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WASHINGTON (AP):JUST BACK from their own long break, Supreme Court justices set out Monday to resolve a politically charged fight over when the Senate's absence gives the president the power to make temporary appointments to high-level positions without...

Israel has held a burial service of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at his family ranch in the Negev desert.

VATICAN CITY (AP):With wails resounding amid the splendour of the Sistine Chapel, Pope Francis yesterday baptised 32...

DALLAS (AP):A permit to hunt an endangered African black rhino sold for $350,000 at a Dallas auction held to raise money for conservation efforts, but was criticised by wildlife advocates....

Some U.S. lawmakers have been leery of the agreement, calling for tougher sanctions against Iran, rather than any loosening of controls.

Muqam told private television station Geo News that it was the sixth such attack against him in recent years. He didn't name the militants directly but said that "the terrorists" wouldn't win.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is widely regarded as a giant of the Israeli military and political landscape, but endured numerous controversies during his tenure as prime minister.

An Indian diplomat whose arrest in the US sparked protests from India has been formally indicted by a US grand jury.

WASHINGTON (AP):Some of the nation's largest food companies have cut daily calorie counts by an average of 78 per person, a new study says, more than four times the amount the industry pledged to slash by next year.The study sponsored by the Robert Wood...

WASHINGTON (AP):The Obama administration is urging schools to abandon overly zealous discipline policies that civil rights advocates have long said lead to a school-to-prison pipeline that discriminates against minority students.The wide-ranging series...

BAGHDAD (AP): Tribal leaders in the besieged city of Fallujah warned al-Qaida-linked fighters to leave to avoid a military showdown, echoing a call by Iraq's prime minister yesterday that they give up their fight...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP):Syria's information minister says that ordinary citizens will urge President Bashar Assad to seek re-election next July, and that he would win the vote.Omran al-Zoubi says the decision to run...