WORLD

The Kabul attack is now over, but the Middle East and Arab worlds are still overflowing with violence, social unrest and international tension. Here is the round up of news from Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.

A group of manufacturers and defense companies are lobbying members of Congress on the deficit-reduction committee to oppose further cuts to military spending cuts.

A spokesman for Merkel said that she and Sarkozy emphasized that Athens must dutifully adhere to its deficit-reduction goals.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday the global financial crisis, which has experienced two stages, is not likely to see a third -- as least not one emanating from Europe's banking sector.

Heidi Jones, a TV meteorologist for several New York and Texas stations who also worked on ABC's Good Morning America, has admitted that police reports she filed last year about being repeatedly attacked in New York City by a man were lies.

Governor announced plan that will track child obesity throughout the state.

Americans revealed their ambivalence on gay marriage in a new poll, with a narrow majority of people surveyed saying the government should recognize same-sex marriage but nearly half supporting a constitutional ban on gay marriage.

One of the most powerful weapons in a South African politician's arsenal may be silenced after a court ruled this week that songs once used to rally support against apartheid could be considered hate speech in the country's new democracy.

Brazil's proposal to support the crisis-hit euro zone garnered only lukewarm support from fellow BRICS countries on Wednesday, as doubts mounted whether the five emerging market powers have the political will or financial clout to throw a lifeline to Europe.

Moody's cut the credit ratings of two French banks on Wednesday because of their exposure to Greece's debt, highlighting growing risks to Europe's financial sector from a deepening euro zone sovereign debt crisis.

Political parties have called on Egypt's military rulers to ensure that figures associated with the government of ousted President Hosni Mubarak cannot run in parliamentary elections expected this year.

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann's claim that Gardasil can cause mental retardation has absolutely no scientific validity, according to O. Marion Burton, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Nobody likes to accept that, nobody likes to talk about it because it is supposed to be very politically incorrect.

President Barack Obama's jobs plan has raised concerns in top trading partner Canada because of measures that would restrict foreign companies from participating in infrastructure projects.

The United States gave Libya's new rulers a very visible show of support on Wednesday when a senior envoy visited the capital and praised their efforts to assert control of armed groups three weeks after Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown.

Finding the truth in the fast-developed Sarah Palin scandals involving claims that she A) had sex with Miami Heat star Glen Rice in the 1980s, B) snorted cocaine from a 55-gallon drum years ago while snowboarding with her husband, Todd, and friends, C) had an affair with her husband's business partner for six months, and D) smoked pot in college with a professor, is easier than it seems.

It's a scenario that many Americans, if not most, probably do not want to hear about: the United States enters an era called a new normal slow-growth economy -- perhaps for as long as a decade. What are the factors likely to cause it? And is there anything that can prevent it?

With U.S. job creation a paramount concern for voters, President Barack Obama is hoping that Republicans will feel the pressure from their constituents to approve his newly unveiled American Jobs Act.

The late, former first lady gave a series of candid interviews four month after John F. Kennedy's death

The work stoppage would likely impact every section of British life.

Momentum gained by Republicans in last year's mid-term Congressional elections continued in New York's 9th Congressional District special election Tuesday as voters chose a first-time, 70-year-old former television producer over Democrat Dave Weprin.

The Arab Spring revolutions could enable sectarian and religious violence in countries where civil society has collapsed, the U.S. State Department said in its annual report on religious freedom.

In the latest Bloomberg National Poll, most Americans say the economy is on the wrong track and they are more-pessimistic about its prospects -- something that doesn't bode well for President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats in the next election, if economic conditions don't improve in the quarters ahead.

In January 1982, the UK government reported that about 3.07 million Britons were out of work, or about 1 out of 8 adults. Yet while the current unemployment picture looks very grim indeed, it pales in comparison to what Britain faced 30 years ago.

A new Sarah Palin book claims that the former Alaska governor had sex with former NBA player Glen Rice, while she was an Alaskan sports reporter.

Afghan and NATO security forces have stopped the attack in Kabul that killed 14 people. It took 20 hours, but the last two militants were cleared from their high-rise hiding spot in on Wednesday morning.

Republican Bob Turner's victory in the special election for Anthony Weiner's New York congressional seat is being interpreted across the political spectrum as a possible rebuke to Democrats, particularly President Barack Obama.

Republican Bob Turner will be sworn in soon to succeed Anthony Weiner in Congress, representing New York’s Ninth Congressional District. He’ll be the first Republican to represent it since Seymour Halpern in the late 1950s.

A new bookclaims that Sarah Palin has used cocaine in the past and had a six-month affair with one of her husband's business partners.