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Six more employees of Tokyo Electric Power Co. working at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant were exposed to more radiation than allowed, the Japanese Newspaper Asahi Shimbun reported today.

In yet another High-profile cyber attack case, the public website of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency went down on Wednesday evening with Lulz Security claiming responsibility for the attack.

The 2011 lunar eclipse-- believed to bring one of the darkest nights in roughly a century-- was not visible in North America. That's too bad for Rep. Anthony Weiner.

In the second of a sequence of hearings, U.S. lawmakers were told that U.S. prisons are becoming a hotbed for indoctrinating inmates and turning them into radical Muslims, AFP reported.

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has officially been released Wednesday from a hospital in Houston and is set to receive outpatient treatment.

The longest total lunar eclipse in a decade will occur today, June 15th. During the eclipse, the Earth's shadow will completely cover the Moon for one hour and 40 minutes and partially cover it for three hours and 40 minutes. The path that the Moon is taking through Earth's shadow is almost directly through the shadow's center, making for the longest possible path and therefor the longest duration. On June 15, Earth's shadow will start to darken the moon at 18:23 universal time (UT) ...

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will donate his collection of some one million documents and objects covering his life as a diplomat, teacher and private citizen to Yale University, The Associated Press reported.

It seems the best place for Representative Anthony Weiner to spend Lunar Eclipse 2011 is on the moon, where he would be shielded from sight.

A deadly riot broke out in a facility near Caracas as family members waited outside prison walls.

Republicans in New York's Senate said that a four hour meeting did not yield a decision on whether they would call a vote on legislation to legalize gay marriage.

Najla Said, Palestine advocate, acclaimed performer and daughter of the legendary author of Orientalism discusses Tom MacMaster's fabrication.

The White House said Wednesday that President Barack Obama has the legal authority to continue U.S. military action in Libya, despite Congress not authorizing it.

Despite academic and professional achievements, there are still many struggles faces by Americans who can trace their ancestry to the Indian subcontinent

North Korea has had enough time to develop miniature nuclear arms, according to the South Korean Defense Ministry.

Wisconsin Congressman Fred Clark, who is up against a Republican state senator in a recall election, was recorded saying he wanted to smack around a voter after she hung up on him.

The wife of Rep. Anthony Weiner returned from work in the Middle East and Africa to find the news of her scandal-ridden husband hadn't subsided. In fact, Huma Abedin's arrival coincided with the emergence of a new set of images: Photos of her husband cross-dressing.

Speaker of the House John Boehner sent President Obama a letter yesterday pressing Obama to seek Congressional approval for the intervention in Libya.

Fazle-ur-Rahman Khalil, a paramilitary leader and bin-Laden associate, is living in Islamabad

The United States and Pakistan have a “strong” relationship, despite ongoing challenges between the two countries, according to a spokesman for the U.S. State Department.

The U.S. State Department renewed its travel warning for the Philippines on June 14th, siting unrest in the southern regions and the capital Manila.

The June 15 lunar eclipse is a positive omen in Beantown.

Apparently, classical Greece and its traditions of philosophy and democracy, are alive and well with Athens' citizens, although the state is still searching for Plato's philosopher-king, one blogger writes of today's protests outside the Greek Parliament.

George Papandreou, the embattled Prime Minister of Greece, has offered to resign to pave the way for a national unity government, according to various sources, as the Athens parliament prepares to enact more unpopular austerity measures.

Seeking to contain ballooning costs, Republican governors are pressuring the Obama administration to relax federal requirements dictating how many poor and disabled people states must provide healthcare through Medicaid.

Two minke whales were discovered with traces of radiation off the Japanese coast.

Egyptian military rulers told human rights groups that military courts have sentenced some 7,000 civilians since former President Hosni Mubarak's ouster in February.

Texas Governor Rick Perry spoke to New York City Republicans on Tuesday night, revealing little about his potential candidacy.

The current unrest in Greece stems for decades of over-spending. In Athens, protesters take to the streets to fight the latest austerity proposal.

Public discontent over the Spanish government’s severe austerity program has led to a bizarre spectacle in the northeastern city of Barcelona where at least 2,000 protesters tried to block the Catalan parliament to expression their anger over local budget cuts and job losses.