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The sister of a man suspected of shooting Malala Yousufzai, a 15-year-old Pakistani girl who rose to fame for speaking up against the Taliban, apologized to the victim Sunday in an interview with CNN in Pakistan.

When Obama and Romney are sweating over the exit polls, it’s easy to picture Christie sitting back and thinking about his own political future.

The state that launched Obama's presidency in 2008 is too close to call in 2012.

Rudolph Giuliani slammed President Obama for the way he has handled Hurricane Sandy.

The religion of Mitt Romney, the first Mormon presidential nominee, has been a rarely discussed subtext of his campaign. The issue is unlikely to be answered with a newly emerging video of a visibly upset Romney sparring with a conservative radio host.

Massive demographic changes have put these Western states in play for Obama and Romney.

With the 2012 Presdential Election now just hours away, Obama and Romney are offering last-minute appeals to undecided voters.

Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon has just appointed the country's first female foreign minister in an attempt to form a unified and representative government in the divided East African nation.

While swing state Pennsyvania has gone Democratic in every pres election since 1988, this year President Obama barely has a solid lead.

While current trends show Romney leading in Florida, experts say Obama has a chance if he can recreate the voting base he had in the state in 2008.

Four days before Election Day 2012, Republican candidate Mitt Romney gave his "closing arguments" speech in the battleground state of Wisconsin.

Laos has announced plans to go ahead with its plans for the controversial Xayaburi dam on the Mekong River.

Queens delivery worker Travis Brann waited 46 hours on line for gasoline in the weekend after Hurricane Sandy battered the New York region. City officials are calling for reforms to help avoid such a shortage in the future.

How could Superstorm Sandy have plunged 90 percent of us into the dark, displaced thousands and caused misery: complacency.

A new divide over the efficacy of the Superstorm Sandy response has emerged, separating Manhattan from the so-called "outer boroughs" like Queens and Staten Island.

Cuba accused the U.S. of fomenting political dissent in the country by providing Internet access to dissidents through the U.S. Interests Section at the Swiss Embassy in Havana.

Wisconsin hasn't voted Republican since 1984. Still, Romney and Obama are in a tight battle there, though current trends favor the incumbent.

The Communist Party congress beginning this week is a very serious matter for the Chinese government, which will change leaders at the event. Beijing is cracking down on everything from kitchen knives to taxi windows as the date approaches.

Israel is believed to possess at least 200 nuclear warheads in its arsenal.

The Old Dominion could have a starring role this year, these areas in particular.

Messham specifically accused a prominent Thatcher-era Conservative politician of raping him as a child.

In a ghostly and cold Lower Manhattan, a reporter survived the hurricane's aftermath with a bit of pluck and help from his friends.

Here are some of the keys to the coveted Buckeye state, a swing state that every successful Republican presidential candidate has won.

Have you decided who to vote for in the 2012 presidential election? Here are some unbiased websites, quizzes and resources for undecided voters.

Obama and Romney appear to evince rather similar foreign policy views.

Yasser Arafat's remains are scheduled to be exhumed on Nov. 26, pending an investigation into his death.

A majority of polls shows Obama leading Romney, but where there isn't a tie, both men have a 5-percentage-point lead over the other.

It is expected that 35 percent of the vote will come from early and absentee voters.

Obama holds advantages in early ballots cast in Florida, Ohio, Nevada, North Carolina and Iowa, while Colorado is swinging for Romney at the moment.