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It's unclear whether Kerem Can Karakaş' heart attack stemmed from tear gas complications after a brutal police crackdown on protesters in Istanbul.

Some 308,000 people (mostly youths) have left Ireland since 2009 (in a country with a population of only about 4.6 million).

Hispanic voters were more optimistic than white respondents, and black voters were the most optimistic.

Istanbul has descended into chaos as Turkish police use tear gas and water cannons to disperse a group of peaceful anti-government protesters.

The president called on Congress to stop federal student loan interest rates from doubling, setting the stage for a showdown with the GOP.

After being abandoned in a bathroom and trapped in a sewer pipe, a now-famous baby in China is now cherished by soccer player Adrian Mutu.

Watch live as Turkish police descend on a peaceful protest in Istanbul Fri., dispersing protesters with water cannons and tear gas.

Villagers stormed a Canadian-owned gold mine in Kyrgyzstan, demanding money and infrastructure investments.

The wife of the New Boston, Texas, resident noticed computer searches for ricin and a strange odor coming from their refrigerator.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, says the D.C. Circuit doesn't need more judges, but experts aren't convinced.

Reportedly, Malawi had agreed to ship 100,000 young men and women between the ages of 18 and 25 to South Korea to work in factories and farms.

Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, the suspect's mother, said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told her he had nothing to do with the Boston Marathon bombings.

Thousands of demonstrators from the anti-austerity group Blockupy took to the streets in Germany's main financial district.

More than one-quarter of Greeks and Spaniards are idle, along with nearly one-quarter of all younger working-age Europeans.

India's economy expanded by 4.8 percent in the first three months of 2013, the country's last fiscal 2012-13 quarter.

If the United States intervenes in Syria, the cost of a no-fly zone might be more than the American public bargained for.

In two separate drug busts over the Memorial Day weekend, U.S. Customs officials were able to prevent more than $1 billion worth of cocaine headed to American shores.

Illinois' Hospira, which produces generic drugs, is being investigated by the FDA for violations at its Indian facility.

Cash-carrying Chinese tourists have been targeted for thefts and other crimes.

Flint, Mich., woman Nicole Lynn Mansfield was killed while fighting for pro-rebel forces in Syria.

A new photo of the ricin-laced letter sent to Mayor Bloomberg reveals shocking threats against the gun-control advocate.

The president's poll numbers took a hit as he deals with scandals in his administration, a new Quinnipiac University poll found.

Gawker, a NYC-based gossip site, scooped the Toronto Star on Mayor Rob Ford's alleged crack smoking. Is "libel chill" or something else to blame?

In their drive for the Keystone XL pipeline, TransCanada and Alberta signed up firms with ties to the Obama administration.

After rapidly expanding for the past 10 years, China's distilled liquor industry reverses in the first quarter of 2013.

A study by Russian analysts claims that no cases for criminal fraud, embezzlement or bribery will reach Putin's courts.

Law was a paralegal for prominent Philadelphia attorney A. Charles Peruto, Jr. She was found dead in his bathtub.

At its peak, Nalanda Unversity had some 10,000 students and 2,000 teachers, attracting students from across Asia and even as far away as Greece.

The St. Clair County Circuit judge denies the charges, which were filed after a colleague died of a drug overdose.