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President Barack Obama announced the withdrawal of U.S. troops (by the end of 2011), in the briefing room of the White House, on Oct. 21. He further said that the United States would fulfill its promise of pulling troops out of Iraq.

Almost 60 years after the end of the Korean War, the U.S. and North Korea have reached an agreement to resume searching for the bodies of American soldiers who died during that war.

The organizers of the US Open are considering moving the tournament's men's final permanently to a Monday, after demand from the players.

In a blunt message to Pakistan, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on Friday, demanded greater cooperation to help squeeze the Haqqani network responsible for attacks in Afghanistan, saying Islamabad could not keep snakes in its backyard to strike its neighbours.

The U.S. stock market surged on Friday going into the weekend Eurozone summit on hopes of a grand bailout from authorities.

South Sudan is welcoming U.S. military assistance to help fight Ugandan rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) accused of murder, rape and kidnapping children, officials said on Friday.

The U.S. and Europe can expect big equity losses on Monday, Komal Sri-Kumar, chief global strategist at TCW Group, told Bloomberg TV.

Obama to announce the end of eight years of U.S. military involvement in Iraq.

Clinton nonetheless assured Islamabad of the U.S.’ long-term support.

The U.S. stock market opened sharply higher Friday on hopes of a Eurozone bailout.

U.S. stock futures point to a higher opening Friday on hopes that European leaders will come out with a grand plan to fight the region's debt crisis.

Gadhafi survived the NATO airstrike, but was killed by a bullet. Who shot him is still a mystery. According to a report, one of his bodyguards, who can be seen lying dead on the ground, might have killed him to spare him from being captured.

The four-decade rule of autocratic ruler, Moammar Gadhafi finally came to an end on Thursday after he was dragged from his hiding place in a drain in Sirte and killed.

As Libyans flood the streets waving flags and automatic weapons, world leaders like President Obama, David Cameron, and the Vatican expressed hope for Libya's future and urged Libyans to focus on rebuilding a nation torn by civil war. Venezuelan Hugo Chavez, a long-time ally of Gadhafi, condemned the Libyan leader's death. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, has remained silent on the result of what he deemed a call to crusades by Western leaders.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who had just returned from chemotherapy treatments in Cuba after being diagnosed with cancer, was a close friend and colleague of Moammar Gadhafi. He has defended the Libyan leader since the start of the uprisings in February, and accused NATO of starting a people's revolution to access Libya's oil.

Jim O'Neill, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, is optimistic about the U.S. economy, according an interview he had with CNBC TV.

The U.S. stock market has recovered from earlier losses on positive headlines out of Europe.

U.S. stocks traded down on Thursday on fears regarding the Eurozone bailout.

U.S. stock futures pared gains Thursday morning on a report that the German government will not rule out postponing the upcoming EU weekend summit.

U.S. stock futures point to a higher opening on Thursday, ahead of economic data, including key weekly U.S. jobs data from the government.

US stocks fell and the euro edged lower on Wednesday as a consequence of fading optimism about European leaders to make considerable advancement to resolve the euro zone debt crisis at their summit meeting this weekend.