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Argentina wants to negotiate a handover of the islands to Buenos Aires, while London adamantly refused to do any such thing.

This year's rapid-fire news cycle appears to never run short of gaffes, most recently President Obama's statement that the private sector is doing fine and the sound bite in which Mitt Romney seems to say he wishes there were less firefighters, teachers and police officers protecting and serving our country.

Talks to reopen the route are stalled, but the withdrawal of the team of low-level specialists does not indicate a significant break in U.S.-Pakistan relations

Political and economic decisions over the next week have serious consequences for the country's future.

A Georgia chapter of the Ku Klux Klan may soon be picking up litter along a stretch of highway in the northern portion of the state after it submitted an application to adopt part of the highway, sparking controversy across the Peach State.

Forbes has upped its wealth estimate for Aliko Dangote, founder and chief executive officer of the Dangote Group, to $11.2 billion.

Less than a week after the State Department put a $33 million bounty out for the capture of six high-ranking Somali rebels, al Shabaab has retaliated by offering its own reward for President Barack Obama.

The modern Republican Party has become so hostile to compromise that it would reject past standard-bearers like Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, former Florida governor Jeb Bush said today.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she would campaign for a financial transaction tax, addressing concerns among the center-left opposition that her government was only using the issue as a way to get euro crisis legislation through parliament.

On Sunday, Israeli Vice Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz endorsed using military intervention to stop the ongoing crisis in Syria.

The world's biggest Muslim country may be headed toward more radicalism and less moderation after banning the American singer for performing in bra and panties.

Since the eruption of violence, 500 houses have been burned or razed in the region, while 5,000 people have become homeless.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will vote on holding United States Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress -- and more than two dozen of his party colleagues are going to vote with Republicans against him.

EU officials have been keen to trumpet the latest euro zone Band-Aid as a triumph for collective action and an answer to critics who accused the group of acting too slowly and with not enough money in the past.

The price of natural gas in the U.S. could be soon set for a steep rise, reaching levels not seen since in years, said one industry consultant.

A leading union and a Super PAC supporting President Obama launched a volley of Spanish-language advertisements charging that Mitt Romney's economic policies would hurt financially struggling Americans.

Not mincing words, the comedian tells Occupy Wall Street to stop street protests and engage in the American political process.

United Healthcare pledged to uphold some of the most popular sections of the law, including a provision allowing young adults to stay on their parents' plan until age 26, regardless of whether the Supreme Court overturns it

The Socialists and other leftist parties gained about 46 percent of the total vote, well ahead of the 34 percent tally scored by the centrist-right Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party of Sarkozy, and its allies.

On Monday, Russian investigators searched the homes of several high-profile opposition leaders in Moscow. The searches, which came the day before a major protest that had been planned for Tuesday, may incite the opposition even more and lead to a larger turnout.

Nigerian rebel group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the twin attacks on evangelical churches that killed at least four people and injured dozens more on Sunday.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson is suspected of being responsible for several nonlethal car accidents over the weekend.

Each panelist at a recent Toronto real estate conference had a reason why the city's condo market is not a bubble. But the developers, the lender, the receiver, the marketer and the real estate agent each talked about the things that worry them.

The head of the Syrian opposition, Abdel Basset Sayda, urged officials to defect from Bashar al-Assad's government.

The American-backed transitional government of Somalia is set to hand over power to a new civilian government by Aug. 20

Google was targeted for unethical and anti-competitive business practices once again when a non-profit organization working on public interest issues filed a complaint against the search engine giant with the anti-trust body, Competition Commission of India (CCI), Friday. This comes at a time when Google India is already facing a formal probe on a similar complaint filed by an Indian matrimonial site.

Mitt Romney?s experience as governor of Massachusetts helped him best a large GOP field in a wild 2012 nomination process to become the Republican Party?s presidential nominee-designate. But is he too old to serve in the most demanding elected office in the world?

Stressing on the strengths of the Indian economy, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that the economy would bounce back in the current financial year as there was strong growth in the mining sector.

Mitt Romney has a chance of winning Wisconsin in November's presidential election, Gov. Scott Walker said on CBS' Face the Nation Sunday in the wake of his victory in the state's recall election last week.