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Three more health workers were killed Wednesday in Pakistan when unidentified gunmen a attacked polio vaccine administration camp, in a fresh wave of violence against the U.N.-backed vaccination drive, taking total death toll to eight. The U.N. said it is cancelling a three-day vaccination drive following the bloodshed.

Leadership and management deficiencies within the State Department were blamed for the inadequate security measures at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, which came under attack on Sept. 11, leading to the deaths of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three other Americans.

South Korean presidential polls that opened Wednesday pitted the daughter of a former dictator against a North Korean descendant.

In their latest move in the "fiscal cliff" sparring, House Republicans announced Tuesday night that they will pass their own tax bill as a backup plan.

The National Rifle Association's Facebook and Twitter pages went back online Tuesday evening at the conclusion of a day marked by a slew media reports criticizing the NRA for going dark on social media and failing to address the Newtown, Conn., massacre last Friday that left 20 students, six adults and the shooter, Adam Lanza dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

An international tribunal has acquitted a former militia leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo of committing war crimes, drawing critcism form human rights groups.

Breaking its silence four days after the slaughter in Newtown, Conn., the National Rifle Association said Tuesday it is "prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again."

The National Rifle Association sent out a short message Tuesday, marking the NRA's first official statement since a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., left 20 children, six adults and the 20-year-old shooter, Adam Lanza, dead.

Hong Kong is one of the world's wealthiest cities, but its poorest inhabitants are resorting to extremes to make housing affordable.

National security expert Linda Robinson said operations like those shown in "Zero Dark Thirty" are just one aspect of what U.S. Special Forces do all over the world.

Somali militant attacks in Kenya have prompted the government to banish migrants of all nationalities to overcrowded refugee camps.

Police have detained four suspects, including the bus driver, and looking for two more possible culprits.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced his plan to establish a new national police force with the aim of reducing violent crime which has escalated in recent years as a result of the drug wars.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani suffered a stroke Tuesday, leaving Iraq's delicate balance of power even more precarious.

Former Sen. Hagel is a Republican, but that isn't stopping Obama from considering him for DOD, in what may prove to be a smart move.

An 11-year-old Utah boy reportedly took a gun out of his backpack during recess, threatening to kill a classmate.

Bogenberger died in November, with a BAC five times the legal limit.

Polio remains endemic in only three countries: Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.

House Speaker John Boehner's backup plan that would extend low income tax rates for households $1M a year "cannot pass both houses of Congress," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Tuesday.

The UAE has arrested three more online dissidents for posting to a twitter account critical of the government.

In the wake of the Newtown shooting, the president has asked Vice President Joe Biden to push the effort forward.

A fiscal cliff deal seems closer, as both sides signal they can make concessions.

The NRA, normally outspoken about gun rights, has not said a single thing following the Newtown massacre.

Naeimeh Eshraghi, granddaughter of Iran's late Ayatollah Khomeini, surfs banned web sites & champions democracy despite a repressive regime.

South Africa is the only nation in Africa where the rights of gays and lesbians are guaranteed by the constitution and which recognizes gay marriage.

A fire at a garment factory in Bangladesh last month, killing more than hundred workers and injuring even more, was an act of sabotage, a Bangladeshi government committee investigating the incident has found.

Philippines lawmakers Monday passed legislation, designed to reduce the country's high birth rate with government-funded contraception and introduce mandatory sex education in schools, despite strong opposition from the Roman Catholic Church.

After days of fighting, Syrian rebels Monday took control of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp located on the southern edge of capital Damascus.

President Barack Obama has agreed to curtail future cost-of-living hikes for Social Security and softened his demand for higher taxes on the rich in talks to avoid the ‘‘fiscal cliff,’’ people familiar with the talks said.