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Argentina's president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced her intentions to bring the Falklands issue to the U.N. on Tuesday.

The anti-ACTA Day of Action is February 11. Protest details, including where, when and how to join the worldwide fight on Saturday, can all be found in this comprehensive breakdown of what is shaping up to be a massive worldwide demonstration.

It’s unclear how she arrived at that exalted figure of $900-trillion.

Actor George Clooney has a long history of dating models, actresses and beautiful women. He is currently dating WWE Diva Stacy Keibler. Clooney has been linked to many famous beauties from Kelly Preston to Elisabetta Canalis.Take a look at Clooney's long list of famous girlfriends.

As ACTA loses support in Europe, where a number of countries are putting the brakes on plans to ratify the controversial treaty, its opponents are planning new protests around the world.

The Damascus strongman still has at least two powerful allies apparently on his side – Russia and China

The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco said Wednesday the Fed may resume expanding its balance sheet to boost the U.S. economy if the recovery loses momentum or inflation stays below two percent.

Whether or not Rick Santorum is chosen by his party to take on President Obama, Foster Friess, the conservative billionaire who has fueled Santorum’s campaign will most likely continue to exert influence over the 2012 election. Here are five things you should know about the self-dubbed “Man Atop the Horse.”

The Darfur Regional Authority was inaugurated in Sudan on Wednesday. The new regional body will be responsible for governing Darfur, as well as promoting reconciliation, peace, reconstruction and for distributing compensation after the nine-year conflict in the area.

Scarlett Johansson and Anna Wintour hosted a glamorous New York City fund-raising event Tuesday night, launching a stylish pro-Obama fashion line of campaign-themed T-shirts, bags and accessories designed by famous designers. Republicans are unsurprisingly in an uproar.

Rick Santorum said Wednesday that Michigan is a great place for us to plant our flag in the next batch of Republican primary contests.

The commander of the Navy SEALs, the elite special forces unit who killed Osama Bin Laden and rescued Jessica Buchanan, is being criticized by a retired Lt. General of the armed forces for his media spotlight and publicizing special operations tactics.

The Washington Post reports that the CIA has plans to maintain a robust operation in both countries after conventional operations have wound down, underscoring the military's broader shift towards clandestine, targeted operations undertaken by CIA agents or Special Forces commandos.

Iran issued a verbal warning to the United States on Wednesday, claiming that the country has the military capabilities to attack American forces around the globe.

Former astronaut, Janice Voss, passed away from breast cancer late Monday in Scottsdale, Ariz. Voss was one of only six women to make five trips into space and to serve twice as payload commander. She was 55. As a five-time shuttle astronaut, Voss' career at NASA was one of dedication to scientific research and exploration.

Some countries, including the U.S., could be trying to bring their budget deficit down too quickly, posing a risk for the economic recovery, the head of the International Monetary Fund's fiscal affairs department warned Wednesday.

The former Pennsylvania senator, who surged back into relevancy with wins in Missouri, Colorado and Minnesota, has worked to position himself as the social values-centric conservative alternative to Mitt Romney. But he has also articulated a muscular foreign policy vision centered on his belief that radical Islam, particularly the Iranian regime, poses a dire threat to American security.

Two Wisconsin sisters allegedly sexually assaulted a man with pliers and forced him to drink their urine. The sisters, Valerie Bartkey and Amanda Johnson, have been charged in St. Croix County Court in Somerset, Wisc., with a felony count of second-degree assault by force and two misdemeanor counts of battery and criminal damage to property.

Records indicate that Republican candidate Rep. Ron Paul, a champion of smaller government, was reimbursed twice for flights between Washington, D.C., and his district in Texas with campaign and taxpayer money.

The government contends that strike action is unnecessary and will cost the country’s economy $100-million every day

Pennsylvania lawmakers in the state's Senate have set a template for the rest of the Northeast U.S. to follow in approving a measure to impose annual fees on natural gas companies for each natural gas well they drill.

Three government ministers from one of India's conservative political parties resigned on Wednesday after they were caught watching pornography on a cell phone during a session of the Karnataka state assembly.

The Syrian opposition, after nearly a year of relentless bloodshed, said it’s too late for any negotiations.

Republican and Democratic leaders accused each other of bad faith negotiations on Tuesday, as both parties played hardball in talks to extend a tax cut for 160 million workers.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy seems to be living like a king, as a new book claims that he splurges about $16,000 per day on food and owns 21 cars that are kept at his Elysee Palace.

Jamaica is still plagued by one of the highest rates of gun violence in the world

Greek parties will try on Wednesday to agree to a reform deal in return for a new EU/IMF rescue to avoid a chaotic default, after repeated delays which have prompted warnings that the euro can live without Athens.

The election in Uttar Pradesh, a state that would be the world's fifth most populous nation if independent, could have a bearing on who next governs India. It is a closely fought four-way race pitting Rahul Gandhi, the scion of the elite Gandhi dynasty, against Dalit leader Mayawati and two other parties.

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is surging in the race for nomination, according to the latest national polls.