The South Korean city wins the 2018 Olympic bid.
In a reversal, the Obama administration announced on Tuesday that it would begin to send condolence letters to families of soldiers who died by suicide.
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney raked in $18.25 million in the second quarter of 2011, flexing the financial muscle that has bolstered his status as the de facto frontrunner.
An alternate juror in who witnessed the Casey Anthony trial called the defendant a good mother, on Wednesday, a day after a jury acquitted her of first degree murder, manslaughter and child abuse, while convicting her of lying to police.
Roman police raided Antico Caffe Chigi, a suspected Mafia-run business.
On July 1, Jiang was absent at an important event in Beijing commemorating the 90th anniversary of China's Communist Party.A few days later, an important figure was urgently hospitalized into 301 Military Hospital located in Beijing, China. The figure is reportedly the former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, who was rumored to be in sickness since his last public appearance in Jiangsu on May 14th.
Germany’s Parliament will debate the government’s controversial plan to sell sale of 200 Leopard II battle tanks to Saudi Arabia.
A swarm of jellyfish blocks the water supply which is used as a coolant at the Orot Rabin nuclear power plant in Hadera, Israel.
There has been speculation that former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin died, which led government Internet censors to suppress any such discussion on the subject online.
The tide of illegal immigration from Mexico to the U.S. is receding, as many Mexicans choose to pursue careers in their home country, whose economy has improved substantially in the past five years.
A boat traveling between Sudan and Saudi Arabia caught fire, killing most of the refugees on board.
The European Commission has criticized international credit ratings agencies in the wake of the decision by Moody’s Investors Service to downgrade Portugal’s debt to “junk” status.
The Pakistani intelligence agency is keeping three wives and several children in the country until an investigation concludes.
Quidsi, a New Jersey based e-commerce provider, which was bought by Amazon, is launching Wag.com, an e-commerce site selling pet related products.
A Somali terror suspect captured and interrogated by the U.S. military in the Gulf of Aden will face a federal indictment in New York, placing the man at the center of an ongoing debate about how and where to try terror suspects.
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.
China raised interest rates for the third time this year in response to rising inflation in the country. That's just one of the problems the world's second-largest economy faces.
Beneath the vote backing President Barack Obama's candidacy lies a deep discomfort with his education policies to-date.
Governor Brian Schweitzer vowed to cling to Exxon Mobil to get the company clean up the oil spill over the weekend that fouled the Yellowstone River in Montana.
President Barack Obama will be answering questions on Wednesday during his first Twitter town hall meeting. The meeting is supposed to be focusing on economy and job related issues and queries.
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I am puzzled by the immense media attention on the sad tale of Casey Anthony, the 25-year-old Florida woman who was just found not guilty of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.
Almost 200 illegal African migrants have drowned to death when their boat sunk in the Red Sea off the Sudanese coast, according to Sudan’s media.
The Obama Administration has asked the state of Texas to refrain from executing a Mexican national who was convicted of raping and murdering a Texas teenaged girl.
Talk Show Host Rush Limbaugh is, arguably, the most successful talk show host in the history of modern radio. But is Limbaugh an American icon or an example of what's wrong with the United States today?
Anne Sinclair, wife of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is excited that the rape case against her husband is falling apart, and she is apparently seeking revenge.
On Wednesday at 2 p.m. President Obama will hold a Twitter town hall -- just two days after hackers pulled off a hoax involving him and a Fox News Twitter account. Here are five book blurbs on Twitter and Obama to get yourself up to speed before the event.
Mixed reactions were seen inside and outside the courtroom, upon the announcement of Casey Anthony found not guilty of first-degree murder of her daughter Caylee. Casey burst into tears, hugged her lawyers, and could not hide her smile after being released from the stressful trial. The peaked nationwide attention, however, may not cease to swirl around Anthony.
Mixed reactions were seen inside and outside the courtroom, upon the announcement of Casey Anthony found not guilty of first-degree murder of her daughter Caylee. Casey burst into tears, hugged her lawyers, and could not hide her smile after being released from the stressful trial. The peaked nationwide attention, however, may not cease to swirl around Anthony.
An exiled prime minister's sister has taken the political seat in Thailand, perhaps ushering back her ousted sibling.
