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Republicans have scheduled more than 200 fundraising events during their time in Tampa, Fla., for the Republican National Convention.

The Obama Administration issued new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards Tuesday, which raise the average mileage of the U.S. fleet to 54.5 mpg by 2025.

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi indicated that he fully intends to honor his country's peace treaty with Israel during his first press conference with Western media Tuesday.

The congressional candidate and RNC speaker could be the first black Republican woman elected to the House of Representatives.

Iranian troops are operating in Syria alongside the military, according to statements made by a general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

A court decision on Tuesday has exonerated the Israeli military in the case of Rachel Corrie, an American activist who died in Gaza nine years ago.

Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, may become the first in the world to run out of water. And that's on top of all the other problems in the Arab world's poorest, insurgency-torn country. Among the culprits, a popular narcotic plant

A significant number of these exiles were activists, journalists and Buddhist monks who had protested against the military government.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who will be delivering the keynote address at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, said he believes Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney can win the election and that people will get to know the candidate more in coming days.

The RNC draft committee has come up with a platform that was recently called "the most conservative" in modern history. But some Republicans have spoken out against some of its more controversial positions.

Gambia;s plan to execute all prisoners on death row may jeopardize EU funds it is scheduled to receive.

The Egyptian president courts investment and talks to China's leaders about the biggest issue troubling the Arab world today -- and about what China can do to solve it

Paul Ryan, the 42-year-old representative from Wisconsin and the recently-selected running mate for Mitt Romney, granted an interview to a reporter in what looked to be a hardware store days after Akin's controversial comments on legitimate rape and abortion. In the interview, Ryan discounted the exception of rape, saying "the method of conception doesn't change the definition of life."

Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania is fighting for his life after being recently diagnosed with a form of cancer.

One man has struggled to rein in a fractious tea party wing of his party, another harnessed those tea party-affiliated voters to become Mitt Romney's most formidable challenger, and the last could be standing where Romney is in 2016.

As Hurricane Isaac makes its way onto the Louisiana coast and into New Orleans, President Barack Obama will reportedly make a live statement from the White House at 10 a.m. The address will broadcasted on all major TV news networks as well as live streamed via the White House website.

Private sector deposits fell by nearly 5 percent in July to €1.509, European Central Bank data showed, as public confidence in the banking system continued to plummet amid a worsening economic situation.

Mitt Romney and the Republican National Convention delegates held court among the keen observers of the U.S. politics as the convention got off to a subdued start Monday, lasting barely a minute owing to the concerns about Tropical Storm Isaac becoming a full-fledged hurricane.

The Dodd-Frank Act was passed in 2010 to rein in the Wall Street excesses that led to the financial crisis, but the massive law is only around half complete, according to the Financial Services Committee's Dodd-Frank Burden Tracker.

Half of the Brazilian public sector is on strike for higher wages, but their prospects for success may be dimming as deadlines approach.

Two Tibetan teenagers died after setting themselves on fire outside a monastery in Sichuan province in southwest China on Monday, foreign rights groups said.

International weapons sales by the U.S. tripled last year to reach a record high of $66.3 billion, of which $33.4 billion was pumped in by $33.4 billion sales agreement to Saudi Arabia, according to a new congressional report.

India and China pressed each other for greater market access for their products from medicines to Bollywood films at a meeting of trade ministers on Monday, seeking to expand commercial ties between the Asian giants as they battle a global downturn.

Long-Shot Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tom Smith of Pennsylvania stepped into the politically treacherous waters of the women's rights debate on Monday, making himself the latest in an ever-growing list of GOP politicos who have found themselves putting their feet in their mouths after flubbing a comment on the topic.

The U.S. military said Monday it is disciplining U.S. troops over two incidents that provoked outrage in Afghanistan early this year, one involving a video depicting Marines urinating on corpses and another over burned copies of the Koran.

A sign in front of Steven Showers' California home has made his home the topic of neighborly outrage. The 14-foot tall buzzing neon obelisk pleads for passersby to "Save the GOP." A relatively unthreatening sentiment, right? Except the rest of the glowing red and green text labels Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney a "racist."

Four American soldiers have been charged in connection with a violent plot to overthrow the government and assassinate President Barack Obama, marking one of the most credible and high-profile plots on his life since his election in 2008.

Ron Paul's delegates will have to enjoy the cheap seats during the Republican National Convention, after the GOP assigned states whose delegations are flush with the Libertarian Congressman's representatives to the outskirts of the convention center in Tampa, Fla. The GOP hopes the whole process will go off without a hitch -- but Paul's followers could still ruin Mitt Romney's coming out party.

Beijing's monthly vehicle registration lottery broke a new record with over one million applicants competing for less than 20,000 permits in August.