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The economy appears to have slipped into another recession.

European markets closed mostly lower in thin trade on Monday, with miners among the biggest fallers as weak Chinese housing data fueled worries about demand, and on further fading of optimism about a solution to the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis.

European leaders have not done enough to deal with the region's debt crisis and should probably use the International Monetary Fund to more closely monitor countries with the biggest problems, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Sunday.

North Korea's longtime leader, Kim Jong Il, died at age 69 from a heart attack according to state-owned TV stations. We collected ten quotes from Kim Jong Il on North Korean, communism, the internet and the United States to commemorate the leader's death and shed light on his policies in North Korea.

Immigrants facing deportation largely rely on inept lawyers or navigate the complexities of immigration law without any legal help, according to a new study that describes a modern immigration representation crisis.

NDAA and SOPA aren't even approved yet, but closures of the accounts of Twitter users who write on controversial topics such as Occupy Wall Street and the bills themselves seem to suggest that their effects may already be trickling down to the web.

Is there something mystical about the number 69?

On Monday, two countries mourned for their deceased leaders; and while North Korea's Kim Jong-il and Czech Republic's Václav Havel were very different men, they are akin in their larger-than-life personae.

The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il from a heart attack over the weekend has prompted an avalanche of reaction from around the globe.

Kim Jong Il, like Muammar Gaddafi , has died at age 69 after decades of tyrannical rule. But as North Korea scrambles to determine the country's future, many more dictators remain in power. From Arab Spring autocrats in Syria and Sudan to the leaders of Ethiopia and Uganda, here are the eight worst dictators still in power today.

A bipartisan bill extending the payroll tax cut two months faces grim prospects in the House of Representatives on Monday, as House Republicans are vocally balking at the legislation, leading House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to demand further talks.

North Koreans poured into the streets on Monday to mourn the death of iron leader Kim Jong-il as state media hailed his untested son as the Great Successor of the reclusive state whose atomic weapons ambitions are a major threat to the region.

Kim Jong-il, North Korea's Dear Leader, died on Saturday.

Ron Paul’s 2012 campaign continues to gain traction, according to the latest news from Public Policy Polling (PPP).

President Barack Obama's backtracking from his earlier stand to veto the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has put Americans under the risk of losing their human rights. The Senate and Congress have already passed the bill and Obama now seems ready to sign a piece of legislature that could become a draconian piece of legislature making U.S. citizens vulnerable to legal abuse.

European shares advanced in light mid-session trade on Monday at mid-day, led by a sharp rebound in auto stocks, although sentiment remained subdued after negative Fitch comments on the Eurozone crisis and the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.

Japan's Nikkei share average fell to a three-week low on Monday, hurt by news that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had died and as worries over Europe's debt crisis increased after Fitch Ratings warned of possible downgrades for seven European nations.

A teenager from southern California was sentenced to 21 years in state prison, on Monday, for a murder committed three years ago. The sentence will count independently of the three years already served.

The Senate-passed bill is a two-month extension of the 2 percent payroll tax holiday, federal support of unemployment benefits and an extension of expiring Medicare provisions.

North Korea test-fired a short-range missile on its eastern coast on Monday, the day its leader Kim Jong-il's death was announced, South Korean media reported.

A tax break for 160 million American workers was in doubt Monday in the face of strong opposition from Republicans in the House of Representatives who have rejected a two-month extension overwhelmingly approved by the Senate over the weekend.

Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney receives millions of dollars a year in a retirement agreement with Bain Capital, nearly 13 years after he left the private equity firm he helped start, the New York Times reported Monday.

Graphic images of the clashes between Egypt's armed forces and the anti-military protesters continued to shock the world on Sunday, the third consecutive day of ongoing fight, which have left ten protestors dead and 505 others injured; 81 of whom admitted to hospital. Total of 106 security troop members including three high ranking officials were also injured as demonstrators hurled stones and crude bombs at the armed forces, Egyptian officials said.

Referred to as Dear Leader and Our Father, Kim Jong-il (also written Kim Jung or Kim Jong Il), died while traveling by train, on Saturday. He was 69 and, according to a state authorized report, died of advanced acute myocardial infarction.

Asian equities and U.S. stock index futures fell, with South Korean shares tumbling as much as 5 percent, while the dollar gained on safe-haven appeal after news of the death of North Korea leader Kim Jong-il raised fears of regional instability.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died of a heart attack while on a train trip, sparking immediate concern over who is in control of the reclusive state and its nuclear programme.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died of a heart attack on Saturday, according to a report from the state media, raising concerns over who will now control of the most reclusive state in the world, especially its nuclear weapons.

The leader died on a train, which he greatly preferred over an airplane while travelling. He was morbidly scared of flying and, though his death presumably had nothing to do with the train, one can't miss the irony of his death.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died of a heart attack while on a train trip, state media reported Monday morning, sparking immediate concern over who is in control of the reclusive state and its nuclear program.