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Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, is reported to have issued a video recording calling on Muslims to wage jihad against Israel over its offensive in Gaza.

New hires will see a cut in benefits after state governments from Rhode Island to California have run up estimated pension-fund losses of $865.1 billion, according to a report.

The closure of Guantanamo Bay prison will not be an easy one with many diverse prisoners from die-hard jihadists to innocent men swept up in war.

On Tuesday Israeli troops advanced into the densely populated Gaza suburbs for the first time leaving residents terrified as they ran for cover. Soldiers are searching alleyways and cellars to find Hamas fighters.

Parts of Europe spent yet another day without gas as the Russian and Ukrainian energy providers failed to reach an agreement on supplies as promised, with hundreds of thousands of Europeans beginning a second week with little or no heat in their homes, offices or schools.

A Study released Tuesday, that the popular Vicks VapoRub poses risk to infants and toddlers Well-Known Remedy May Cause Breathing Problems.

On Tuesday Ethiopia handed over security duties to a Somali force, raising fears that the Horn of Africa country collapse into chaos if extremists allegedly linked to al-Qaida move to seize power.

Africa has seen its worse outbreak in nearly a decade with more than 2,000 people dead from Cholera and 40,000 others suffering from this normally preventable illness.

Christine McCallum, 29, 5th grader US teacher slept with a 13-year-old boy and had sex more than 300 times, has been condemned and charged with seven counts of statutory rape.

An Australian state, Tuesday, has launched a global search for candidates for the best job in the world to become an Island caretaker earning a top salary exploring the tropical island for six months.

On Monday Japanese and South Korean leaders put their country differences aside and pledged cooperation amid the global financial crisis in a bid to resuscitate the hard-hit Asian economies.

The days when you sat behind your browser, quickly picked the items you wanted buy, placed them in your virtual basket and checked out without paying sales tax could soon be a thing of the past.

The World Bank said on Sunday it plans to publish the names of all companies it bars from receiving Bank contracts, and named three Indian firms.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday said he's embarking on a Mideast tour to press for Israel and Hamas to immediately stop fighting and allow humanitarian aid into the devastated Palestinian territory.

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the world's largest livestock exhibition as well as the world's largest rodeo event.

The missing Pilot who crashed in East Milton Sunday night has been identified but is missing again after checking into a hotel with fake name and run off to the woods.

Sudanese president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, has been urged an influential opposition leader to hand himself over to the international criminal court for Darfur war crimes.

Natural gas supplies will resume to Europe on Tuesday following an announcement from Russia's state-run monopoly Gazprom.

The pilot of the six-seat Piper PA-46 reportedly crash down Sunday night still missing, authorities said.

The end to the dispute seems to be near with Russia is expected to resume its supplies to Ukraine this week following an EU agreement with monitors being deployed to monitor gas flow in Ukraine.

Costa Rica is battling to find survivors in one of the strongest earthquakes to hit Costa Rica in 150 years.

A pair of China's top industrial regions showed signs of economic strain at the end of 2008.

Five of the pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a $3 million ransom after the boat they were traveling in capsized.

As Stargate Atlantis is about to end the Stargate Universe weekly series will debut as a movie first will begin this summer of 2009.

Brittney Bergeron, a handicapped teenager with aspirations to be a Paralympian for the 2012 London Paralympics shared her story last night with 20/20 after surviving 27 stabs.

On Friday British-based Lloyds TSB Bank agreed to pay a 350 million dollar penalty to settle an investigation for illegally authorizing access by Iran and Sudan in to the US financial system.

Talks between Russian and Ukrainian officials continued late into Friday with both sides failing to agree on the resumed gas supply to Europe via Ukraine.

An estimated 50,000 people in Alexandria, Egypt and thousands in more than a dozen Middle Eastern cities have taken to the streets protesting against Israel.

After receiving a $3 million ransom, Somali pirates released an oil-laden Saudi supertanker.