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In the words of author Emile Zola when he supported Captain Alfred Dreyfus, the French Jewish officer charged with treason: “Dreyfus is innocent. I swear it! I stake my life on it — my honor!”

Myanmar democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi criticized the national elections in which she is taking part, saying on Friday that widespread irregularities went beyond what is acceptable for democratic elections.

Greece will do everything possible to make a third adjustment program unnecessary, Lucas Papademos told an Italian business daily. Having said that, markets may not be accessible by Greece even if it has implemented fully all measures agreed on.

The power struggle between Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and the military-appointed government has escalated with the Islamists in the parliament drawing up a no-confidence motion against the government.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio's, R-Fla., endorsement of Mitt Romney Wednesday night is yet another sign that the Republican presidential race is finally coming to the end.

A group of West African president's cancelled their visit to Mali mid-flight after hundreds of pro-junta supporters rushed the runway at Bamako's airport on Thursday.

Myanmar is eager to rev up its economy with the hard currency that comes with foreign tourists, but officials question just how far to open the doors.

Ahead of next month's French presidential election, incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy has already complained that there are too many immigrants in France.

With all the talk about the Supreme Court case challenging President Barack Obama's health care legislation and the tough beating it took over the past few days, it's hard to sort through the policy and the politics.

As the Obama administration goes into damage control over an unscripted exchange between President Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, Mitt Romney is seeking to turn the gaffe into a broader indictment of the president's foreign policy.

Following the recent military coup, the West African regional bloc suspended Mali from participation and threatens the use of force to restore the constitutional government.

Syria has accepted a UN-sponsored peace plan, international envoy Kofi Annan said on Tuesday, as troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad raided rebel forces who have taken refuge across the border in Lebanon.

In a typically provocative statement, Ahmadinejad said Iran had no limit to expanding ties with President Bashar al-Assad's regime and that Iran would do all in its power to support this country.

President Barack Obama sought to diffuse criticism Tuesday about overheard remarks he made to Russia President Dmitry Medvedev about having more flexibility to reach an agreement about a missile defense shield after the election.

Russia's president criticized the Republican presidential candidate for expressing views that smacked of Hollywood stereotypes about relations between the former rivals.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's reputation was further damaged on Monday, this time by aggravated pimping charges handed out by a French court.

Iraq's foreign minister has said that the Arab League summit in Baghdad this week will not ask Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, but added that leaders are likely to agree on a doable solution to end the Syrian crisis.

Syrian opposition activists gathered in Istanbul to endorse a program for political change to unify their movement, but the conference proved divisive even before officially opens Tuesday.

Germany's Pirate Party won four seats in the Saarland state parliament on Monday. The new party took an impressive 7.4 percent despite only having three months to prepare for the snap elections.

The Nobel Peace laureate, who is running for parliament, will spend at least four days at home, her National League for Democracy party said. Suu Kyi fell ill while campaigning Sunday.

Every once in a while, the media gets a taste of off-the-cuff interactions between world leaders because a microphone is left on.