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Four days before the South Carolina primary, Rick Perry is facing pressure from his own supporters to end his campaign and consolidate the conservative vote.

Wikipedia's English language site will blackout on Wednesday, joined by Reddit and Boing Boing, to protest two online anti-piracy acts--SOPA and PIPA-- being pushed by Congress. But where can one go when the world's largest free online encyclopedia goes dark?

POLITICO, a popular Washington, D.C., political publication, launched a distribution scheme in New York City Tuesday morning.

Canadian police have charged a military official with leaking government secrets to a foreign entity, the first case in recent memory of a Canadian facing espionage charges at home.

The sinking of the Costa Concordia cruise ship will be followed by months of litigation, with families of victims, wounded passengers and crew members sure to file suit against Carnival. What is the legal precedent for the maritime case?

Iran's threat to block the main oil shipping route out of the Gulf points to why the United States should approve the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Texas, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Monday.

The gradual shift towards big cities has been a long time in coming

Long after leaving the confines of Zuccotti Park, the Occupy Wall Street movement hopes to re-emerge in force on Tuesday in Washington D.C. as the U.S. House of Representatives reconvenes.

During last night's Republican debate in South Carolina, Congressman Ron Paul was booed for advocating the Golden Rule in foreign policy.

It's not often you see Queen Elizabeth shed a tear in public, but it was an emotional departure for her when she decommissioned her royal yacht, Britannia, in 1997. Now, with a few weeks left until her Diamond Jubilee, a new yacht has been proposed as a perfect gift fit for the queen, but the U.K government disagree, at least if the yacht is funded by public money.

Almost half a century later after President Lyndon Johnson signed the U.S. Voting Rights Act with the Rev. Martin Luther King present, a debate has emerged over whether the powers the legislation confers on the federal government are still necessary.

The defense began its case Tuesday in the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who, according to the prosecution, is complicit in the killing of hundreds of protestors during last year's uprising against his regime.

In a spirited debate last night in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Republican candidates went after both President Barack Obama and their GOP rivals on issues ranging from U.S. trade relations and the federal income tax to misleading attack ads and America's relationship with Turkey. But what statements were true, and what were false?

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker may have to start campaigning early, if a petition drive to recall the embattled lawmaker proves fruitful on Tuesday.

Rick Perry has come under fire for his remark at Monday's South Carolina debate that Turkey is run by what many would perceive to be Islamic terrorists.

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has sent troops into major cities to stop protests over the removal of a fuel subsidy.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday said that she is ready to help her brother and Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi in every possible way.

The momentum generated by Ron Paul's 2012 campaign for the Republican presidential race seems to have forced the media to consider him a serious contender. It is easy, on one level, to understand why sections of the media are less than happy at his success... after all, it was they who predicted he would do no better than stay on the fringes of the entire race.

The Republican debate last night was a contentious and lively affair that may very well sway the votes of many of South Carolina's still-undecided Republican voters. So who won?

Why would Israel take such a risk to engineer such acts against one of their deadliest enemies, Iran?

Following in the footsteps of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Guatemala's newly elected president, Otto Perez Molina, is going to use the military to combat drug trafficking in his country.

As the nation remembered the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday on Monday, the King Center in Atlanta has published 200,000 never-seen-before personal documents by or about the King on its website.

A new report from Brookings Institute shows President Barack Obama faces more federal judicial vacancies than he can keep up with and a longer confirmation process for his choices.

With the South Carolina primary just five days off, presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry faced off the first of two debates before Jan. 21. Get a complete breakdown of the GOP candidates' performances, and how the debate is likely to affect the results of the 2012 South Carolina Republican primary, here.

Republican presidential hopefuls attacked Mitt Romney's record in business and government on Monday and challenged him to release his tax returns, but the front-runner emerged largely unscathed from a South Carolina debate.

Russia has distributed a new draft resolution, on the Syria crisis, at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The draft was sent to the Council's 14 other members and has asked for concerned experts to meet on Tuesday to debate the provisions.

The peculiar situation Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul faces in the GOP race for nod isn't exactly anomalous in a democracy. The reason for his perceived lack of popularity differs greatly among the different segments of voters. While some ardent fans have no confusion whatsoever, a significant share of conservative voters are still dithering over choosing him as their first-choice.

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales announced on Monday that the free online encyclopedia will go dark for 24 hours on Jan. 18, in protest over Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), an anti-piracy bill under consideration before the Congress.

Italian coast guard officials said, on Monday, the number of people missing from the wreckage of the Costa Concordia has increased to 29.