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In his Thursday address, President Barack Obama is expected to call for extensive tax incentives as part of his administration's plan to jump-start job growth, which has ebbed in recent months as the originally stimulus ended. However, the plan faces an uphill battle in House, where ruling Republicans are likely to oppose it.

At least 34 people were killed in separate terrorist attacks in India and Pakistan Wednesday when militants attacked both civilians and state officials. Police have a number of suspects, but so far nothing is confirmed.

The United States now ranks fifth, overtaken by Sweden and Singapore in the 2011-2012 rankings of the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness report, released on Wednesday.

Union boss Jimmy Hoffa had some unkind things to say about the Republicans and the Tea Party.

South Korean antitrust authorities have raided the Seoul offices of Google Inc. as part of an investigation of allegations of unfair trade in nation's mobile-search-engine industry.

Based in Pakistan, HUJI (which means Islamic Struggle Movement) also has branches in Bangladesh and India itself.

Republican residential candidate Mitt Romney unveiled an economic revitalization plan on Tuesday that relies heavily on paring back tax rates, reducing regulation and overhauling trade policy.

A third National Guard member has died of injuries suffered in an IHOP shooting rampage, Carson City, Nev., authorities said Wednesday, bringing the death toll to five.

Hoffa made the remarks ahead of Obama’s appearance on stage.

Peru's leftist president signed a law on Tuesday requiring mining and energy firms to consult rural communities over new projects, a step aimed at averting conflicts that have stalled investments in recent years.

Germany's highest court said on Wednesday that parliament must have a bigger say in euro zone rescue packages, in a landmark ruling that may make it more difficult for Europe to respond swiftly in delivering aid to crisis-hit member states.

Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), a Pakistan-based Islamic terror organization that was behind the Mumbai blast in 2008, has claimed the responsibility for the deadly explosion outside the Delhi High Court that killed 10 people, mostly litigants, on Wednesday.

At least nine persons were killed and 45 others were injured as a power explosion rocked the Delhi High Court, India, on Wednesday.

A suspected bomb blast outside India's High Court in the heart of New Delhi killed four people Wednesday, a senior Home Ministry official told CNN-IBN channel.

An explosion outside the High Court in New Delhi injured at least 24 people on Wednesday, Indian media said, citing police sources.

President Barack Obama, facing waning confidence in his economic stewardship, plans to propose some $300 billion in tax cuts and government spending in his speech to Congress, Democratic sources say.

On Sept. 11, 2001, Air Force One, carrying President George W. Bush, got warning of a mysterious jet flying too close to it, the pilot says.

Moammar Gadhafi was last tracked heading for Libya's southern border, the man leading the hunt for the deposed dictator told Reuters, and French and Niger military sources said scores of vehicles carrying his forces had crossed into Niger.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina signed a series of agreements in Dhaka on Tuesday, but failed to resolve their main disputes, over transit rights for India and the sharing of river waters, officials said.

Granting Taiwan's politically sensitive request for new F-16 fighter aircraft would merely maintain the island's air power capabilities, not boost them, the chief executive of Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N), the plane's manufacturer, said on Tuesday.

Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney aimed squarely at the Republican center as he launched his economic program on Tuesday, proposing spending cuts and lower taxes while vowing to get tough against China.

China's campaign to protect its maritime industry during a severe downturn will become more costly for foreign companies as Beijing grabs a bigger slice of the profits for shipping iron ore, coal and grains to the world's second largest economy.

Ontario's governing Liberals have narrowed what was a yawning gap with their main rivals ahead of October's provincial election, giving them momentum as the campaign officially starts.

The White House (perhaps careful not to offend the labor vote that Obama desperately needs to be re-elected next year) has decided not to comment on the flap.

Four people reported dead from fires.

Google's Seoul offices were raided by a South Korean antitrust agency on Tuesday, apparently due to the limited access rival search engines on Google's Android OS.

A previous article looked at 10 positions that could make Perry unelectable once he has to win over the general electorate rather than just Republican voters. On the flip side, here are five reasons he could have a good chance.

Judges on the California Supreme Court appeared on Tuesday to side with sponsors of California's voided Proposition 8, who are seeking the right to appeal a judge's decision to strike down the same-sex marriage ban.

According to the latest POLITICO-George Washington University Background Poll, the political environment is very poor for both President Obama and Congressional Democrats.