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Caylee's law would be requiring parents to swiftly report the death or disappearance of a child in the first legislation stemming from the death of the Florida toddler.

The US military was ordered a halt on the policy of discharging gay service members by the federal court on Wednesday. The order came citing the impending demise of don't ask, don't tell and the Obama administration's increasing criticism of anti-gay laws.

Is Jiang Zemin dead or alive? No one is sure, but Xinhua News Agency just published a news update saying that they have it on good authority that his death is pure rumor.

More than 33 people were killed and 35 were injured in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh when a train hit a bus at an unmanned level-crossing on Thursday morning.

President Obama tweeted today, In order to reduce the deficit, what costs would you cut and what investments would you keep? creating the first Twitter town hall meeting at the White House. Twitter followers asked about gay marriage, the Patriot Act, abortion, and war as well as who his favorite Power Ranger is.

The European Union has banned Egyptian fenugreek seeds.

Jiang Zemin: Is he dead or alive?

Egyptians are protesting military trials this week, with the largest protest slated to erupt Friday.

amas authorities in Gaza have arrested a male hairdresser for cutting a woman's hair, according to a report on BBC.

Moroccan constitutional reform isn't sitting well with some of the North African nation's activists.

Speculation and rumors that former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin may have died have led government Internet censors to quash any such discussion of the subject online.

The City Council of Chicago has agreed to today Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s ordinance which allowed gun ranges to operate in the city, but with restrictions.

A powerful Egyptian leader claims that the September 11th terrorist attacks were made in the USA and the Holocaust is a lie, in a recent interview with The Washington Times.

President Barack Obama became the first president to use Twitter to communicate with the public during the first ever “Twitter Townhall @ the White House” Wednesday.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. shares dropped Wednesday as investigations continue into one of its British newspapers alleged hacking into the voicemail belonging to a murdered teenager.

The U.S. government has warned airport security group TSA that terrorists might hide bombs inside their bodies.

A powerful earthquake has struck off the Kermadec Islands of New Zealand, triggering a tsunami in the area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Center.

Car makers are hiring more workers and growing faster than the rest of the U.S. economy, outpacing industries that include health care and airplane manufacturing

Republicans tried to send a direct message to President Barack Obama during his first-ever Twitter town hall by crashing the event with a flurry of comments on the social networking site.

There is a chance for yet another dust storm in the Phoenix area on Wednesday, just one day after a massive dust storm tormented the area.

Nancy Grace, the former prosecutor with a primetime show who has been covering the case extensively since Casey Anthony’s 2-year-old daughter was first reported missing in 2008, blasted Casey’s Defense celebrations saying: the devil is dancing at the case's conclusion.

The U.N. court has ruled that The Netherlands are responsible for the deaths of at least three people in the 1995 Srebenica Massacre

A towering plant known as the Giant Hogweed that can cause blindness, skin irritation, and permanent scarring is proliferating in New York state, prompting a warning from the state's Department of Environmental Conservation.

It's highly unlikely that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will replace U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on the 2012 Democratic Party presidential ticket, but sometimes is U.S. presidential politics, the unexpected occurs.

Congressional Republicans lambasted President Barack Obama for his decision to try a Somali man accused of supporting terrorist groups in civilian court, thus affording him the legal protections of U.S. citizens.

In yet another example of unexpected cross-cultural phenomena, it turns out that one of the biggest idols in Afghanistan is none other than ex-movie star and ex-California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp., issued a statement Wednesday noting that his executive Rebekah Brooks will continue her leadership despite phone hacking and police payments allegations

Though there is no indication that an attack is imminent, a U.S. security official said on Wednesday that militants are showing renewed interest in using surgically implanted bombs to blow up commercial flights.

CNN has cancelled the political talk show “In The Arena” which was hosted by former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, according to a report in the New York Times.