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NATO officials said they have killed a senior commander of the Haqqani terrorist group and other fighters in Afghanistan.

Plans by Ukrainian officials to open a museum on the site of a bunker once used by Adolf Hitler has prompted fears such a place could become a shrine for neo-Nazis.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy was briefly attacked by an assailant during a public appearance in southern France.

Lloyds Banking Group plc (NYSE: LYG) said it will slash 15,000 more jobs – about 14 percent of its current workforce -- in an attempt to save about £1.5-billion ($2.4-billion) by 2014 and return the British lender to profitability.

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (the country’s highest state body) lifted the threshold from 2,000 yuan (about $309) to 3,500 yuan ($542) per month.

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Former Beatle John Lennon, one of the greatest icons of the 1960s peace movement, became a right-wing Republican and big fan of Ronald Reagan during the final years of his life, according to a man who worked as an assistant for Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono.

The United States will keep applying the utmost pressure on al-Qaeda, even after its former leader Osama bin Laden was removed, according to comments made by U.S. President Barack Obama during a White House press conference.

North Korea will close down its universities for the next ten months and pressure students to work in farms, factories and in construction, according to reports.

While the passage of the bill gives Greece some breathing room, lowers the risks of an immediate default and will keep the country afloat, the actual implementation of the budget may be very difficult -- if not impossible.

Thousands of migrant workers from South Asia are trapped in southern Libya, near the border of Chad, according to a report from The International Organization for Migration (IOM).

An Iraqi court has sentenced the widow of al-Qaeda’s local chieftain to life in prison for helping her husband carry out terrorist attacks.

Nigeria has imposed a limited curfew on the capital city of Abuja following a series of deadly attacks by an Islamist terrorist group called Boko Haram.

While the passage of the bill gives Greece some breathing room, lowers the risks of an immediate default and will keep the country afloat, the actual implementation of the budget may be very difficult -- if not impossible.

Two French journalists who were kidnapped in Afghanistan eighteen months ago have been freed, according to a statement from the Elysee palace in Paris.

Jamaica would have been better off being part of the British Empire rather than an independent state, according to a poll taken by local newspapers.

The newly named managing director of the International Monetary Fund is urging Greek opposition politicians to pass the Socialist government’s austerity budget.

The eccentric and frugal billionaire college professor who helped Sergey Brin and Larry Brin develop Google has warned that US President Barack Obama is pushing the U.S. towards a path of economic disaster.

Two of Turkey’s biggest opposition parties have decided to boycott the swearing-in ceremony of the new parliament in a protest against colleagues who were jailed after winning seats in the recent elections.

Kenya has witnessed a dramatic rise in the number of Somali refugees fleeing that country’s endless wars and, now, the worst drought in six decades, according to humanitarian groups.

On the final stop of a five-day visit to Europe, the Prime Minister of China Wen Jiabao has signed a huge multi-billion euro trading agreement with Germany.

Famous British chocolate retailer Thornton’s said it will close at least 120 stores over the next year as part of a huge restructuring designed to deal with difficult conditions.

The United States has officially declared its endorsement of France’s finance minister Christine Lagarde to be the next chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), virtually guaranteeing she will becomes its boss when its board meets next week.

Party leader Martine Aubry announced she will seek to become the Socialist candidate for president in the 2012 French election.

While rumors and speculation mount over the health of Venezuela’s president Hugo Chávez, his brother has made some ominous comments regarding the use of arms to retain power in the country.

Charlie Sheen is apparently coming back to television following his much-publicized “divorce” from the CBS hot series “Two and a half men” and subsequent public meltdown.

The US government has commented that an arrest warrant for Moammar Gaddafi by the International Criminal Court further erodes the legitimacy of his rule.

Rudolph Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and potential Republican presidential candidate for 2012, came out with a confusing reaction to the State of New York’s recent decision to legalize same-sex marriage.

The Pakistani Taliban has threatened to carry out ten new terror attacks in the U.S. and Europe in revenge for the murder of Osama bin Laden by American commandos last month.