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In a riveting end to a murder trial that had gripped much of the nation, Casey Anthony, the 25-year-old Orlando, Fla., mom, was found not guilty Tuesday of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee Anthony. However, Casey was found guilty of four counts of providing false information to law enforcement officials, and could still face years in prison.

Nigeria is positioning its banks to offer Islamic banking products.

Casey Anthony was found not guilty of first-degree murder, according to the verdict released by the jury on July 5, at 2:15 p.m.

The jury has reached a verdict in Casey Anthony murder trial. The 30 minute advance notice has been given for the verdict, which will be read at 2:15 p.m. (EST) this afternoon.

The British Prime Minister has said that the Taliban could play a role in the future government of Afghanistan as long as they lay down their arms.

The world’s largest train manufacturer, Bombardier, said it will eliminate 1,400 jobs at its plant in Derby in the north of England.

The Italian authorities seized control of a cafe frequented by politicians.

New Mexico's Los Alamos National Laboratory is set to reopen on Wednesday, after firefighters successfully tamed a blaze that threatened to engulf stocks of nuclear materials and waste stored at the renowned research facility.

Amnesty international blasted Beijing for a protracted crackdown on ethnic unrest in Xinjiang, a region in China's far West, in a report issued yesterday.

The sister of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra won Sunday's general elections in Thailand.

Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi is willing to step down from power if he receives security guarantees, reported Russian media, quoting an unnamed Russian government official.

The only Democratic U.S. president re-elected since FDR's New Deal, and the last one to register a budget surplus in the past 30 years, has no-holds-barred advice for President Barack Obama regarding the debt talks: 'Don't blink.'

Russia is slated to support Palestine in its bid for recognition as a member state at the United Nations, according to one Palestinian official.

The Goose neighborhood of Siena, Italy, won this years Palio, a biannual horse race through the town's medieval center.

On July 4th morning, President Barack Obama allegedly died from two gunshot wounds while campaigning in Iowa, according to a series of six messages on the Fox News Twitter account, which was hacked by a group that identified themselves as Script Kiddies. In reality, President Barack Obama celebrated Independence Day at the White House, and praised military service members who have served and sacrificed for the United States in protecting the freedoms of its citizens.

Ben Ali left in January, but it's old tricks in Tunis, according to Tunisian politicians.

A new Gallup Poll indicates that a majority of Jewish-Americans continue to approve of President Barack Obama.

Former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale and former Minnesota Gov. Arne Carlson will announce a newly formed committee to resolve the state's budget crisis at a news conference Tuesday.

Speaking at a Delhi conference on HIV and AIDS attended by many top officials, India’s health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad described homosexuality as a disease which has come from other countries, and gay sex as unnatural.

Jury deliberations in the Casey Anthony murder trial will resume Tuesday, after the jury failed to reach a verdict in Monday's half-session. The trial has attracted considerable national and even global attention, in part due to the alleged motive in the case: prosecutors argue that Casey killed her daughter Caylee Anthony because the child interfered with her care-free, partying lifestyle.

In a stunning reversal of fortunes, Dominique Strauss-Kahn will most likely walk free and vindicated as US prosecutors will drop sexual assault charges against him. Weeks after hurriedly taking the towering figure in French politics, the State's law enforcement will have to make a humiliating U-turn in the case. The logical question is, shouldn’t they have done it initially, and got their facts first before jumping into conclusions.

Unearthing treasures has long been an obsession of archaeologists -- and one treasure hunt has led Indian officials to unearth treasures worth $23 billion from underground chambers in the centuries-old Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala.

There haven't been any radical political or administrative changes happening in China, recently. Nor have there been any reports that said China is reconsidering its Internet censorship regulations. The country notorious for jailing bloggers and blocking Web sites, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, is planning to buy a significant chunk of Facebook's stake, according to a BusinessInsider report.

Just after four days of former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's fortune turning brighter, the French economist and politician will again have to face some more or many more court proceedings.

After a group of cyber-criminals hacked the Fox News' Twitter account on Monday and tweeted a series of messages claiming Barack Obama was dead, the Secret Service is investigating the matter.

U.S. President Barack Obama thanked the US military service members during a barbecue on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington as the nation celebrated its independence on July 4th, with a national holiday.

U.S Secret Services said on Monday that it will investigate the hacking of Fox News Twitter account which falsely claimed that President Obama had been assassinated.

Thailand's opposition Puea Thai Party scored a landslide election victory on Sunday , making her the first woman to run the country. Take a look back at her stirring crowds on the campaign trail.

Conservative religious activists in Pakistan have condemned and protested a gay rights event last week sponsored by the US embassy in Islamabad.