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Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney flexed some serious muscle when he collected more than $10 million for his presidential primary bid on Monday, a show of force proving his intent on being the GOP frontrunner - at very least the financial one.

Amid a huge security lockdown, Queen Elizabeth II arrived in the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday, starting the first visit by a British Monarch since its independence in 1921.

In his first informal comments After Osama’s death, Bush said that the news of Laden’s death didn’t make him “overjoyed”.

Disgraced International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is coming under increased pressure to resign from his post after he was arrested in New York on charges of sexual assaulting a hotel chambermaid.

The Pakistan military had filed a “strong protest” with NATO after helicopters from the western alliance attacked and wounded two Pakistani soldiers in the lawless border region of North Waziristan.

Like in the case of former high profile political sex scandals, more women are coming out with allegations against the IMF chief. After the notorious incident involving him and the Times Square hotel chambermaid, its now the turn of a French journalist to ensure that Dominique Strauss-Kahn's presidential aspirations are jeopardised.

Moscow’s involvement in the European missile defense sector is a better way to relieve Russia’s anxiety about the project, a high US Department of state officer said in a report on Tuesday.

A Louisiana farming community built for evacuees of Hurricane Katrina has become a shelter for families driven by river flooding.

Pakistan has agreed to return the tail of a U.S. helicopter that was damaged during the raid that brought an end to the terror leader Osama bin Laden earlier this month.

Two Palestinian protesters who infiltrated Israel from Syria during the Sunday demonstrations at Israeli borders were banished on Tuesday.

The death of a Saudi diplomat in Karachi on Monday was part of a conspiracy to ruin the relationship between Islamabad and Riyadh, says Jamaat-e-Islami party.

The Palestine Authority has rejected the principles Netanyahu laid out in his speech as unacceptable, adding that they were part of “preconditions.”

The Obama administration on Monday unveiled an international strategy for cyberspace that stresses to promote a secure, open Internet and other critical computer networks.

You’re competing against young people in Beijing and Mumbai. Those kids are hungry, they’re working hard and you’ll need to be prepared for it, president Barack Obama said to U.S. high school graduates.

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin today signed into law the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act, which will provide tax credits to individuals and businesses which will donate to nonprofit organizations that distribute private-school scholarships to eligible families.

The Japanese government will issue a new set of work ethics on Tuesday to bring the damaged Fukushima power plant under control by January, said reports

Libya security forces are accused of using sexual enhancement drugs and gang-raping protesting women by stopping them at the checkpoints by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

Egypt's Hosni Mubarak will apologize to the nation and plead for amnesty, the Muslim Brotherhood has said in a report published in its site, even as prosecutors tightened the noose around the 82-year old former dictator and his family.

A bomb threat from Irish militants was investigated by Scotland Yard anti-terrorism officers, a day prior to Queen Elizabeth visit to Ireland.

An investigation has been launched after the Cathay Pacific jetliner carrying 136 people made an emergency landing in Singapore, on Monday.

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been sent to custody at New York's Rikers Island jail on charges of sexual assault.

International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor has applied for an arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddafi on charges of crimes against humanity

Upset over the political developments in the state which may bring down the provincial government headed by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the ruling coalition hit the roads of Bangalore on Tuesday morning protesting the governor's rommmendation to sack the state government.

General Motors plans to invest about $2 billion in U.S. assembly and component plants, creating or preserving more than 4,000 jobs at 17 facilities in eight states, the carmaker said in a statement.

Irish band U2 performed three concerts in Mexico City´s Azteca stadium as part of their 360 Tour on May 11, 14, and 15 as lead singer Bono met with President Felipe Calderon to discuss the nation's growing drug-related violence and poverty.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was refused release on bail on charges of attempting to rape a hotel maid because he is considered a flight risk. As this allegation emerged, prosecutors are working to verify similar previous incident reports on sex charges against him.

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a man accustomed to luxury hotel suites and first-class plane travel, will make his home for now at New York City's notorious Rikers Island jail.

Biofuels may pollute the environment much more heavily if the process used to make them isn't done in the right way, researchers say. Conventional fossil fuels may sometimes be much greener than their biofuel counterparts, according to a new study.

Carlos Santana blasted Georgia's new immigration law as being anti-American on Sunday.