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You may not understand the title of Coldplay's new album let alone be able to pronounce it, but Mylo Xyloto is a name music fans may have to get used to as the group launches a fresh assault on the world's charts.

Dutch opposition parties took aim at Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Saturday, demanding the minority coalition government secure a definitive and sustainable solution to Europe's debt crisis or risk a loss of parliamentary support.

The Netherlands would support the International Monetary Fund taking on a greater financial role in the euro zone bailout, the Dutch prime minister said Saturday but refused to be drawn on other options being discussed in Brussels.

Almost 60 years after the end of the Korean War, the U.S. and North Korea have reached an agreement to resume searching for the bodies of American soldiers who died during that war.

Google Inc. has reached out to two unnamed private equity firms to potentially assist them in financing a transaction to acquire Yahoo! Inc., according to a report in The Wall Street Journal Saturday.

The International Monetary Fund is not seeking more funds from Gulf Arab oil exporters to bolster its resources, and the region faces no major danger from the euro zone debt crisis, the IMF's Deputy Managing Director Nemat Shafik said on Saturday.

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus recently delivered the first of five A380s ordered by China Southern Airlines. The airline became the first in China and the seventh in the world to take delivery of the model.

A toddler, who was ran over twice by vans and then ignored by passers-by, died Friday a week after the accident.

Prospects for corporate earnings are appearing comparatively dimmer in the coming quarters -- even though reports so far this quarter have been looking relatively bright.

China on Friday issued a harsh rebuke of an anti-dumping complaint filed by U.S. solar firms, warning the United States not to take protectionist measures that could harm the global economy.

The S&P 500 posted its third straight week of gains on Friday, lifted by optimism before this weekend's summit of European leaders and strong earnings from blue-chip stocks.

Muammar Gaddafi's body lay in an old meat store on Friday as arguments over a burial, and his killing after being captured, dogged efforts by Libya's new leaders to make a formal start on a new era of democracy.

Wall Street advanced to its highest levels since early August on Friday on optimism ahead of this weekend's summit of European leaders to tackle the region's debt crisis and as strong earnings from blue chips lifted investor sentiment.

According to Walter Isaacson's biography on Steve Jobs, Jobs reportedly met with President Barack Obama and told him his presidency was at stake if he could not redirect his policies towards business.

Mining strikes are proliferating around the world, hitting global mining companies as well as regional ones.

Stocks rose to their highest levels in more than two months on Friday in anticipation of a weekend European Union debt-crisis summit that could potentially remove a major cloud from markets.

General Electric Co reported earnings that met Wall Street expectations, but its shares slipped 1.4 percent as investors worried about declining profit margins at its energy equipment division.

Libya's National Oil Corporation has summoned Russia's Gazprom to a meeting in Tripoli to discuss what the Libyans said was a breach of investment obligations -- the first sign the new leaders are prepared to renegotiate Gaddafi-era contracts.

For the small club of companies who trade the food, fuels and metals that keep the world running, the last decade has been sensational. Driven by the rise of Brazil, China, India and other fast-growing economies, the global commodities boom has turbocharged profits at the world's biggest trading houses.

U.S. stocks rose to their highest in more than two months on Friday before a weekend European Union debt-crisis summit that could potentially remove a major headwind for markets and allow investors to focus on corporate results.

You may not understand the title of Coldplay's new album let alone be able to pronounce it, but Mylo Xyloto is a name music fans may have to get used to as the group launches a fresh assault on the world's charts.