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Labor unions poised to get much-needed victory after a year of Republican-pushed laws to curtail collective bargaining.

The federal judge overseeing the U.S. Justice Department’s effort to bar AT&T’s $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA handed rival Sprint-Nextel a major defeat.

From the beginning, Occupy Wall Street has been committed to direct democracy. But that model is coming under strain as the still-nascent movement becomes more organized and maps a way forward.

A lack of steady progress in tacking the debt crisis raised pessimism among investors and the market.

South African maize farmers intend to cultivate more land in the 2011/12 season as they are lured by strong prices, while wheat output for 2011 is seen down from a previous forecast, an official survey showed on Tuesday.

Mauritania's current economic growth rate is not high enough to significantly dent poverty and the country will next year face the twin challenge of drought and uncertainty over mining revenues, the International Monetary Fund said.

Prices on Egypt's stock market must stabilise before same-day settlement resumes, the financial regulator said, shrugging off warnings from some traders that the delayed settlement imposed during February's popular uprising was deterring investors.

South Africa's rand weakened against the dollar on Tuesday after the government said it was not thinking about using reserves to manipulate its value, while comments that the Treasury will not issue new debt boosted government bonds.

South Africa will see its budget deficit widen a touch this year to support a weak recovery, but aims to constrain expenditure and keep debt in check and over the following three years.

Moammar Gadhafi was buried in an unmarked desert grave at an unknown location early Tuesday morning, as the former Libyan dictator's death awaits investigation.

The Kenyan shilling slipped against the dollar on Tuesday, weighed on by offshore banks closing out dollar positions after the central bank issued new trading rules, while stock rose slightly on the back of banks' nine-months earnings.

Egypt's Citadel Capital plans to scale back investments outside its existing projects until the political and economic outlook becomes clearer, its chairman told Reuters.

Ghana, Africa's second biggest gold producer, should look at options to increase tax revenues from its mining sector, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.

Somali gunmen kidnapped three aid workers working for Danish Demining Group in northern Somalia on Tuesday, the humanitarian agency said, the second capture of Western aid agency staff working in the region this month.

Uganda will keep opposition leader Kizza Besigye under house arrest until he promises to stop participating in anti-government protests that have marred the nation's image, national police said on Tuesday.

International Criminal Court deputy prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is one of four candidates on a shortlist to replace Luis Moreno-Ocampo as chief prosecutor of the world's top war crimes court when his term ends next year.

An Egyptian court ruled on Tuesday that Egyptians living abroad should be allowed to vote at embassies in upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections, a judicial source said.

Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi wrote to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in August begging him to halt a NATO-led intervention that was helping a rebel uprising drive him from power, French weekly Paris Match reported.

Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mo'tassim were buried in a secret desert location on Tuesday, five days after the desposed Libyan leader was captured, killed and put on grisly public display.

Herman Cain's latest campaign ad is just weird. At least, that is the consensus among Twitter users, one of whom called it the 'Friday' of campaign ads.

One-tenth of all murders in the country last year were committed by the local police.

Albany County District Attorney David Soares says that arresting protesters would spark bigger demonstrations.

Some current and former members of the NYPD were arrested and brought up on federal charges early on Tuesday in a gun running scheme.

Occupy Oakland became the latest of the world-wide Occupy protests to have serious run-ins with local police.

President Barack Obama's student loans deal will be announced in Denver on Wednesday, Business Day reports. The plan will not require any action from congress, and will announced in tandem with a new plan to make it easier for homeowners to refinance their mortgage.

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry rolled out his economic plan Monday, and it calls for allowing Americans to choose between their existing income tax rate and a new flat tax rate of 20 percent.

Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mo'tassim were buried in a secret desert location on Tuesday, five days after the deposed Libyan leader was captured, killed and put on grisly public display.

While most MPs cheered the ex-monarch’s speech, not everyone was happy with his appearance.

Herman Cain leads Mitt Romney in the latest CBS News-New York Times poll, the latest of numerous surveys to show him on top of the Republican field -- but four out of five voters say their allegiance could still change.