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The President wanted to be sure that he'd gotten his man before making the news of Osama bin Laden's death public.

A Senate subcommittee released a report yesterday denouncing the wastefulness of relying on contractors to combat drug trafficiking.

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed a severe immigration enforcement law this morning, drawing threats of legal challenges from civil liberties advocates in the latest iteration of a battle that has played out in state capitols and courtrooms across the country.

Practice Safe Policy launched condoms featuring the image of embattled Congressman

According to reports, both French and Moroccan authorities have launched an investigation into allegations that a former French government minister participated in a sexual orgy with underage boys in Morocco.

Rick Santorum said global warming is a “patently absurd” idea. Santorum is a former Senator from Pennsylvania and a 2012 presidential hopeful.

President Barack Obama's campaign campaign strategy for 2012 will seek to consolidate 2008 victories while adapting to an altered economic landscape.

As an X-rated photo of Anthony Weiner was newly exposed online Wednesday, his wife Huma Abedin was reported to be three months pregnant with the couple's first child.

The Netherlands said it will postpone until next year any decision on allowing Bulgaria and Romania into the Schengen zone (which would allow for passport-free travel between the Schengen states).

The Taliban is speculated to be behind the attack which killed a government official, the groom and seven more.

Vietnam has accused Chinese ships of harassing another Vietnamese vessel in the South China Sea.

Jacques Chirac, the former President of France, has criticized his successor Nicolas Sarkozy in memoirs that covers his term in office, ahead of next year’s presidential election.

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor has accused embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi of ordering the mass rape of Libyan women.

Contrary to State Department policy, economic aid may not prevent Pakistanis from turning to militant radicalism.

Stephen Elop, Nokia's new chief executive, has termed rumors of Microsoft or Samsung acquiring the company as baseless.

Israeli settlers, still at large, rolled burning tires into a mosque in the West Bank village of Maghayer in the early morning and scrawled Hebrew-language graffiti across the building's exterior.

Gennette Cordova, a 21-year-old college student in north western Washington state says, she did not believe at first, the photo was real.

Donald Trump came down heavily on old adversary Anthony Weiner, who is coping (?) with the worst slump in his life and career. Trump, who as often clashed with Weiner on TV shows, did not show any mercy; he just went for the jugular, uttering words like psycho, disturbed and suicidal, while describing Anthony Weiner's moment of shame.

Col. Muammar Gaddafi the man who uses a battalion of virgin-only female bodyguards for his protection is now under investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for using rape as a means to quell rebellion among women.

Defaced Rep. Anthony Weiner who is in the middle of the crotch-gate scandal came close to stealing thunder from Apple's mega launch of iCloud and iOS 5 on Twitter sphere as the Congressman racked in similar number of tweets as Apple's WWDC.

Representative Anthony Weiner has tied himself up in inner ware fabric, as if it were. His remarkable fall from grace has been the top story for days on end and compromising content about him, both text and images, is mushrooming on the Internet.

India successfully test-fired surface-to-surface nuclear capable Prithvi II ballistic missile in the eastern state of Orissa on Thursday.

The Wallow Fire along Arizona's eastern border forests is heading towards a high-voltage link that deliver 40 percent of the power used by 371,000 homes and businesses in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico, said El Paso Electric.

Add Kate Middleton, the new Duchess of Cambridge, to the growing list of possible hacking victims of Jonathan Rees.

Osama bin Laden's longtime lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahri, warned Americans not to gloat about the killing of the al Qaeda leader and vowed he would carry on bin Laden's work, according to a YouTube recording posted on Wednesday.

Turkey opened its borders to anxious Syrian refugees Wednesday, keeping its word when Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country would not close its doors to Syrian refugees.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, a leading contestant of the chief job post for Indian Monetary Fund (IMF) chief post,said on Thursday, that she was very satisfied with her meetings with top Chinese officials.

Yemeni civilians are going hungry after a sharp rise in the food prices, owing to the unrest and fights in the country. Disrupted food supplies and transport have pushed up the price of gas, water, fuel and other basic commodities, the U.N.'s World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday.

Turkey, in an act of generosity has welcomed anxious Syrian refugees on Wednesday and urged Syrian government to stop violence against civilians after thousands of people abandoned a town near the Turkish frontier in fear of military assault.