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Greece's parliament endorsed a debt swap with private bondholders on Thursday that forms the core of its 130-billion-euro bailout, despite new protests against tough budget cuts demanded in return for the rescue deal.

At least 6,000 people have died in Syria since last March, including at least 500 children, the UN estimates.

Google Inc. announced Thursday that it will join other Internet companies such as Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL to allow a do not track button to be available for customers on a Web browser, limiting what personal information can be collected and used.

Clinton and Prime Minister Cameron were joined by other heads of state, Arab Sheikhs and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as well as representatives from several Somali factions.

Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney spent part of Wednesday night's debate distancing themselves from the No Child Left Behind education law that they had both supported in the past.

A confidential list of top Syrian officials suspected of ordering crimes against humanity including murder, abductions and torture has been given to the United Nations for possible future prosecution, U.N. investigators said on Thursday.

Eva Longoria, Rahm Emanuel and Kal Penn are among 35 national co-chairs that have been selected for Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.

Two journalists, American Marie Colvin and Frenchman Remi Ochlik, were among dozens killed Wednesday as Syrian forces bombarded the rebel city of Homs for the 19th straight day.

The U.S. would like to ultimately recharge talks on disarmament, a process that would involve as total of six nations -- North Korea, South Korea, U.S., China, Russia and Japan.

Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney duked it out at CNN's Arizona Republican debate Wednesday night, but Romney came out on top at what will likely be the final debate of the primary season.

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner expressed her “profound sadness” over Wednesday's train crash in Buenos Aires, which left 49 people dead and more than 600 injured.

CBS News reported that the Afghan National Army soldier turned his gun on American troops in eastern Afghanistan during Thursday's demonstrations against the burning of the Quran and other Islamic objects at Bagram air base, north of Kabul, earlier this week.

Since the departure of U.S. troops in December after almost nine years of war, such attacks have escalated.

Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney duked it out at CNN's Republican debate Wednesday night in Arizona, but Romney came out on top at what will likely be the final debate of the primary season.

President Barack Obama has made a proposal to lower the corporate tax rate to 28 percent from 35 percent in an attempt to ensure that companies will be paying less in taxes for the U.S. to remain competitive globally. The proposal could intensify the tax-reform debate with the Presidential election approaching.

The home ministry has opposed the decriminalization of gay sex at a Supreme Court hearing, television reports said on Thursday.

The Arizona CNN Republican debate, perhaps the last in the roller-coaster campaign to challenge President Barack Obama, saw rivals piling criticism on Rick Santorum, who was apparently trying to build on his surprise rise in recent polls.

In an effort to spread false alarm, several Congress members were targeted with a biological attack warning through mail that containineda suspicious powder.

A target of less than 8 percent growth for China could be set by Premier Wen Jiabao amid the risk of financial instability, according to a report.

Republican rivals pile criticism on US presidential candidate Rick Santorum to blunt surge.

The stage for the Arizona CNN Republican debate, the 20th and maybe the final debate of the GOP primary, was characteristically different from the ones seen before. There were only four candidates on stage, all were seated and none of them addressed the issue of Americans needing jobs. Here are some of the main quotes from the candidates.

Contrary to the warmongering claims recently made by the Israeli and U.S. government officials, President Shimon Peres believes Israel should not attack Iran in near future, officials close to Peres said.

The world's top consumer technology firms have agreed to provide greater privacy disclosures in mobile applications before users download them in order to protect the personal data of millions of consumers according to an annoucement by California Attorney General.

Who do you think won the Republican debate: Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum? Vote here to let us know. Tonight's debate in Arizona will likely be the last GOP primary debate before Super Tuesday on March 6, and the candidates' last chance to sway American viewers as they make their way to the voting booth.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces rained rockets and bombs down on opposition-held neighborhoods of the city of Homs, reducing buildings to rubble and killing more than 80 people, including two Western journalists.

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, Texas Rep. Ron Paul and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich face off tonight in Arizona for their last primary debate before Super Tuesday. Click here for live coverage of the debate, hosted by CNN, with minute-by-minute updates.

U.S. central bank officials have good reason to be skeptical about the strength of the economy: excessive optimism has caught them flat-footed before.

China issued a formal complaint to Japan on Wednesday after Nanjing severs ties with Nagoya.

It is critical that Europe put up a convincing firewall against the risk of financial contagion from its debt crisis before more aid from the International Monetary Fund is discussed, a top Treasury Department official said on Wednesday.