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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is known for his volatile personality. However, it is unclear whether his outbursts will have an effect on his chances as a potential vice-presidential candidate.

Two of Argentina's former military dictators have been convicted for their involvement in the state-orchestrated abduction of babies belonging to political dissidents.

An Akron, Ohio, restaurant owner who served U.S. President Barack Obama breakfast Friday morning died of an apparent heart attack right after meeting him.

Romanian President Traian Basescu has been suspended from his post for 30 days. A public referendum -- likely to take place within 30 days -- will decide whether he is removed from office.

The sporting goods chain Academy is suing the private security firm Academi -- the controversial defense contractor formerly known as Blackwater -- for trademark infringement.

Species issues in general are not a matter for the General Assembly but for competent fisheries agencies, Norway's representative to the International Whaling Commission, Ole-David Stenseth, said at an IWC meeting in Panama City on Friday.

Saleh Darhoub, a spokesman for the National Transitional Council, described the attackers as enemies of the revolution and said the incident will not halt the elections.

If defected Syrian regime official Manaf Tlas goes to Paris, it would be in line with a growing trend of bonhomie between Syrian opposition activists and the City of Light.

Horrific living conditions in a South Sudan refugee camp have sparked a humanitarian crisis, according to Doctors Without Borders.

Former Republican presidential candidate and Utah governor Jon Huntsman said he will not attend the party's convention this summer, continuing his critique of Republican orthodoxy.

Even though Rinehart's fortune is now more than ten times that of Oprah Winfrey, few outside her native Australia have ever heard of her.

If there is one reliable trend in Venezuela, it would appear to be a steadily rising murder rate. Violent crime in general -- whether it be homicide, robbery, kidnapping or assault -- is already a glaring problem in the oil-rich, Socialist-led South American nation, and as it continues to grow it will only further entrench itself as an imperative issue in the upcoming presidential elections in October.

Adolf Hitler protected a Jewish veteran from extermination during the Holocaust because the World War I vet served in the same unit as the leader of Nazi Germany did, according to a Nazi-era letter unearthed by an historian.

Orders for dozens of fighter jets worth as much as $200 million each don't happen often. When they do, manufacturers fight tooth and claw, and that's just what's happening in South Korea.

Although Friday's closely watched June jobs report missed expectations, analysts are looking on the bright side: Income and hours worked both rose and the country's job market is still growing, despite global turmoil.

Posner said he has become less conservative since the Republican Party started becoming goofy.

The current situation in Libya means that there is no clear best choice for Libya's 2.7 million registered voters.

The trip will provide the presumptive Republican nominee with his latest opportunity to depict himself as a stronger ally of Israel than President Barack Obama.

Eighteen years after China first started construction, nine years after it first started producing electricity, the world's largest power station is now, finally, fully operational.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta, who is in conflict with Basescu, is the leader of the opposition Social Liberal Union (USL) party.

Is Pakistan an enemy of the United States? For the past two years, the Obama administration has doggedly maintained that the South Asian nation remains a vital American ally, even as it has grappled with what it itself admits is a ?complicated? relationship.

Russia and China are not attending the Paris summit.

Mitt Romney continued to flex his fundraising muscle in June, combining with the Republican National Committee and the Romney Victory fund to rake in more than $100 million.

What does a summer estate in the French countryside have to do with a dilapidated slum on the outskirts of Paris? More than you'd think, as it turns out.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has invited his newly elected Egyptian counterpart, Mohamed Morsi, to a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) nations to be held in Tehran in late August to promote undeniable and constructive cooperation between the nations, an Iranian government statement said.

Mauritius has conveyed its readiness to cooperate with India to plug in the loopholes in the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA), the tax treaty that exists between the two countries.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the anti-government protests in his country are not comparable to the Arab Spring protests elsewhere, and that it's not people, but terrorists, who want to oust him from power.

The same president who set the record for campaign fundraising record in 2008 has been beat two months in a row and recently expressed concern to his contributors.

Rep. Bill Young of Florida was caught on video telling one of his constituents to get a job after the man asked him if he supported a move to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour.