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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s press conference proceeded largely as expected. He didn’t say too many new things and mostly restated his well-known position. Below are some of the important highlights.

A huge explosion which erupted at the al-Sabil terminal in Egypt’s North Sinai area has apparently been brought under control, according to Gasco, the company that operates the pipeline.

FOMC statement from April 27, 2011

“Maybe I’m going to do the tax returns when Obama does his birth certificate. I may tie my tax returns into Obama’s birth certificate,” said Donald Trump last week in an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos.

Rival Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas are reportedly agreed to end their schism and form a joint unity government.

Sarah Palin on Wednesday called for close media attention and focus on Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke's comments on monetary policy and not the White House's release of President Barack Obama's birth certificate.

FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) Chairman Ben Bernanke, for the first time ever, will hold a press conference on Wednesday after the FOMC’s monetary policy statement.

Businessman and television show host Donald Trump made a statement to reporters at a press conference in New Hampshire ahead of remarks by President Barack Obama on the issue of the President's release of the long-form birth certificate.

FBI continues to work on the Coreflood Botnet, remotely uninstalling it from countless infected PCs.

President Obama released his birth certificate and the issue surrounding it.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, probably the most well known civil rights activist in the U.S., believes the birther issue against President Barack Obama is purely driven by racism and represents part of a wider scaling back of civil rights gains by black Americans.

An Afghan pilot has killed eight foreign troops and a contractor at a training center near the Kabul airport, according to NATO.

The following is a transcript of remarks by President Barack Obama on April 27, 2011 as delivered to reporters at the White House on the issue of his birth place, which he called a distraction from more important issues facing the nation. On Thursday, the White House released the long-form birth certificate obtained from State of Hawaii. A certification of live birth, which provided less information, was released in 2008, ahead of the election that year.

Donald Trump finally got what he wanted: a birth certificate from Barack Obama (pictured left).

President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for an end to distractions over his place of birth and released a long-form birth certificate which provides more detailed information about his birth.

This week’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting should not interrupt the recent positive performance of the US financial markets.

President Barack Obama obtained an exception from Hawaii's State Department of Health to release a copy of his long form birth certificate, publishing it on the White House web site.

President Barack Obama will announce a shift his top military and intelligence leadership ranks with on Thursday, as the nearing retirement of Defense Secretary Robert Gates will prompt a move to replace him with CIA Director Leon Panetta and fill Panetta's position with well-regarded General David Petraeus, the top military official in Afghanistan.

A team of investigations from the United Nations have arrived in Tripoli, Libya to investigate allegations of human rights abuses in the strife-torn country since the civil war erupted over two months ago, according to reports.

The President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez said he is meeting with a delegation of Libyan officials in Caracas to seek ways to resolve the crisis in the North African country.

Toyota Motors USA is recalling approximately 51,000 Tundra trucks (2011 model year) to inspect the rear drive shaft, the carmaker said in a statement on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, April 27, 2011, the IAEA provided the following information on the current status of nuclear safety in Japan:

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke doesn’t seem to understand inflation. In 2011, he has denied its existence and dismissed the recent run-up in commodities prices as transitory.

Leon Panetta, the director of the CIA has spent the last five days in Ankara, Turkey, on a secret visit with high-ranking Turk officials to evaluate the crisis in Syria, according to Turkish newspaper, Sabah.

The head of President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign will measure and closely track all aspects of campaign activity and told supporters on Monday of the need to act like an 'insurgent campaign' to win next year.

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called embattled Bashar al-Assad Tuesday to urge the Syrian leader to enact reforms in the country that is being torn apart by the state’s brutal crackdown against protesters, according to Agence France Presse (AFP).

Inflation is coming to America because the Federal Reserve keeps printing money and has left interest rates at 0.25 percent since December 2008.

The government of Bahrain has ordered the expulsion of senior Iranian diplomat over his alleged connections to a Kuwaiti spy ring, according to state-controlled media.

The National Weather Service predicted severe thunderstorms and chances of tornadoes across six southern states Tuesday afternoon and into Wednesday, as severe weather continues to impact the region.