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Karnataka Ex-Minister Arrested in Mining Scandal

A former minister and mining baron in India's iron ore-rich southern state of Karnataka was arrested on Monday in connection with a mining scandal that may have cost the state $3.6 billion in lost revenue, police said.
2012 U.S. Election

Candidate Romney Faces Tea Party Doubters

Presidential contender Mitt Romney tried to win over doubters from the conservative Tea Party movement on Sunday, telling them he was the Republican candidate who can beat back the heavy hand of government and create jobs.
U.S. President Obama holds hands with a woman as he tours damage caused by Hurricane Irene in Wayne, New Jersey

Obama Vows Federal Help for Irene Victims

U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday urged Republicans not to play politics with federal disaster aid as he toured flood-stricken New Jersey and pledged to do everything possible to help states recover after Hurricane Irene.
A Libyan shows a photograph of Gadhafi, his son Seif al Islam and his wife Safia at Hannibal's house in Tripoli.

In Images: Gadhafi and His Lost World

Libyan leader, Moammar Gadhafi, is on the run. His family has taking refuge in Algeria. Their palaces and assets have been pillaged by the rebels.
Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney

Dick Cheney Wonders: Would Hillary Have Been Better Than Obama?

Former Vice President Dick Cheney wonders: Would Hillary Rodham Clinton been a more effective president that Barack Obama had she won the Democratic party's nomination and the general election for president in 2008? Promoting his new book in an interview on Fox News Sunday, Cheney, who served as vice president for two terms under George W. Bush, suggested that yes, Clinton might have been a more effective president than Obama and easier for Republicans to work with.
A rebel fighter stands on a Russian-made scud missile that was found in Junine

Abandoned Libyan Missile: a Gift to Militants?

When Muammar Gaddafi's soldiers fled this corner of a field outside Tripoli where they were camped, they left behind their army fatigues, a can of Brut deodorant -- and a Scud tactical missile.
Combo of former International Monetary Fund Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn (L) and Nafissatou Diallo(R)

Mixed Reactions to Strauss-Kahn's Return to France After Rape Case

Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Dominique Strauss-Kahn returned to Paris on Sunday after New York prosecutors dropped serious sexual assault charges against him last month. He spent about a week in jail after being pulled from the flight, about six weeks under house arrest and nearly two additional months barred from leaving the U.S.
Former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin greets supporters in Urbandale, Iowa

Sarah Palin Wows Iowa Crowd, Stays Mum on 2012 Bid [VIDEO]

Sarah Palin didn't say whether she would seek the Republican presidential nomination, but she didn't rule out a run on Saturday when speaking to Tea Party faithfuls in Iowa. Standing on stage in rain-dampened Iowa field Palin made it clear she has no intentions of falling in line behind one of the party's leading candidates, and also criticized U.S. President Barack Obama.
Libyans living in Turkey wave a flag of the Kingdom of Libya during a protest against Libyan leader Gaddafi outside the Libyan embassy in Ankara

Libyans Hope to Seize One of Gaddafi Bastions

Libya's interim council said it hoped to seize one of Muammar Gaddafi's last strongholds without resistance on Sunday as it tries to control the entire country and restore normality.
Israelis take part in a demonstration calling for lower living costs and social justice in Jerusalem

Biggest Rally in Israel's History Presses PM

Hundreds of thousands marched Saturday for lower living costs in the largest such rally in Israel's history, bolstering a social change movement and mounting pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take on economic reform.
A view of the abandoned Libyan External Security office where Moussa Koussa was based in Tripoli

CIA, MI6 Helped Gaddafi on Dissidents: Rights Group

Documents found in the abandoned Tripoli office of Muammar Gaddafi's intelligence chief indicate the U.S. and British spy agencies helped the fallen strongman persecute Libyan dissidents, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday.
For Discussion: U.S. Economy

Can the U.S. Recover From These 3 Major Policy Mistakes?

Tea Party members and other conservatives would like Americans to believe that the United States’ problems started in 2009, but nothing could be further from the truth -- three major policy errors by President George W. Bush last decade substantially worsened the U.S.’s fiscal condition, and the nation has been trying to recover ever since.
An aerial view of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) headquarters in Langley

Documents Show Links Between CIA, Libya Spy Unit

Documents found in Tripoli detail close ties between the CIA and Libya's intelligence service and suggest the United States sent terrorism suspects for questioning in Libya despite that country's reputation for torture, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
U.S. President Barack Obama talks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington

Obama Ups Pressure Over Transportation

President Barack Obama, under fire over high unemployment, stepped up pressure on Congress on Saturday to pass transportation legislation he said would protect almost 1 million American jobs.

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