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Trump pointed out that launching a war on Iraq temporarily boosted the popularity of Obama’s predecessor in the White House, George W. Bush.

Law enforcement officials in Europe and the U.S. acted in unison this morning to arrest five hacktivist members of Anonymous offshoot Lulzsec, acting on information leaked by the group's leader, Hector Xavier Mensegu, who went by the codename Sabu and had been working with the federal government for months, according to FoxNews.

Stocks were on track to post their worst day so far in 2012 on Tuesday as recent government data rekindled concerns about global growth and as a deadline loomed for private holders of Greek debt to agree to hefty losses.

Just as the assembly lines making them prepared for a five-week shutdown due to slack demand, General Motors Co's Chevrolet Volt and Ampera plug-in electric hybrid cars were named European Car of the Year at the Geneva Auto Show.

JPMorgan , Goldman Sachs and Barclays Capital tightened their grip on the over-the-counter market for commodity derivatives among corporations and investors last year, a survey released on Tuesday showed.

On Monday afternoon, Arizona Republican John McCain became the first U.S. Senator to call for air strikes against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. A senior Obama administration official said that the president and his advisers “share his concern and outrage about what’s taking place.

Despite a slowing growth rate in 2011, Brazil's economy overtook the United Kingdom to become the sixth biggest in the world.

Patricia Heaton, outspoken conservative and star of ABC's show The Middle, memorialized a controversial blogger, Andrew Breitart in a post on the deceased new media mogul's Hollywood blog.

Gold fell 2 percent in heavy volume on Tuesday after breaching a key support, as renewed concerns about Greece's debt triggered economic fears, while some analysts say the metal looks oversold and poised for a rebound.

Stocks were on track to post their worst day so far in 2012 on Tuesday as recent government data rekindled concerns about global growth and as a deadline loomed for private holders of Greek debt to agree to hefty losses.

General Motors Co. saw a 30.4 percent year-over-year jump in sales of passenger cars in China in February, a record-setting month for the United States automaker. Sales rose primarily due to the absence of the Lunar New Year holiday, which fell at the beginning of the month last year.

The macroeconomic measures adopted under Deng Xiaoping -- infrastructure, deregulation, privatization, decentralization, attraction of foreign investment and improved access for exports -- must now give way to changes in how the real economy operates.

While Apple enthusiasts are eagerly waiting to see the latest iPhone 5, HTC’s new series of flagship smartphones in the form of HTC One X, S and V has taken away the spotlight from every other device presented at the MWC 2012. Check out how the HTC One X will fare against the speculated iPhone 5.

Private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Chesapeake Energy Corp. announced a partnership to invest in mineral and royalty interests in prominent oil and gas basins in the United States.

Switzerland has a message for Americans looking for tax shelter: Go home. The Swiss Parliament's lower house voted to amend a tax treaty with the U.S. Monday to make American taxpayers with Swiss accounts easier to identify.

French auto manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroën SA will sell shares at a 42 percent discount as part of a €1 billion ($1.32 billion) capital increase the company is seeking, as it confirms an alliance with U.S. automaker General Motors Co, reports say.

Once the next-gen iPad is unveiled -- whether it's called the iPad 3 or iPad HD -- there will be no more mysteries, no more inaccurate reports, no more conjecture, and no more what ifs. But just like in October, this Apple event is bound to leave many fans high and dry, and wishing for more.

U.S. regulators said soft drinks from PepsiCo Inc and Coca-Cola Co posed no health risk, contrary to a U.S. watchdog group that reported several popular brands contain high levels of a chemical linked to cancer in animals.

A robotic cheetah created by DARPA ran 18 mph (21 km/h), breaking the old record for speed by a legged robot by 5 mph.

Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich are all scheduled to give speeches at the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) via satellite on Super Tuesday. Before the three candidates took time out of Super Tuesday to appear, however, all three gave heated attacks on the president, dismissing his own AIPAC speech on Monday and calling for harsher action when it came to dealing with Iran.

Turkish Airlines landed the first commercial flight to Mogadishu in more than 20 years on Tuesday. The airline will make regular twice-weekly flights to the previously war-torn city from Istanbul's Ataturk airport.