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Already, about 13,500 Syrians are residing in makeshift camps on the Turkish side of the border in Hatay province.

Greg Smith, a.k.a. the modern-day Jerry Maguire, quit his job on Wednesday. This wouldn't be news if Smith weren't an executive director for Goldman Sachs, and nobody would have batted an eyelash if didn't publicly blast his company in a New York Times op-ed. But he was. And he did.

Mitt Romney's southern struggles shouldn't be too big of a problem if Romney secures the nomination, as seems likely. Far-right voters are not about to vote for President Barack Obama, no matter who his opponent is.

The two leaders are expected to hold talks on a wide range of issues including the withdrawal of U.S. and UK forces from Afghanistan and the ongoing crisis in Syria.

Developed economies will pick up steam this year thanks to an array of ultra-loose monetary policies from major central banks and amid new signs of progress in the euro zone's debt crisis, a Reuters polls found.

Global warming is going to affect several coastal states in the U.S., as the sea level is projected to rise up to 8 inches in the coming decades, according to a new study.

The Obama administration is leaving open the possibility of giving Moscow certain secret data on U.S. interceptor missiles due to help protect Europe from any Iranian missile strike.

Von Trotha's threat to wipe out an entire people would be echoed a few decades later by Hitler.

Ironically, the arrests came just one day after a visit to Iran by the Azeri defense minister.

The Fed chairman said smaller banks are getting stronger despite the slow U.S. recovery, and he assured community bankers that the sweeping financial regulatory overhaul of 2010 is aimed at much bigger players.

The unprecedented move marks the first time the Union has punished a member state for flouting the strict budget rules, which stipulate no country must go above a debt ceiling of 3 percent of GDP.

The defense secretary also praised the work of Afghan, U.S. and other NATO soldiers.

The bus was carrying 52 mostly Belgian school children back to the towns of Lommel and Heverlee from a skiing trip.

Lubanga, who was arrested seven years ago, could face up to life imprisonment

U.S. imports grew more than exports in the fourth quarter of last year, increasing the nation's foreign trade deficit for the period to $124.1 billion, a 15 percent jump and far more than expected, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

President Barack Obama's job approval ratings rose by 2 points to 50 percent in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll. Obama's ratings have reached 50 percent for the first time since last July. The poll indicates that more number of Americans now believe that the President is doing his job well than those who think he is not.

The frequent runner-up urged supporters to help him beat presumptive front-runner Romney. Now is the time to pull together, Santorum said. We are campaigning everywhere there are delegates because we are going to win this nomination before the convention.

Rick Santorum is winning the hearts of Republican conservatives but the cold realities of time and math are working against his presidential election effort.

China and Arab countries have agreed to reach a political solution for the ongoing Syrian crisis, Chinese envoy Zhang Ming said Tuesday after talks in Egypt with Arab league officials. Meanwhile, the UN Security Council member nations are boosting the efforts to end the Syrian political unrest.

In the two years since the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, groups outside candidates' own campaigns have spent $90 million trying to affect the outcome of November's presidential election, the Center for Responsive Politics says. That's more than twice the $38 million spent by this point in the 2008 campaign.

The Central Asian nation's natural gas production has plummeted during decades of conflict, to about 1 billion cubic feet per year as of 2009. But underground there could be vast stockpiles of gas as well as oil, potentially satisfying Afghanistan's energy needs for years.

Egyptian efforts in negotiating a ceasefire agreement between the fighting Israel and Gaza militants have finally started to pay off.

The outlook for Mexican economy has brightened in recent months with demand from the U.S. strengthening and also with signs that domestic activity is recovering according to Capital Economics.

Rick Santorum takes crucial Alabama and Mississippi nominations, setting off alarm bells for Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.

Rick Santorum has won the Alabama and Mississippi GOP presidential primaries, news outlets report.

The Bank of Japan’s decision to extend its support for lending to growth sectors rather than add to its Asset Purchase Program (APP) on Tuesday appears to have disappointed some but was the outcome that had looked most likely according to Capital Economics.

Rick Santorum has won the Alabama GOP Primary, and as of Tuesday evening, he is projected to win in Mississippi, television networks report.

Find out when to look for the results of the 2012 Alabama Republican primary, where to watch on TV and online and how to follow the race on Twitter, below. Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Texas Rep. Ron Paul and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum all have high stakes in Tuesday night's primaries in Alabama and Mississippi, and in caucuses in Hawaii and American Samoa.

The U.S. Senate Tuesday rejected a bipartisan proposal to provide tax incentives for natural gas vehicles, a plan seen by some as paving the way for reduced dependence on foreign oil but panned by conservative groups as an unnecessary subsidy.