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Libya's new interim prime minister, Abdurrahim el-Keib was a professor of electrical engineering and an entrepreneur who had to live in exile for 10 years because of pressure from the late Moammar Gadhafi's regime over his political views.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou survived by a narrow margin a parliamentary confidence vote on Saturday which is seen to leave the efforts of EU to fight the debt crisis on a firmer foundation.

Hours after facing a complaint about allegedly illegal contributions to his campaign by a nonprofit organization affiliated with the billionaire Koch brothers, Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain made clear that he is very proud to know the Koch brothers.

Police identified the woman found dead Friday morning in a burning car as Elizabeth Lightfoot. The Dallas County Medical Examiner has not yet determined a cause of death because the 22-year-old's body was too badly burned. Lightfoot's body was found around 2:30 a.m. in north Dallas.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has won a parliamentary confidence vote and avoided snap elections that would have affected Greece's bailout deal and the Eurozone's economic crisis.

World leaders on Friday identified 29 banks deemed so important to the global financial system that they require more capital and closer supervision, as well as a plan that would safeguard taxpayers should they fail.

Amidst the protests against Wall Street, the 1 percent has formed their own movement and is fighting back.

The U.S. Labor Department announced 80,000 new jobs were added to the U.S. economy in October. The consensus among economic experts? We're not out of the woods yet.

One banner reportedly reads: “The cost of [the] crisis should be paid by the capitalists.”

McDonald's limited-time reintroduction of the McRib has already led to examination of some of the item's questionable ingredients. Now, one of the prime companies from which McDonald's gets its main ingredient for the sandwich -- pork -- is the target of an SEC complaint.

The unemployed protesters who staged a sit-in in Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's Capitol Hill office on Thursday were forced to leave the building before meeting with the senator.

France, Britain and Colombia plan to abstain from a Security Council vote granting Palestinians statehood, two United Nations diplomats said Thursday.

The fall of Jon Corzine, a prominent figure with a toehold in the worlds of both finance and politics, is not only an issue for himself, but for one of the men who likely sought his advice and support on a regular basis, President Barack Obama. Perhaps more importantly, it follows a trend that has dogged the president since 2010, as, due to a variety of causes, many of the people close to Wall Street he had previously sought out have later found themselves uninvited to tea in the Rose Garden.

President Barack Obama's approval rating increased to 49 percent, up from 47 percent, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Although a strenuous debate led the Obama administration to tighten requirements for striking suspected militants with unmanned drones, the Central Intelligence Agency retains broad authority to carry out such strikes, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Bank Transfer Day Nov 5 is tomorrow, and as people across America are preparing to stick it to their financial institutions, bank stocks are taking a huge hit and credit unions are seeing a major boon.

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In Venezuela, a riot in a prison spiraled out of control on Thursday. Gang members who had smuggled guns into the facility killed eight of their fellow inmates before taking four police officers hostage.

Herman Cain has seen no voter fallout so far from the allegations that he sexually harassed two or three women as CEO of the National Restaurant Association, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released Friday.

Berlusconi is facing a mountain of opposition to his reforms.

The CIA formed an elite analytical unit in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks that monitors social media posts around the globe.

Videos posted online are showing evidence that police have been covering their nameplates or badges at the Occupy Oakland protests.

Here's the full text of the final communique issued at the Group of 20 summit in Cannes, France.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Friday he sees overwhelming U.S. support for TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL oil pipeline to Texas from Canada's oil sands, despite recent signs of reticence in Washington.

Commerzbank is 25-percent-owned by the German government

A letter circulated Thursday by U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., to members of the budget deficit super committee warned against the use of increased tax revenues to meet the goal of closing at least a $1.2 trillion gap in the budget deficit over the next decade.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney says that the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling was a correct decision.

Detroit Mayor David Bing suggested that the beleaguered city could need a state-appointed emergency manager to address its yawning budget deficit, drawing swift criticism from city officials whose authority would be eclipsed by an emergency manager.

When an Indian journalist asked Zhang about the incorrect map, the Chinese envoy reportedly told him to “shut up.”