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Argentina's ‘Dirty War’ of 1976-1983 saw the abduction, disappearance and death of some 30,000 people at the hands of the military junta.

A Chinese alcohol producer is being investigated after several cancer-causing agents were found in bottles of their liquor.

The Speaker of the Senate, a Republican, announced attempts to defund Planned Parenthood and institute the strictest abortion restrictions in the country would not be up for a vote this year.

Neocon Bolton said the GOP should not give Obama a victory he "doesn't deserve" by approving Susan Rice as secretary of state.

Rep. Tom Cole said the GOP should agree to extend the Bush tax cuts for only households earning below $250,000 to avoid the fiscal cliff.

New committee chair assignments from House Republicans are in. The news is that the only woman who held one of those posts is out.

The presidential contenders will meet Thursday for the first time since the election.

Assassination of Saudi military attaché on Wednesday just another red flag in Yemen's growing militant problem.

France's main opposition party is splitting down the middle, and Nicolas Sarkozy may be the only one who can put it back together again.

Despite critical GOP comments, Obama will nominate Rice for Secretary of State - and she will be easily confirmed by the Senate.

At least 34 people were killed in two car bomb blasts Wednesday morning in a district of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syrian activists and state media said.

The U.N. nuclear watchdog Tuesday acknowledged that one of its servers had been hacked, after the hackers posted the stolen data online earlier this week.

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.

M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have not left Goma, despite earlier reports from Uganda that they might.

Syrian air force planes attacked towns in the north and east Tuesday and killed at many civilians in a strike on an olive oil press while fighting raged in Damascus, opposition activists said.

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.

A leading member of a Hungarian nationalist party has drawn strong criticism from the government over comments in which he suggested that officials of Jewish origin presented a potential “security risk” to the country.

The Brazilian state of Sao Paulo is at the center of increasing violence between local law enforcement and a prominent criminal organization whose influence is expanding in the region.

Tens of thousands of Egyptians are protesting President Morsi's attempt to seize sweeping new powers.

The trio raped Oksana Makar in early March and set her body on fire. She lingered for three weeks before dying.

A new report, "The Learning Curve," ranks Finland the best educational performer on Earth -- and four Asian countries are the runners up.

Chavez, who was reelected to his third term as president, has already endured chemotherapy and radiation treatments in previous periodic trips to Cuba.

Republicans led by John McCain try to get out in front on immigration.

The GOP trio opposing Rice's possible nomination for secretary of state argues she forwarded incorrect info about Benghazi.

Former chair of the opposition Tzipi Livni announced Tuesday she is forming a new party to run in the January elections.

Up until now, Cameron has lukewarmly supported EU membership, though he has left the door open for an exit.

A sex tape of Lei Zhengfu has stirred controversy in China after a journalist leaked it and claims he has more of other Chinese officials.

Conservative media says Time magazine is making a "mockery" of itself with the nomination of Sandra Fluke among its possible persons of the year.