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There were fears that without the cash injection, the government wouldn’t be able to pay public servants and therefore default on its debt.

More than two-thirds of Americans -- including a majority of Republicans -- say the wealthy should pay more in taxes, but they don't want the Social Security and Medicare entitlement programs touched, a new poll indicates.

In Egypt, Coptic Christians mourned the 25 people killed on Sunday when a protest in Cairo turned violent. Above the sadness, there is anger -- the intense frustration of being ignored and persecuted, of being blamed by the government for starting the violence that killed their own.

Occupy Atlanta protesters are ignoring a police order to disperse, but no arrests had been made as of Tuesday morning.

Liberty University, a Christian college Jerry Falwell founded, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up its challenge to the Affordable Care Act.

Herman Cain is surging past Rick Perry in the race to become the Republican presidential nominee, and he's getting close to front runner Mitt Romney in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, according to two new national polls.

President Barack Obama based his health care law directly on a similar law passed in Massachusetts when Mitt Romney was governor, an investigation has found.

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years in prison by a judge in Kiev on Tuesday.

While its not yet clear who make up the supporters of the burgeoning Occupy Wall Street movement, the young adults who populate the demonstrations face a high unemployment rate and massive debt.

Within two years time, 600,000 more British children will slip into absolute poverty, pushing the total number to more than 3.1 million.

State regulators have voted to prohibit California train drivers from using cell phones after a fatal crash in Northern Los Angeles triggered by texting.

A Ukrainian court Tuesday sentenced former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in prison for abuse of office in relation to a 2009 gas deal with Russia.

Rick Perry hopes to end a string of poor performances and Mitt Romney looks to consolidate his newly regained front-runner status at a Republican presidential debate Tuesday evening.

The euro zone sovereign debt crisis has become systemic and risks to the economy are increasing rapidly with Europe's banks in the danger zone, European Systemic Risk Board Chairman Jean-Claude Trichet said on Tuesday.

Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims shared the Nobel prize in economics on Monday for work that helps governments and central banks weigh up responses to crises -- though it offers no immediate answer to current global problems.

President Barack Obama could create millions of jobs by attracting more foreign capital to the United States, helping entrepreneurs and being more aggressive in energy, business leaders said on Monday

The rupee was higher in early morning trades on Tuesday, its fourth session of gain, buoyed by positive local shares and the euro's gains against the dollar.

For Phoenix Jones, Seattle's self-proclaimed masked superhero, it looks like he'll need to use his powers to get out of an assault charge. Police officers arrested Phoenix Jones early Sunday and charged him with assault after he was accused of spraying several people with pepper spray, according to multiple reports.

The Occupy Wall Street protest earned more prominent celebrity support Monday, as Kanye West and Russell Simmons showed up in Zuccotti Park.

Only in the bitter partisanship of our moment could Texas Governor Rick Perry be denounced because he expressed compassion. In the most recent Republican presidential debate, Perry was hammered for supporting a Texas law that allows illegal immigrants to receive in-state tuition discounts at public universities. Now he has apologized for saying those who oppose helping illegals attend college “have no heart.”

California's revenue for September missed the state's budget projection by $301.6 million, raising the prospect that spending cuts could be triggered early next year, the state controller said on Monday.

Christian protestors in Cairo, Egypt were attacked on Sunday night, turning a moderate demonstration into all out anarchy.

Joe the Plumber has filed paperwork to run for Congress as a Republican in Ohio's Ninth District -- home to two of the most liberal Democrats in Congress.

The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams will meet President Robert Mugabe on Monday to press the Zimbabwean leader to end violent suppression of the church and its priests.

Wal-Mart and Massmart should increase their planned fund to support South African suppliers to at least 500 million rand from 100 million rand, the country's largest service industry union said on Monday.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has a double-digit lead over his Republican presidential primary rivals in New Hampshire, two new polls show.

Evidence is mounting that Occupy Wall Street protestors are getting paid -- but by who?

Hank Williams Jr. is firing back at Fox News and ESPN after his comments analogizing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler backfired on him last week. Williams recorded a song, “Keep the Change,” a week after he and ESPN ended their partnership on Monday Night Football with Williams’ song, “All My Rowdy Friends.”

Journalists and witnesses are challenging the Egyptian government's account of Coptic-led protests that turned deadly, charging that the Egyptian military provoked violence and later attributed it to sectarian tension.