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A retired right-wing general promising a crackdown on violent crime won Guatemala's presidential election Sunday and will be the first military man to take power since democracy was restored in 1986.

Reportedly, the attacks lasted for 90 minutes and included running gun battles with security forces.

Major Gen. Peter Fuller, a top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, was relieved of his duties Friday after making comments critical of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a senior U.S. defense official said.

France, Britain and Colombia plan to abstain from a Security Council vote granting Palestinians statehood, two United Nations diplomats said Thursday.

Gunmen attacked a church in Nigeria late Thursday, killing at least two people.

Apple has recently filed a case with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over seven domain names that use Apple's trademarked term iPhone. The seven sites in dispute lead to mobile porn services and are not related to Apple or Apple products.

The International Criminal Court is still receiving information that Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam may try to flee Libya with the help of mercenaries, the court's chief prosecutor said on Wednesday.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had confirmed what many in the west already assumed – that the Iranians are building nuclear weapons.

Viktor Bout was busted in a sting operation attempting to sell weapons to a Colombian rebel group, FARC.

Moammar Gadhafi's son Saif al-Islam Gadhafi is thought to hiding in the Sahara Desert, where he could potentially remain undetected for months.

Condoleezza Rice book No Higher Honor released on Nov. 1.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fully accepted an Arab League peace plan on Wednesday to end seven months of violence and protests.

Although the U.S. ranks fourth in overall human development, when the scale is adjusted to account for income, health and education inequality, it falls to 23.

The Syrian army's attempt to suppress a months-old popular uprising have increasingly involved Lebanon, a destination for fleeing dissidents and a country whose politics are deeply intertwined with the Syrian regime.

Canada will not help make up any funding shortfall to U.N. cultural agency UNESCO, which is under financial pressure after a vote to grant the Palestinians full membership, Foreign Minister John Baird said Tuesday.

Hackers attacked Palestine's Internet and phone network on Tuesday, slowing down or stopping services for all Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

President Ollanta Humala, who took office in July, is trying to ramp up social spending to fight poverty without scaring away investors in Peru, one of the world's fastest-growing economies.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization voted overwhelmingly in favor of granting full membership to the Palestinian Authority, but it will cost the agency the United States' portion of its funding.

With Gadhafi gone and Libya's new government still in its infancy, the United Nations Security Council is worried that the weapons could fall into the hands of militants groups or be put into circulation.

At least 48 chemical and defense companies were victims of a coordinated cyber attack that has been traced to a man in China, according to a new report from security firm Symantec Corp.

The United States announced to stop financial contribution to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation after the UN body voted to admit Palestine as its full member, which the Obama administration termed as regrettable and premature.