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WASHINGTON (AP):A SOMBRE President Barack Obama led a moment of silence on Monday for a nation stunned by an attempted assassination against an Arizona congresswoman that left her gravely wounded, several others injured and six people dead.On a frigid...

Iranian media reports say an IranAir passenger plane carrying 105 people has crashed in the country's northwest.

The United States (US) government has subpoenaed the social networking site Twitter for personal details of people connected to Wikileaks.

The upcoming trial of former Texas billionaire and financier Allen Stanford has been delayed.

WASHINGTON (AP): President Barack Obama has hired William Daley to be his chief of staff, choosing a veteran political manager with Wall Street ties to direct an operation now steaming toward re-election mode.Daley steps into one of the most important...

NEW ORLEANS (AP): DISASTERS LIKE the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig could happen again without significant reform, according to the conclusions of a presidential panel that described systemic problems within the offshore oil and gas industry...

Border Agency officials in Britain have released information about failed bids to hide drugs in packages and smuggle them into the UK.

A US Panel probing the British Petroleum (BP) oil spill has found that a decision by the company to cut cost and save time contributed to the disaster.

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP): LAWYERS SHOWERED the suspected killer of a prominent Pakistani governor with rose petals when he arrived at court Wednesday and an influential Muslim scholars group praised the assassination of the outspoken opponent of laws that order death for those who insult Islam.

BEEBE, Ark (AP):Blackbirds are having a hard time staying alive in the Southeast.Just a few days after 3,000 blackbirds fell from the sky in Arkansas, about 500 birds dropped to their death in Louisiana, littering a quarter-mile stretch of highway near...

UK Chancellor George Osborne is defending the increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT), which takes effect today.

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas: WILDLIFE EXPERTS are trying to solve a mystery that evoked images of the apocalypse: Why did more than 3,000 red-winged blackbirds tumble from the Arkansas sky shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve?