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As Brazil prepares to host two of the world's largest public spectacles, the Olympics and the World Cup, thousands of people living in poor urban areas are facing forced evictions or have already been displaced by development projects.

India's wholesale price index (WPI) declined to 6.87 percent in July, contrary to analysts' expectations, triggering hopes for further rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of India.

Syria's rebels were jubilant Tuesday morning, claiming to have shot down a jet and captured its pilot, an apparent victory against the overwhelmingly superior firepower of President Bashar al-Assad's forces.

Mitt Romney received no immediate boost by naming Paul Ryan as his running mate, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Monday.

Candy Crowley, anchor of CNN’s “State of the Union,” will be the first woman to moderate a Presidential debate in 20 years, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced Monday morning. PBS’s Jim Lehrer, and CBS’s Bob Schieffer will also be moderating the three debates with Crowley, while Martha Raddatz from ABC will moderate the vice presidential debate.

A Twitter account that combines the political views of Republican vice presidential running mate Paul Ryan and the swagger of Ryan Gosling, @PaulRyanGosling, is taking the micro-blogging site by storm.

A turf war between two rival mining unions in South Africa resulted in the deaths of nine people on Monday, including two policemen.

Today, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan imperils his country’s chances of regional preponderance by pursuing a policy of speak pugnaciously and carry no stick.

Singapore's population can't keep up with its productivity. Can the government do anything to get some more buns in the oven?

Fillon did not promote a military adventure in Syria but strongly suggested Hollande find a way to resolve the crisis by negotiating with Russia.

Former Cuban president Fidel Castro celebrates his 86th birthday on Monday.

Janna Ryan, the wife of vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, recently made her campaign trail debut with her Wisconsin representative husband. The wife of Mitt Romney's running mate attended three campaign events in North Carolina sporting a thrifty $70 floral dress by Dana Buchman. The dress, which is on sale at Kohl's for $35, is making headlines and inspiring fans on Facebook, who were turned on by Ryan's fashionable, yet affordable look.

By selecting U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to be his running mate, 2012 presumptive Republican Party presidential nominee Mitt Romney has also elevated Ryan's plan to reform Medicare, putting in play elderly voters who are skeptical of attempts to reform the cherished senior citizen health care program.

Meet Janna Ryan, the tax attorney turned stay-at-home mom, who married U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the running mate of presumptive 2012 Republican Party presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick is known for his disdain of 'big government' spending, but the congressman has accepted millions in federal dollars to benefit his congressional district.

Even stripped of his title, Hussein Tantawi and his general cronies on the Security Council of Armed Forces could still cause problems for Morsi and the Egyptian government.

Fidel Castro turned 86 on Monday, but even his birthday was not sufficient cause to bring the former Cuban leader out of hiding. The former Cuban “commander-in-chief’s” growing reclusiveness over the years has given rise to ongoing speculation that he is in declining health.

Leading members of the Group of 20 nations are prepared to trigger an emergency meeting to tackle soaring grain prices caused by the worst U.S. drought in half a century and poor crops from the Black Sea bread basket.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney may have to watch his behind if elected president after it was revealed his vice presidential choice, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., was voted biggest brown-noser in high school.

Earthquakes are a recurring phenomenon in Iran as the country is home to major fault lines, covering 90 percent of the nation.

Having failed to get the U.S. Justice Department to press contempt charges against Attorney General Eric Holder, House Republicans are planning to file a civil contempt lawsuit against him.

Republican Party 2012 vice presidential nominee-designate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said he will release two years of his U.S./state income tax returns, according to an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes," Reuters reported.

Soros announced the engagement at his 82nd birthday party held at the octogenarian's summer home in Southampton, N.Y., a person familiar with the investor said.

A tribal leader and his son in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula were shot dead Monday by militants, two days after Bedouin tribal chiefs extended cooperation to the Egyptian security forces to restore normalcy in the lawless border region along Gaza and Israel.

Afghan officials traveled to Pakistan for secret talks with an imprisoned Taliban member, a move that could signal tentative progress towards the Taliban striking a deal with the Afghan government.

Republican Party presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s selection of U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., as his running mate is an attempt to re-structure the 2012 campaign’s debate so that it conforms to the Tea Party’s agenda - but it's one that will not change the election’s outcome.

Sunday morning’s talking heads political programming became flooded with the 2012 election topic du jour, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s choice of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his Vice Presidential candidate. All agreed the selection signaled the 2012 election will be a big-picture battle over the role of government in the populace’s life.

In a resounding challenge to the Egyptian military's authority, President Mohammed Morsi has ordered Field Marshal Mohamad Hussein Tantawi to step down.

Democratic Rep. Mazie Hirono easily defeated former Rep. Ed Case in Hawaii's Democratic Senate primary Saturday and will face Republican former Gov. Linda Lingle in the general election.