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North and south Sudan have agreed to establish a patrolled demilitarized border zone to strengthen security along the borders, the African Union said.

The NATO airstrikes in Afghanistan will now be limited and no attacks on houses be allowed, said Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

A loud noise was heard outside a reactor building at Fukushima nuclear plant as the operator of the plant cleared away debris, Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) told Reuters on Tuesday.

Following the massive tornado that killed over 132 and damaged many houses in Joplin, experts speculate that the danger is far from being over due to a possible contamination of water and air from industrial debris.

The truce between the tribal groups and the forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been broken and this has brought Yemen closer to a civil war.

The Dutch government announced today that by end of this year the country's famed marijuana-dispensing coffee shops would start to close to tourists and be open only to Dutch citizens.

Egypt deports Qassem Hosseini, an Iranian envoy, who was arested on suspicion of spying in Egypt, state news agency Mena reported.

Multiple attacks carried out by anti-government militants killed ten people including five suicide bombers and wounded 45 other with majority of them civilians in Herat city, 640 km west of the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, a local media reported.

Talks between South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma and Libya’s Col. Muammar Gaddafi ended on Monday without a sign of peace.

Japan’s sovereign debt ratings might downgrade due to concern about a weak policy response to faltering economic growth prospects and growing public debt, Credit rating agency Moody’s told Reuters on Tuesday.

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi finally agreed to a ceasefire call in talks with South African President Jacob Zuma.

Protesters in Tripoli are on the rise, said activists, since a video on the Internet on Monday showed hundreds of angry funeral mourners shouting slogans against the Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi.

Amid growing pressure to step down from his post, Japan prime minister Naoto Kan said on Tuesday he wants to continue with his post to resolve the nuclear crisis triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

The pressure on the unpopular Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan increased as the ruling party powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa hinted he will back a no-confidence motion against Kan, if he refuses to quit.

Army general Martin Dempsey, a warrior-scholar who commanded troops in the Iraq war, was nominated as the top U.S. military officer by President Barack Obama on Monday.

Americans across the nation on Monday remembered the sacrifices of soldiers who died for their country.

The primary elections in Iowa are more than eight months away, but Ron Paul is in the state on his 2012 campaign trail, with a meet-and-greet scheduled for Tuesday marking the fourth time in the last month he visits.

The first Memorial Day was celebrated in 1865 in South Carolina to honor fallen soldiers from the Civil War. Since then, it has developed into a national holiday in honor of all soldiers and their families.

President Obama laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery and gave a speech praising the sacrifices of American soldiers this morning.

Spain will recognize a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders before September, said Alfonso Manuel Portales, Spanish Consul General in east Jerusalem, according to the Jerusalem Post.

Montana's governor has dispatched an additional 36 National Guard soldiers to combat rising water levels, the Associated Press reported.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has lost control of Milan and Naples in a local election, indicative, many say, of his flagging popularity, Reuters reported.

In a sign of eroding support for besieged Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, eight generals and about 100 soldiers defected from the Libyan army and fled to Italy

If you ask Arizona Senator John McCain, Sarah Palin can absolutely beat Obama in the 2012 presidential race. “Of course she can. Now, whether she will, whether she’ll even run or not, I don’t know,” McCain said on “Fox News Sunday.”

Counting the fallen on Memorial Day

On the second stop of her One Nation bus tour, Sarah Palin pulled over for a visit at the U.S. National Archives in Washington D.C. on Monday, further fanning speculation over whether she will run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.

Weiner joins Christopher Lee as the latest New York congressman accused of abusing the Internet

Oil prices, which have risen by as much as 20 percent this year due to fears of supply disruption caused by Middle Eastern and North African unrest; appear to be stabilizing in recent weeks.

President Obama announced today the new head chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to be US Army Chief General Martin Dempsey who will replace Admiral Mike Mullen.