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Published:Monday | September 16, 2013 | 12:00 AM

ANCHORAGE, (AP):Students at an Anchorage middle school will be treated to a real-life civics lesson this week when they see one of their own teachers become a United States (US) citizen.The US Citizenship and Immigration Service will conduct a...

Published:Monday | September 16, 2013 | 12:00 AM

SANTA ANA, (AP):To get the driver's licenses they've long sought, immigrants living in California illegally will have to do something many have long resisted - publicly identify themselves.The driver's license bill that the Legislature passed on its...

Published:Monday | September 16, 2013 | 12:00 AM

JERUSALEM (AP):UNITED States Secretary of State John Kerry warns Syria that the 'threat of force remains' if a chemical weapons deal is not followed.A day after sealing a deal with Russia on securing Syria's chemical-weapons stockpiles...

Published:Monday | September 16, 2013 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):Britain's deputy prime minister disclosed yesterday that he will try to block any attempt to make foreign visitors routinely pay a security deposit to come to the United Kingdom, an idea that has spurred outrage in countries such as India...

Published:Sunday | September 15, 2013 | 6:18 PM

A fast-moving fire claimed the lives of a man and five children, ages 6 and under this morning when it swept through a mobile home in northwest Ohio.

Published:Sunday | September 15, 2013 | 11:34 AM

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday sent a strong warning to Syria, saying 'the threat of force is real'.

Published:Friday | September 13, 2013 | 10:58 AM

The 23-year-old woman, was attacked on a bus in December and died two weeks later.

Published:Friday | September 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

UNITED NATIONS (AP): More people around the world than ever are living abroad and the United States remains the most popular destination, according to new United Nations (UN) data released on Wednesday...

Published:Friday | September 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

ATHENS (AP): Unemployment continues to rise in recession-hit Greece, with the overall rate reaching 27.9 per cent in June...

Published:Friday | September 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): Michelle Obama has pushed Americans to eat healthier and to exercise more.

Published:Thursday | September 12, 2013 | 10:31 AM

President al-Assad says the decision was as a result of a Russian initiative and not the threat of US military action.

Published:Wednesday | September 11, 2013 | 2:19 PM

The US is remembering the victims of the 9/11 attacks in a series of memorials marking the 12th anniversary. The September 11, 2001 attacks killed almost 3,000 people.

Published:Wednesday | September 11, 2013 | 10:01 AM

President Obama said he had long resisted calls for military action in Syria because he did not believe that force could solve the civil war.

Published:Wednesday | September 11, 2013 | 12:00 AM

BEIRUT, (AP): Syria's main opposition block yesterday urged the West to strike Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime despite Russia's initiative to have Damascus surrender its chemical weapons to international control, dismissing the proposal as a...

Published:Wednesday | September 11, 2013 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):About one in 10 men in some parts of Asia admitted raping a woman who was not their partner, according to the first large studies of rape and sexual violence.

Published:Tuesday | September 10, 2013 | 1:34 PM

The 23-year-old woman was brutally assaulted on a bus and died two weeks later.

Published:Tuesday | September 10, 2013 | 9:19 AM

The police say at least 10 of the 17 people reported injured in the blast were school children.

Published:Tuesday | September 10, 2013 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): Syrian President Bashar Assad warned the United States (US) would have "repercussions" for any military strike launched in response to a chemical weapons attack, while President Barack Obama prepared his final public arguments for such...

Published:Tuesday | September 10, 2013 | 12:00 AM

MILTON, (AP):When a West Virginia home caught fire, trapping a kitten inside, it was Batman and Captain America who came to the rescue.John Buckland, dressed as Batman, and Troy Marcum, dressed as Captain America, saw smoke at a house nearby when they...

Published:Tuesday | September 10, 2013 | 12:00 AM

GUATEMALA CITY, (AP): A rescue worker says at least 30 people died when a bus plunged into a deep canyon in northwest Guatemala yesterday morning.

Published:Monday | September 9, 2013 | 11:45 AM

Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem says his country welcomes Russia's proposal for it to place its chemical weapons under international control and then dismantle them quickly to avert US strik

Published:Monday | September 9, 2013 | 11:29 AM

Today UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Syria to immediately agree to transfer chemical weapons and chemical precursors to a safe place within the country for international destruction.

Published:Monday | September 9, 2013 | 12:00 AM

ATLANTA, (AP):After falling four years in a row, United States births may finally be levelling off.The number of babies born last year, a little shy of four million, is only a few hundred less than the number in 2011, according to a government report...

Published:Monday | September 9, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Detroit, (AP):More than a year after the United States (US) Supreme struck down mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles, Michigan lawmakers attempting to bring the state into compliance have hit a potential stalemate that threatens ...

Published:Monday | September 9, 2013 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP):The Obama administration is distributing videos showing a chemical weapons attack in Syria to help convince Americans and Congress that a military intervention against the Syrian government is...

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