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India’s ruling Congress party Tuesday proposed a nationwide scheme to transfer cash directly to the underprivileged, replacing the government subsidies on food, fuel and fertilizers.

Former U.S. Senator and Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole, 89, was hospitalized Tuesday at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced on the Senate floor Tuesday.

Former U.S. Senator and Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole is not dead, despite rumors to the contrary that emerged on the Internet Tuesday evening.

The most feasible budget deal is one that spreads tax increases and spending cuts out over a longer time period.

Following the close of the 18th Party Congress in China, self-immolation by Tibetans was expected to stop. Instead, reports from monastery towns still describe people burning themselves in protest.

News that India executed Ajmal Kasab, the surviving gunman behind the Mumbai terror attacks, came as a shock due to the surreptitious nature of his hanging.

Sans the hysteria, the U.S. budget situation is like a living room getting cooler, not a "fiscal cliff."

Fiscal-cliff talks between the president and Hill leaders have begun: They have six weeks to avert a likely recession-inducing event.

The former CIA head is testifying in a closed-door Hill inquiry Fri. - his first appearance since the affair that undid him came to light.

A group of "Patriotic Millionaires" are calling on President Obama to increase taxes on the wealthy to help avoid the fiscal cliff.

China's new top 7-member governing body was announced Thurs., including future President Xi Jinping - creating a new direction opportunity.

At China's party congress, Hu stepped down as the nation's leader, giving way for the likely president-in-waiting, Xi Jinping.

The Dalai Lama responded to Beijing's refusal to investigate Tibetan self-immolations by turning to China's least favorite neighbor.

What happens if a political candidate who concedes to his opponent in a high-profile race ends up winning the election after all? America may get an answer to that question soon, as the case of a U.S. Senate race in Arizona is playing out in a bizarre way that could result in former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona beating his competitor, six-term U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake, two weeks after conceding the election to Flake.

When Sinema joins Congress in January, she will be the first openly bisexual member on Capitol Hill.

Congress heads back this week to an abbreviated session. Lawmakers will address the so-called fiscal cliff. Here's what's at stake.

Reports of self-immolation in Tibet as the 18th National Party Congress opens have not been mentioned in local Chinese media.

An encouraged Barack Obama has invited congressional leaders to the White House for the beginning of fiscal-cliff talks next week.

Some skeptics have questioned whether the upbeat reading on China's economic activity can be believed.

Going over the cliff could tip the U.S. economy back in to a recession, economists agree.

On the eve of China's 18th Communist Party Congress, a survey finds 80 percent of Chinese citizens political reform, as well as continued prosperity.