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New US Congress will take fresh crack at old problems

The new 113th U.S. Congress, which convenes on Thursday, is set to take a fresh crack at a number of old, and highly ...

Jakarta index gains

The Indonesian Stock Exchange (BEI) opened trade this morning with composite share price index gaining 9.94 points on ...

Obama wants concrete gun proposals within a month

President Barack Obama put ending an "epidemic" of gun violence at the top of his second term agenda Wednesday, ...

Pentagon investigates top US commander in Afghanistan

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan has been put under investigation for alleged "inappropriate" communications with ...

Obama vows to work with republicans after winning re-election

U.S. President Barack Obama said difficult compromises were needed to move the United States forward in a speech on ...

Obama, Romney wage bitter Ohio duel

In a spectacular finale to a 40-hour campaign sprint, US President Barack Obama launched a searing attack on Mitt ...

Romney faces backlash over candidate`s rape gaffe

White House hopeful Mitt Romney on Wednesday sought to distance himself from controversial remarks on rape made by a ...

SNC-Lavalin announces appointment of new President and CEO

Robert G. Card selected to head multinational E&C company     MONTREAL, Aug. 10, 2012 ...

Heavy rains, flood sweep Philippine capital Tuesday

Heavy rains swept the Philippine capital Tuesday morning inundating roads that caused traffic jams and spurred schools ...

Philippine president wants Arroyo in jail

Ex-Philippine president Gloria Arroyo should be in a jail cell rather than a hospital room while awaiting trial for ...

Two more secret service agents resign; Obama blames "knuckleheads"

Two more U.S. Secret Service agents are resigning over a Colombia prostitution scandal, the agency said on ...

Russia to sell tanks to Algeria, Turkmenistan

Russia has signed contracts to sell 120 T-90C tanks to Algeria and 30 to Turkmenistan, Vedomosti business daily ...

Pakistan denies sending NATO supply via its airspace

Pakistan`s Interior Minister Rehman Malik has categorically denied the U.S. claim that the country`s air space is ...

Myanmar must break ties with n. Korea: McConnell

The top US Senate Republican on Tuesday said he could back easing sanctions on Myanmar if it advances a host of ...

azerbaijan condemns adoption of "armenian genocide" bill by French senate

Azerbaijan condemned on Tuesday the adoption by France`s Senate of a bill making it a crime to deny the Armenian ...