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Belgium is compelled by the EU to slash its deficit to below 3 percent of GDP from 4.2 percent in 2011.

China lost an appeal at the World Trade Organization on Monday in a case about its export restrictions on raw materials, a ruling that could make it harder for major commodity exporters to withhold supplies on the global market.

Mustapha had served as Abacha’s chief of security and has always maintained his innocence

An Occupy Oakland protest once again spiraled into mass arrests and property destruction on Saturday, underscoring the city's reputation for hosting some of the most tumultuous and occasionally violent demonstrations of the Occupy movement. That volatility reflects both the tactics used by Occupy Oakland and the Oakland Police Department's tendency to resort to heavy handed enforcement.

President Obama's re-election campaign told the Center of Responsive Politics it plans to refund federal lobbyist donations that slipped through the cracks last year.

Russia wants to mediate talks between the Syrian government and protestors, inviting both parties to informal negotiations in Moscow on Monday.

Data from Megaupload and Megavideo could be deleted as soon as Thursday, federal prosecutors said

The Occupy movement resurged from a relatively quiet winter after about 400 people were arrested in Oakland over the weekend.

As Obama's Google Plus Hangout looms, his YouTube channel has attracted some controversial questions he likely didn't expect to face during today's post-State of the Union conversation.

Ica itself has suffered damage to some buildings, as well as the loss of electrical power.

France has cut its economic growth forecast for 2012 to 0.5 percent from 1 percent, Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Monday.

The Sudan military rescued 17 of the Chinese workers who were abducted from their camp in South Kordofan on Saturday. They were reportedly taken to a safe place, but at least 29 workers are still being held.

Now that Rick Santorum's daughter is recovering from pneumonia, the presidential candidate is returning to the campaign trail -- but not to Florida, even though its primary is Tuesday and 50 delegates hang in the balance.

The Occupy movement entered a tumultuous new phase this weekend, with a violent weekend protest by Occupy Oakland resulting in 400 arrests and Occupy D.C. facing a noon Monday deadline to leave McPherson Square.

On Sunday, three Afghans were found guilty of the honor killing murders of four women in Canada. Husband and wife Mohammad Shafia and Tooba Yahya, and their son Hamed Shafia, were each convicted of four counts of first-degree murder for the murder of the family's three teenaged daughters and another woman, a verdict that carries an automatic life sentence.

India and China are following dramatically different trajectories in their paths to prosperity.

India has stated that it will not cut its oil imports from Iran despite the sanctions laid down against Iran by the U.S and the European Union.

The U.S. Department of Defense cannot account for about $2 billion in Iraq development funds made available to it by the government of Iraq, and it hasn't been able to furnish a complete list of U.S.-funded reconstruction projects, two new government audits have found.

Free Syrian Army fighting President Assad's forces withdraw from eastern suburbs of Damascus after two days of fighting.

Armored forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad took control Sunday of eastern suburbs of Damascus from opposition fighters after two days of bombardment and fighting with rebels, activists said Sunday night.

More than 400 anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested in Oakland during a night of skirmishes in which police fired tear gas and bean bag projectiles, the city said on Sunday, marking one of the biggest mass arrests since nationwide economic protests began last year.

EU leaders will sign off on a permanent rescue fund for the euro zone at a summit on Monday and are expected to agree on a balanced budget rule in national legislation, with unresolved problems in Greece casting a shadow on the discussions.

White House hopeful Mitt Romney's lead over rival Newt Gingrich has edged up to 12 percentage points in Florida, with just two days remaining before the state's Republican primary, according to results of a Reuters/Ipsos online poll released on Sunday.

On the European currency, a mood of short-term relief tinged with longer-term doubt prevails among the world's movers and shakers at this year's World Economic Forum session in the Swiss Alps.

The United Steelworkers union told U.S. refinery workers to prepare to offer safe and orderly refinery shutdowns before a strike that could begin as early as 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, sources familiar with the union's preparations said Sunday.

Iran sent conflicting signals in a dispute with the West over its nuclear ambitions Sunday, vowing to stop oil exports soon to some countries but postponing a parliamentary debate on a proposed halt to such sales to the European Union.

South Sudan has totally shut down oil output in a dispute with Sudan over export transit fees and will only restart after the two reach a deal covering border security and the disputed Abyei region, its oil minister said Sunday.

Gunmen bombed a police station Sunday outside Nigeria's second city Kano, the police and witnesses said, leading to an hour of gunbattles in a region plagued by attacks from Islamist sect Boko Haram.

Republicans will try again to force the administration to approve the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline, this time by attaching it to a highway bill up next month, House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday.