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The New York Taxi Commission has recently passed regulations removing the Lexus from the approved taxicab list, arguing the cars are too powerful, according to a New York Times report.

Just ahead of G8 talks, French President Nicolas Sarkozy is all set to host a two-day technology forum in Paris next week, Reuters reported.

Tunisian Foreign Minister Mouldi Kefi said that he believed Libyan Oil Minister Shokri Ghanem is no longer working for Gaddafi regime, Reuters reported on Monday.

Harold Camping, the Oakland, California-based broadcaster who made a failed prediction about a cataclysmic May 21 Doomsday said on Sunday he would make a statement on or by Monday night in a public forum to explain himself.

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Monday for a blatant attack on a Karachi naval base that killed at least 5 people and destroyed a naval aircraft, saying that the attack was a retaliation for the death of Osama bin Laden.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde's standing for the top IMF official gained impetus in Europe on Sunday with Mexico forwarding its own candidate for the post, giving competition for the top job.

The reconstruction from the devastation earthquake that hit Japan in March may cost the country 10 trillion yen to 15 trillion yen ($184 billion), said Japan's economic minister Kaoru Yosano.

At least 4 people were killed in an attack that took place in Karachi around 10:30 p.m. at one of Pakistan's naval aviation base on Sunday, reported Reuters.

Harold Camping's reaction was one of bewilderment and mystification after his failed May 21 Doomsday prediction, an associate revealed in a new report.

As a massive crest of water surges south along the Mississippi River, many residents are being forced to pack up and head for higher ground as their homes are tragically inundated with floods.

Camping is 89 years old and has made false predictions in the past.

Iceland's airports were closed Sunday and transatlantic flights were being diverted around that country's airspace after a major volcanic eruption.

A Southern Baptist Convention pastor has called on Family Radio founder and predictor of a May 21 doomsday Harold Camping to repent after his prediction of devastating earthquakes and the “rapture” of “true believers” failed to come true.

President Barack Obama said on Sunday and Israel-Palestine peace deal could not wait another decade, saying that challenges facing Israel would only grow and delay would undermine Israel's security.

If current Governor Jerry Brown's bid for tax extensions is not passed in Sacramento, then California's prestieged UC students might find themselves paying upto 32% more in tuition starting in spring 2012.

President Barack Obama's speech at AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs) Policy Conference as prepared for delivery in Washington DC.

Britain's finance minister endorsed his French counterpart Christine Lagarde on Sunday to succeed Dominique Strauss-Kahn as head of the International Monetary Fund, as the process for selecting a new head begins.

Christine Lagarde, the French Finance Minister and a former synchronized swimming champion, was endorsed as the new head of the International Monetary Fund.

The U.S District Court in Manhattan received documents from families of the September 11, 2001 victims accusing Iran and Hezbollah in helping al Qaeda carry out the attack.

Take a look at the May 21 campaign

Herman Cain, an African-American and self-made man, embodies the American dream.

Six prominent opposition lawmakers in Turkey have resigned in connection with a sex scandal, just ahead of national elections next month.

Whether observers believed it or not, a California broadcaster's unwavering conviction that doomsday was set to strike on May 21, 2011 has sparked intense interest online, with thousands of Twitter users weighing in.

Herman Cain just announced his candidacy for the 2012 presidency on the Republican ticket with strategic brilliance.

Herman Cain, former pizza chain CEO, talk radio host and Kansas City Fed Chairman, announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for U.S. president on Saturday in Atlanta.

Since the shocking discovery (and subsequent) assassination of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in early May in a compound in Pakistan, rumors have swirled that authorities in Islamabad have been harboring and protecting the world’s most wanted man all these years.

Harold Camping, the bible teacher, broadcaster and author who predicted that May 21, 2011 would be judgment day, has not been heard from since the expected outcome of rolling mega earthquakes starting in New Zealand failed to materialize on schedule at 6 p.m. local time.

The doomsday prophet has an interesting resume.

The dollar may need to make room for the Euro and the Renminbi as the rise of economic strength and influence of emerging markets threaten its dominant position as the world's currency.