NATO signed a $1.7 billion contract with U.S.-based defense contractor Northrup Grumman Sunday for five unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones, that will be used by allied countries for a new ground-surveillance system.

A statement from North Korea on Tuesday declared that Pyongyang would 'expand and bolster' its nuclear deterrent program in response to Western hostilities, but denied that it had been engaging in nuclear tests.

Comments regarding a rebound in the Chinese economy from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development lifted stocks earlier Tuesday and kept Asian and European bourses in the green. The comments came after Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said last weekend his government would focus more on growth than inflation.

The G8 leaders also said that it is ?our imperative to promote growth and jobs?.

Police in Portland, Maine, have discovered the body of a missing Harvard Business school student, Nathan Bihlmaier, who went missing on Saturday and was last seen near the waterfront of the city's Old Port.

The New York Times has done it again. They?ve succeeded in breaking yet another cutting-edge news story on Sunday?s front page: ?Beware, Mitt Romney is a Mormon.?

Certain Groupon customers are entitled to part of the $8.5 million in damages that have been awarded as part of a class-action lawsuit against the company. Here's how to find out if you are eligible for a voucher.

In addition to sick Americans, more than 80 percent of the general public said health-care costs are exorbitant.

Prime Minister David Cameron has said in the past that the thought of inmates voting made him ?physically ill.

U.S. Airways flight 787 was diverted to Maine on Tuesday, May 22, where it landed safely after reports of a passenger showing suspicious behavior. according to CNN , a passenger who claimed to have a device surgically implanted inside her triggered a security scare that led the plane to divert to North Carolina, with NORAD F-15 fighter jets by its side.

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM), the No. 2 computer maker, said it opened a new center in Da Nang, Vietnam, its third center in the Southeast Asian country.

A British hacker who gained access to the Twitter and Facebook accounts of singer Selena Gomez and posted Justin Bieber sucks! to the accounts has been jailed for a year.. Gareth Crosskey, 21, gained access to accounts belonging to Selena Gomez, the boyfriend of fellow pop sensation Justin Bieber, in January by pretending to be Selena's stepfather.