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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is giving his coveted presidential race endorsement to Rick Perry, the Texas Governor who is a front-runner in the race for the Republican party's presidential nomination, according to a report.

South African politician Julius Malema was found guilty of hate speech charges on Monday, but the crime will do little to stop the controversial leader's rise. Malema is one of South Africa's most polarizing figures, and he may well be the country's future.

So far, relatively few states have made progress in establishing the health insurance exchanges that represent a central piece of the federal health care reform bill.

Finally, U.S. President Barack Obama is wearing his job, acting and talking with a plan and swagger becoming of his office. After unveiling a massive jobs plan to get America out of its nine percent unemployment and flat growth doldrums late last week, Obama is pushing Congress to get it done or get out of the way so America can get moving again.

The union representing Air Canada's flight attendants has filed a grievance over a training program for replacement workers in preparation for a possible strike, the union said on Monday.

Many New Yorkers are critical of the 9/11 Anniversary events and media coverage

Greece and the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations need the political will to carry out sound fiscal policy, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Monday.

On the morning of 9/11, The New York Times columnist and Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman wrote a short blog posting titled The Years of Shame.

China recognized the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) as Libya's ruling authority, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday, saying the Council had vowed to respect Beijing's interests after tensions between the two sides.

In 2010, House Republicans campaigned on job creation.Therefore, roughly a year into their leadership, Americans can rightfully ask: where are the jobs?

The budding rivalry of Republican presidential contenders Rick Perry and Mitt Romney takes the spotlight on Monday when the party's White House hopefuls meet in Florida for their second debate in less than a week.

Flash mobs: from the Haka Mob to the Arab Spring, using social media to stage large events is a 21st century phenomenon that is not going anywhere. This trend is especially true in the United States, where recent flash mobs in Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa have turned violence and angry.

Business leaders and former government officials urged President Barack Obama on Monday to go big with his recommendations to a congressional panel tasked with slashing America's debt.

Will the Tea Party faction-dominated Republican Party try to find common ground with President Barack Obama and pass a much-needed jobs bill?

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry's rivals have attacked the Texas governor as too inflammatory to appeal to mainstream voters, but a new poll shows just the opposite.

The Obama administration and lawmakers are scrambling to preclude an upcoming United Nations vote that could grant the Palestinians formal recognition as a sovereign state.

In France, a nuclear explosion has killed one and injured four more. The event comes on the heels of a re-investment in nuclear energy by President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Former Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty endorsed Mitt Romney for president on Monday, further sharpening the distinction between Romney and Texas governor Rick Perry.

A right-wing retired general promising a crackdown on rampant crime led Guatemala's presidential election Sunday, although he fell short of the votes needed to avoid a runoff in November.

Speculations about Gadhafi's son Saadi's refuge in Niger finally ended with the confirmation of the news by Marou Adamou, Niger's justice minister and government spokesman on Sunday.

A petrol fire broke out in a densely populated slum in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, killing more than 100 people.

On the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, American fighter jets and FBI command centers once again went on alert when crews of two separate planes of different airlines reported suspicious activities of passengers.

Forces of Libya's new rulers were meeting ferocious street-by-street resistance Monday morning in Bani Walid from Moammar Gadhafi's forces, but were edging toward his birthplace of Sirte.

Libya's new rulers said they were holding back an assault on one of the last bastions loyal to Muammar Gaddafi but were edging towards the ousted ruler's birthplace of Sirte.

Defiant and angry, captured Libyan spy chief Bouzaid Dorda denied any wrongdoing when he was presented to reporters Sunday by the former insurgents who tracked him down in the capital Tripoli the previous day.

Right-wing retired general Otto Perez took an early lead in Guatemala's presidential election Sunday, promising a crackdown on gangs and rampant crime.

Libya's new rulers said Sunday night they were holding back an assault on one of the last bastions loyal to Moammar Gadhafi but were edging toward Sirte. Niger said Sunday one of the fugitive former leader's sons, Saadi Gadhafi, had turned up there.

U.S. Air Force jets were scrambled Sunday to escort two passenger airline flights because of security scares as Americans marked the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

By covering community-based weight loss programs for people who are at risk of developing diabetes and heart disease, Medicare could save up to $15 billion in the next decade.