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In China, he has surprised and charmed the nation by his humility and ordinariness.

Texas' Republican controlled legislature is violating the Voting Rights Act by drawing new congressional districts that disenfranchise minority voters and ignore the state's booming Latino population, the U.S. Justice Department told a federal court on Monday.

Texas governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is taking a cue from the successful campaign of Bob Turner -- attacking President Barack Obama on Israel policy.Turner, a Republican, won a special election in New York last week for Anthony Weiner's vacated House seat. Turner beat Democrat Dave Weprin in the 9th Congressional District race despite the fact that Democrats outnumber Republicans by nearly a three to one margin.

Stocks rebounded after a wobbly start on Tuesday on cautious optimism that the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy panel would add more monetary stimulus to a flagging economic recovery,

Burhanuddin Rabbani, the head of Afghanistan's High Peace Council, was killed by an unidentified attacker at his home in Kabul on Tuesday.

The global aviation industry faces growing uncertainty over financing due to Europe's debt crisis and worries surrounding French banks, lenders and airlines were warned on Tuesday.

Gold was set for its biggest daily gain in over a week on Tuesday, after a downgrade to Italy's credit rating added to the strain on European leaders to solve the region's debt crisis.

A new fossil found in Utah with a switchblade claw reveals how raptors used their talons as weapons in fighting.

President Barack Obama has thrown down the gauntlet regarding the deficit reduction process -- the only question is, does he have the support of the American people to enact his budget vision, or is substantive action unlikely prior to the 2012 election, due to divided government?

Stocks rose in choppy trading on Tuesday as investors hoped the Federal Reserve's policy panel would add more monetary stimulus to kick-start economic recovery.

The U.S. Federal Reserve opened a two-day meeting on Tuesday that is expected to end with a decision to stock up on longer-term Treasury notes in a bid to boost a fading economic recovery.

Stocks were set for a higher open on Tuesday as investors waited to see if the Federal Reserve's policy-setting panel offers aid to a sputtering U.S. economy.

Troy Davis will be executed as planned as the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles on Tuesday denied clemency for the death row inmate convicted of murdering police officer Mark MacPhail in 1989. Davis is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Wednesday.

Capital One Financial defended its proposed takeover of ING Groep NV's U.S. online banking portfolio on Tuesday, telling U.S. regulators and community groups that big doesn't necessarily mean risky.

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is preparing to give a speech that will criticize President Barack Obama's policies towards Israel and tie them to the Palestinian Authority's quest for United Nations membership.

Housing starts fell more than expected in August as groundbreaking for both single-family and multi-family units dropped, suggesting the economy will not get help from residential construction anytime soon.

Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) say Earth's deep oceans tend to absorb enough heat and hide it for about a decade. That action could explain periods when global warming slows even when satellite data show there's no change in the amount of energy trapped in the planet's atmosphere.

Europe and the United States could slip back into recession next year unless they quickly tackle economic problems that could infect the rest of the world, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.

Second-quarter U.S. installations of photovoltaic solar panels rose 17 percent from the previous quarter as increases in nonresidential and utility-scale projects offset a weakened residential solar market.

California will trail the nation's economic recovery as its once fast-growing inland areas struggle for years to come with a dearth of jobs and devastated housing markets, a report released on Tuesday said.

International team captain Greg Norman insists his two remaining picks for the Presidents Cup will be determined by form rather than nationality, but would have little hesitation picking two more Australians if it meant boosting the home crowd edge.