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Police in Chihuahua have arrested a dangerous drug cartel leader known in his gang as El Brad Pitt.

Armenia is prepared to establish diplomatic relations with Turkey without any pre-conditions, said Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian.

The United Nations and European Union are working to push Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to halt violence.

New York Rep. Anthony Weiner, speaking at the Council Center for Senior Citizens in Brooklyn where he first began his career, announced Thursday his resignation from Congress.

Moammar Gaddafi's son says that his father is ready to hold general election in three months time if rebels stop their struggle.

The two Al Qaeda leaders' relationship goes back over 30 years.

72-year-old Abu Baker Bashir, a radical Indonesian cleric, was sentenced to prison for his involvement with a terrorist organization

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) has resigned, capping a precipitous fall that began with revelations that Weiner had been sending lewd photos to women he met online.

Saudi Arabian women are slated to come out in protest of the fatwa- or religious decree, forbidding women from driving this Friday.

Watch and read the resignation of Anthony Weiner live.

Former Liberal Senator Raymond Lavigne has been sentenced to 6 months jail time and 6 months house arrest on fraud charges and breach of trust.

Britain will endure at least another three years of economic weakness before it can stabilize, warned the governor of the bank of England, Sir Mervyn King.

Anthony Weiner is set to resign Thursday afternoon, ending his career as a seven-term Democratic congressman from New York.

The Spanish government will expel the Libyan ambassador to Madrid as well as three other Libyan envoys, according to a statement from the Spanish Foreign Ministry.

A Polish journalist was arrested for slandering the Belorussian president.

Intelligence officials, prodded by the Bush White House, sought personal information that they could use to damage the reputation of an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, a former Central Intelligence Agency official told the New York Times.

The city of Vancouver was ablaze after fires following the Stanley Cup Finals

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A cultural “war” has erupted between Greece and its neighbor Macedonia over plans to construct a giant bronze statue of Alexander the Great in Skopje, the Macedonian capital.

A once promising political career torn apart by scandal will finally come to an end today as Rep. Anthony Weiner will resign in his Sheepshead Bay office where he first launched his campaign for City Council in 1992.

The 2011 lunar eclipse-- believed to bring some of the darkest nights in roughly a century yesterday-- was not visible in North America, but it still seems to have ushered in Anthony Weiners darkest hour.

A look into the life of the new head of Al Qaeda and FBI's most wanted man.

Human rights activists are pleading with the British government to postpone or cancel the planned deportation of 20 Tamils back to their native country of Sri Lanka on fears that they will be imprisoned and tortured there.

Fans flocked to downtown and riots ensued.

On June 15, the State Assembly passed a gay marriage bill by an 80-63 vote.The passage of the bill marks the fourth time in two years, and same-sex marriage is now just one vote away from legalization in New York. The same day, former Giants receiver David Tyree voiced his warning for same-sex marriage bill leading to anarchy.

California's Democratically controlled legislature passed a budget yesterday that eschews tax extensions favored by Governor Jerry Brown for funding measures that Republicans dismissed as gimmicks.

The chief of NATO said that European members of the alliance need to increase their defense spending and reduce their reliance on the US for sophisticated weapons.

Scandal plauged Congressman Anthony Weiner has disclosed his decision to resign his seat as a member of Congress, amid unrelenting pressure from top Democrats for him to go, The Times reported.

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) has told his friends that he will resign, capping a precipitous fall that began with revelations that Weiner had been sending lewd photos to women he met online, the New York Times reported.