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A rare 2006 on-camera interview with Ugandan guerrilla leader Joseph Kony has resurfaced online, following Invisible Children's viral Web video Kony 2012 and its social media campaign to publicize his alleged war crimes in an effort to see him detained and put on trial.

What has happened to the Grand Old Party? Why does it appear to be so fractured and unable to deliver the kind of first-class national candidate that it used to?

In the latest attempt to bring the bloodshed in Syria to a speedy conclusion, Kofi Annan, the United Nations-Arab League special envoy, met with Bashar al-Assad, the country's president, in the capital city of Damascus on Saturday -- with little or no success.

The $25 billion settlement between five large U.S. banks accused of abusive mortgage practices on the one side and federal and state government officials on the other side that was announced Feb. 9 will be filed in federal court on Monday, people familiar with the matter said.

The Syrian crisis has pushed the Chinese to engage internationally significantly more than it has in the past. Some remain skeptical as to China's interest in Syria, but the recently released 6-point statement shows a China attempting to strike a middle-ground.

In a bid to pressurize Iran into giving up its nuclear weapons ambitions, the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee said a naval blockade of Iranian oil exports should precede a U.S.-Israel joint military action against the Islamic nation.

Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousaf Raza Gilani named a new general to head country's top spy agency, Inter Intelligence Service (ISI), Friday.

India’s Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will present the budget to parliament on Friday March 16 in which there is a high possibility that it will be longer on promises than on specific measures according to Capital Economics.

Rick Santorum is the winner of the Republican caucus in Kansas.

The copper price will fall to $5,000 per tonne over the next two years, well below current levels of around $8,400 and less than half the highs seen in early 2011 according to a report by Capital Economics.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) made the decision on Friday to cut its cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 75 basis points in a response to continued shortage of liquidity in the banking sector.

The global markets tumbled this week, due in part to concerns about China's slowed economic growth. There are several reasons, however, why China's economic slowdown could actually benefit the U.S., despite the market's immediate reaction. One reason is the possible return of jobs to the United States' manufacturing sector.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D - Calif.) spoke at the 2012 'Women in the World Summit' on Friday in New York, urging women to take on more leadership roles in government and business, removing the influence of money in politics and advocating for women's rights in the health care debate. Some of the former House Speaker's most popular lines began popping up on Twitter throughout the day.

U.S. and UK intelligence officers had their fingerprints all over this forced “regime change” in Iran.

During a panel discussion on Al Jazeera English, the former spokesperson referred to a WikiLeaks cable that proves Yemen was cooperating with a U.S. effort to locate and kill al-Awlaki before the Justice Department authorized the al Qaeda operatives assassination.

Apparently, critical race theory is a tough nut to crack. What does it mean exactly, and how has it affected Obama's policies?

U.S. oil and natural gas giant Exxon Mobil has days to explain its recent exploration deals the company struck in Kurdistan back in November.

Mitt Romney is desperately trying to win over southern voters as the Massachusetts business mogul faces primaries in his one of his toughest regions on Tuesday.

Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) issued a statement Thursday saying family members of soldiers captured by the group should continue pressuring the Yemeni government to cooperate in a prisoner swap.

The World Trade Organization has broadly upheld a ruling that Boeing Co (BA.N) took billions of dollars of unfair subsidies, breathing new life into an epic trade spat that has already faulted European aid to Airbus, people familiar with the matter said.

The summit will seek to pressure Iran to halt its uranium enrichment program.

President Barack Obama Friday told Rolls Royce workers in Virginia that day by day, we're restoring this economy from crisis.

State, local and Federal regulators have agreed on another round of water sampling at a site in Wyoming, as they investigate claims hydraulic fracturing contaminated ground water in the area.

Since it exploded into the American consciousness earlier this week, Invisible Children's methodology has been much scrutinized, but ICC chief Louis Moreno Ocampo has defended has defended the campaign.

Thanks to the Democratic-led Senate, the vast majority of the fines paid to the Federal Government at the conclusion of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will be used to restore the landscapes of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Texas.

War's shadow looms over the Strait of Hormuz, and for one company in Qatar, the disruption of shipping traffic of the Strait could very well mean the end of its business.

All told, Turkey has accepted about 12,000 Syrians who are now residing in six refugee camps near the border.

The strike was reportedly retaliation for mortar shells fired into Israel from Gaza just hours before.

Over the past week, Joseph Kony, the Ugandan warlord, has surfaced in major news outlet headlines and social media posts. The interest was sparked by a new documentary, Kony 2012, which was posted online by the U.S.-based group Invisible children. The atrocities that the warlord has committed are highlighted throughout the film and urge viewers to take immediate action against the warlord by donating to the non-profit group Invisible Children. For those that are still confused by the mov...