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Iraq's foreign minister has said that the Arab League summit in Baghdad this week will not ask Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, but added that leaders are likely to agree on a doable solution to end the Syrian crisis.

Japan moved away from the agenda of the two-day nuclear security summit on Tuesday to criticize North Korea's plans for a rocket launch next month.

The average price of gasoline in the US rose to $3.92 per gallon, an increase of 11.49 cents in the last two weeks, according to the Lundberg Survey conducted across the nation.

Vietnam’s GDP for the first quarter declined to 4 percent from the last quarter growth of 6.1 percent, according to data released by the government.

Asian stocks rebounded Tuesday and the dollar eased after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said ultra-loose monetary policy was still needed to reduce unemployment even though the U.S. economy has shown signs of improvement.

Syrian opposition activists gathered in Istanbul to endorse a program for political change to unify their movement, but the conference proved divisive even before officially opens Tuesday.

The U.S. war effort in Afghanistan has become more unpopular than ever, a New York Times/CBS News poll released Monday finds.

Historic oral arguments are under way at the U.S. Supreme COurt. But do they sway the justices?

Despite Monday's 92-4 vote, Republicans are likely to kill the bill later this week if, as expected, they're not allowed by the Senate's Democratic leadership to propose amendments.

Germany's Pirate Party won four seats in the Saarland state parliament on Monday. The new party took an impressive 7.4 percent despite only having three months to prepare for the snap elections.

One of his attorneys, Richard Malka, said his client denies all the charges.

The British government has been in talks with Abu Dhabi's cash-rich sovereign wealth funds to sell a large portion of its 82 percent holding of RBS for months, according to a report.

The vast majority of 2012 campaign contributions from the securities and investment industry has flowed to the Republican Party, with Mitt Romney emerging as the industry's preferred candidate.

The three governments worked closely with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the project.

Israel severed ties Monday with the United Nations Human Rights Council after it voted to initiate an investigation into human rights abuses in the occupied Palestinian territories.

The justices were skeptical that an 1867 law barring lawsuits that challenge taxes would bar them from hearing the health care law case, as the mandate requiring Americans to carry insurance is enforced with a tax penalty.

Actor Martin Sheen has played a president on The West Wing and now he's standing up for one in a new video by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee that accuses Republicans of trying to end Medicare and siding against President Obama because they want him to fail.

Of 505 respondents, 77 percent believe Iran presents a grave threat to Israel's existence and 60 percent think only a military attack on Iran will stop its nuclear program.

As heads of state gathered for talks, demonstrators chanted: No nukes Asia, no nukes Korea, No nukes [America], no nukes anywhere! Many cited the disaster at power plants hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan as proof of nuclear power's inherent risks.

The American Petroleum Institute launched a new ad campaign to battle against a U.S. Senate vote to eliminate oil tax breaks.

The Nobel Peace laureate, who is running for parliament, will spend at least four days at home, her National League for Democracy party said. Suu Kyi fell ill while campaigning Sunday.

The Democratic senator wrote that the U.S. Justice Department, which is already investigating the death of Florida teenager Trayon Martin, has an obligation to investigate the controversial self-defense law that critics say was a factor in Martin's death.

More than $1 trillion in tax breaks are embedded in the U.S. tax code, but a new report highlights some of the difficulties in eliminating some breaks and finding savings.

Ronald Reagan used to refer to America as a “city on a hill.” He was right; America (at her zenith) was a beacon to the world.

Turkey closed its embassy in Damascus on Monday, as the country stepped closer to suspending diplomatic ties with President Bashar al-Assad. Meanwhile, the Syrian military has cracked down on dissidents trying to cross the Syria-Turkey border.

Herman Cain's shocking new anti-stimulus ad, which features a rabbit [representing small business] being shot by a skeet shooter [the tax code,] has Twitter users questioning the former Republican presidential candidate's sanity.

Gilani will also meet directly with President Barack Obama to try to repair the fractured ties between Pakistan and the U.S.

She added important lessons had been learned from the Greek experience, allaying fears further bailouts would be needed for other struggling Eurozone countries.

Companies looking for new employees continually look to social networks like Facebook to learn more about their job candidates. But since many users have made their profiles private, some employers now require applicants to submit their login information. But is this an invasion of privacy?