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China's new leadership faces myriad challenges
China named the Communist Party's No. 2 leader, Li Keqiang, premier on Friday as a long-orchestrated leadership transition nears its end, leaving the ...
UK lawmaker arrested after fight at Parliament bar
British media say a lawmaker has been arrested after a fight at a bar inside the Parliament buildings. The Press Association news agency, the BBC and ...
New bill intended to curb Jamaica lottery scams
Jamaican officials said Thursday that they are hopeful new legislation will finally result in a stream of convictions and lengthy sentences for ...
Cameron confronts opposition over media regulation
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday he would champion self-regulation for Britain's scandal-tainted press, bucking a key recommendation ...
UN official urges US to fight new marijuana laws
The head of the U.N. drug watchdog agency is urging U.S. federal officials to challenge the decriminalization of possessing small amounts of marijuana ...
Australia gets first Aboriginal government leader
Australia has its first Aboriginal leader of a provincial government, a development welcomed by the prime minister as a historic moment for the ...
Obama says immigration bill would help House GOP
President Barack Obama told House Republicans Wednesday that they would benefit politically more than Democrats would from supporting a comprehensive ...
Hungarian amendment to be signed by president
Stating he has no other legal options, Hungary's president will sign into law a constitutional amendment which critics say supports the government's ...
Panel criticizes military on sexual assault cases
In a stinging rebuke of the military's efforts to curb sexual assault, members of a Senate panel hammered Defense Department officials on Wednesday ...
Pursuit of hackers who took credit reports expands
The pursuit of hackers who audaciously stole and published credit reports for Michelle Obama, the attorney general, FBI director and other U.S.
Egypt: Morsi's government appeals vote suspension
A government legal agency representing Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi appealed on Wednesday the court-ordered suspension of a controversial ...
EU lawmakers reject $1.3tn budget proposal
The European Parliament overwhelmingly rejected a proposal for the European Union's €960 billion ($1.3 trillion) budget Wednesday, in the latest ...
Grieving husband pushes bill for unproven remedies
After the best-selling Irish novelist Josephine Hart died from ovarian cancer in 2011, her husband was so devastated he often went to her grave to ...
Greek ultra-rightist to face trial over TV fracas
Greece's Parliament has voted to allow the prosecution of a leading ultra-right lawmaker for assaulting two female left-wing politicians during a live ...
New Zealand gay marriage bill passes critical test
New Zealand lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill allowing same-sex marriage Wednesday, all but assuring that it will soon become law.
Erratic North Korea poses serious threat
An erratic North Korea, with its nuclear weapons and increasingly belligerent tone, poses a serious threat to the United States and East Asia nations, ...
Victim calls decision in assault case shocking
An advocacy group says the victim in an Air Force sexual assault case is shocked and disappointed by a general's decision to dismiss the charges ...
UK's Cameron may veto EU arms embargo on Syria
Britain may consider vetoing an extension of the European Union's arms embargo on Syria if the situation does not improve there, Prime Minister David ...
Israeli president: Iran is world's greatest danger
The president of Israel on Tuesday called the Iranian regime "the greatest danger to peace in the world" and appealed to EU lawmakers to formally ...
China's political advisers pledge fealty to party
China's top political advisers, who represent a broad spectrum of prominent people in business, academia, finance and other areas, closed their annual ...
Hagel to review Air Force sexual assault case
A case involving an Air Force general who dismissed charges against a lieutenant colonel convicted of sexual assault will be reviewed at the top ...
Mineral riches at stake in Greenland vote
Greenland's underground wealth is at the forefront of the Arctic island's parliamentary election on Tuesday amid worries over a potential influx of ...
Hungary to insert rejected laws into constitution
Hungary's prime minister can't take "no" for an answer, even when he is being instructed by the country's highest court. Over the past 18 months, the ...
Congress wants role as Obama pushes trade agenda
The Obama administration has embarked on an aggressive trade agenda that could lower barriers and increase U.S. exports to many of the economic giants ...