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Declaring women's rights vital for world peace, the Nobel Committee awarded its annual Peace Prize on Friday to three indomitable female campaigners against war and oppression -- a Yemeni and two Liberians, including that country's president.

Woody Allen told the British television program “Daybreak” that he would love to cast Michelle Obama in an upcoming movie.

For two years, Herman Cain has had his opinion columns published on a conservative Web site that often questions whether President Barack Obama was born in the U.S.

Tareq Salahi, the dumped husband of Real Housewives star Michaele Salahi, is seeking emotional closure by auctioning off some of his personal life

Singer Shakira has a long history of working for education opportunities for Latino children.

Journalist's murder, one of almost a hundred cases since 2000, is a test case for Putin's Russia.

“I apologize to those whom are disappointed in this decision… But I believe that they, when they take a step back, will understand why the decision was made and understand that really you don’t need a title to make a difference in this country,” Sarah Palin said on Fox New after closing the door to a 2012 presidential campaign.

President Barack Obama launched a broad onslaught against banks on Thursday, tapping into public anger over rising fees to garner populist support ahead of his 2012 re-election campaign.

Herman Cain may still be a longshot in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, but he's coming on strong. Rick Perry seemed to be a lock, but his GOP star is falling fast.

Steve Jobs has influenced in some way or other the lives of so many that people around the world turned iSad on Wednesday, taking a break for sharing thoughts about the charming innovator who formed modern technology culture.

Rep Gabrielle Giffords will be visiting the White house on Thursady for her husband, Astronaut and U.S Navy Captain Mark Kelly's retirement ceremony. The announcement was made by Vice President Biden via twitter. The tweet said TOMORROW at 1pm, VP to welcome USN Capt Mark Kelly and @Rep_Giffords to White House for Capt Kelly's military retirement ceremony.

The inevitable has at last come to pass. Sarah Palin has formally announced her decision to stay out of 2012 presidential race.

Senate Democrats want to hit millionaires with a 5 percent surcharge on their taxes to pay for President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs program, but the plan seems to be going nowhere in the divided Congress.

Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani will avoid the hangman in Iran, it appears, as Iran claims that the reports of death penalty that circulated around the world last week were unsubstantiated.

Van Jones was the environmental adviser to President Barack Obama and resigned in the wake of a controversy in Sept. 2009. Recently, he has been linked to “Occupy Wall Street” protests and has gained a worldwide attention with his call for an “October Offensive” against the Tea Party. However, it seems Vice President Joe Biden hasn’t heard about Jones.

Democrat Earl Ray Tomblin held on for a slim victory in a special election for governor of West Virginia Tuesday, narrowly preventing a third state special election embarrassment for President Barack Obama.

Former pizza executive Herman Cain is now tied with Mitt Romney for the lead in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, while former front-runner Rick Perry has taken a steep fall, according to a CBS News poll released on Tuesday.

New York Attorney Eric Schneiderman and U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren have been filling a void in progressive politics.

A series of emails released by the House Of Representative's Energy and Commerce committee show that Solyndra investors as well as White House officials questioned Solyndra's financial stability as early as December 2009.

The killing of terrorist mastermind Anwar Al-Awlaki, in Yemen last week, by the United States has raised legal questions, with many international law experts saying that the ideal course of action would have been to bring Awlaki to a U.S. court.

Speculation that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will enter the U.S. presidential race has led to a feverish debate about the possibility of having the fattest man in the White House since the corpulent William Howard Taft squeezed behind the big desk in the Oval Office.