In "Fire and Ice," Poet Robert Frost offered his thoughts on the ways the world could end, ?Some say the world will end in fire; Some say in ice.? Well, one new theory argues that for the dinosaur world, at least, it was fire, in the form of lava.
Membership of Norway's political parties has surged in response to calls to counter last week's massacre with more democracy and political participation, and some warn that the debate must shed traces of xenophobia.
A Republican deficit reduction plan headed for two major votes in the U.S. Congress on Thursday and its expected demise could force a bipartisan compromise to avert an unprecedented debt default.
To be sure, long-term, the U.S. budget deficit must be eliminated. But if policy makers cut federal spending too much, too soon during a period of weak demand, the result will be another recession.
The police in Norway are beginning to release the names of the names of Norway massacres victims killed by suspect Anders Behring Breivik.
The Chinese people are in mourning after two high-speed trains collided on Saturday.
Taiwan's Supreme Court has made its final ruling in the murder case.
A judge blocked a controversial ballot measure that would have banned the circumcisions of minors in San Francisco, citing religious freedom and laws regulating medical procedures in deciding it had "no legitimate purpose."
If the debt ceiling isn't raised before Aug. 2, or if America's prized AAA credit rating is downgraded, it will mean at least a decade of financial instability to clean up after.
The White House is touting a new government analysis that anticipates health care costs consuming a growing share of the nation's GDP, pointing to the fact that the new Affordable Care Act will have a minimal impact on the rising costs.
Two Italian political leaders have come under scrutiny for supporting the Norway killer's ideals.
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The 2010 wave of Tea Party conservatives that propelled House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, into power have emerged during the debt talks as a central threat to Boehner's leadership by increasingly exposing Boehner's inability to hold together his fractious caucus.
The trial of Hosni Mubarak and others over their involvement in killing protesters will be held in Cairo next week, a senior official said on Thursday, ending talk it could be moved to a resort where the former president is hospitalised.
Talk about spinning wheels, Congressional Democrats and Republicans, incredibly, made no progress Thursday toward raising the debt ceiling, even as a U.S. default nears on Tuesday.
The White House said on Thursday it was "pretty clear" what a compromise between Republicans and Democrats would look like to reduce the deficit and lift the debt ceiling by an August 2 deadline.
Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney has been on a glide path toward the 2012 primary elections, serving up a steady diet of soundbites and campaign material attacking President Barack Obama on jobs and the economy.
Images from the China train wreck site, as Premier Wen Jiabao makes visit.
A government analysis predicted that spending on health care will steadily increases over the next decade, a projection that the White House said vindicated the Affordable Care Act because, despite a large increase in those with health insurance, the increase would be only slightly affected by the new health care law.
Zambian President Rupiah Banda dissolved parliament on Thursday and set September 20 as the date for elections that are likely to hand him and his Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) another five years in power in Africa's biggest copper producer.
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain apologized for past comments regarding those who practice Islam, following a meeting with Muslim-American leaders.
A majority in each country polled (except Lebanon) thinks Iranian involvement in the Middle East is largely negative.
Pakistani security forces are routinely detaining, torturing and murdering hundreds of political activists in Balochistan in what some observers describe as a ?dirty war.?
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was taken to the hospital on Thursday after having "difficulty breathing," his spokesman said.
A Georgian student was the last missing person after the island shooting in Oslo.
Since putting itself on the market for renewables with its 33 percent renewable energy requirement, California has become like a wildly popular debutante, with a superfluity of suitors offering what Energy Prospects is calling a "glut" of renewable projects to meet the need.
Insurgents from al-Shabab, an Islamist terrorist group in league with al-Qaeda, have banned food and aid assistance from the UN.
Missing US Army soldier Jason Abdo Nassar, who was arrested near Fort Hood with bomb-making materials, will face Federal charges on Thursday. Nassar was arrested in his hotel room near Fort Hood, Texas, and he was in possession of bomb-making materials, according to the FBI.
U.S. visa restrictions on Russian officials linked to the death of hedge fund lawyer Sergei Magnitsky could become a "serious irritant" in bilateral relations and provoke a response from Moscow, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Only a very small portion of these people are receiving anti-viral drugs to treat their condition.
