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Bin Laden computer`s "gold mine" for US

Intelligence agencies combing through computers and storage devices found at Osama bin Laden`s compound expect a "gold ...

Security heightened around U.S. Embassy in Moscow

Moscow police on Monday boosted security around the U.S. Embassy after President Barack Obama officially announced ...

US issues global travel alert after Bin Laden`s death

The US State Department on Sunday issued a global travel alert to all US citizens following the death of Al-Qaeda ...

Clinton to attend Rome talks on Libya conflict: US

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Rome next week for fresh talks on how to help the rebels fighting in ...

US envoy heads to Sri Lanka amid war flap

A US envoy heads to Sri Lanka next week to encourage a full accounting over its civil war after the government angrily ...

US urges Yemeni leader to start transfer of power

The United States on Saturday urged Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to immediately begin the process to ensure a ...

US, China to hold human rights talks

China and the United States will hold human rights talks in Beijing next week, the State Department announced Friday, ...

Assad must do more on reform: US

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must "do more, or allow others to do more" if he is going to satisfy the reform ...

Dalai Lama urges restraint in Tibet monastery crisis

The Dalai Lama has urged restraint in a standoff with security forces at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in China, ...

Iran helping Syria crack down on protests

The United States accused Iran Thursday of helping Syria in its efforts to crack down on pro-democracy ...

US expels Ecuador ambassador in tit-for-tat move

The United States on Thursday ordered the expulsion of Ecuador`s ambassador to Washington in a tit-for-tat move after ...

Kadhafi sends message to Obama: Report

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on Wednesday sent a message to US President Barack Obama, following the withdrawal of ...

UN chief urges Cote D`ivore`s Gbagbo to step down

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged Cote d`Ivoire`s Laurent Gbagbo to step down. "I renew my call on ...

41 dead in Yemen protest bloodbath: medics

Beleaguered Yemen president Ali Abdullah Saleh ordered a state of emergency Friday after regime loyalists killed at ...

First US charter flight takes Americans out of Japan

The first flight chartered by the United States took off from quake-hit Japan for Taiwan Thursday, carrying almost 100 ...