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The United States, the European Union and Israel have long branded Hamas as a terrorist organization; while the west generally supports the Palestine Authority.

The Minnesota and Colorado Republicans will head to their caucus stations Tuesday to choose the states' Republican nominee to fight Barack Obama in the November general elections. Missouri will be holding a primary on the same date. However, no delegates will be awarded since the Missouri Republican Party will be holding a caucus on March 17 for choosing the convention delegates. Find live results of the Colorado and Minnesota Republican presidential election here.

Texas Congressman Ron Paul is the only 2012 GOP presidential candidate who has not won a primary or caucus while he continues to win each and every online poll by huge margins.

They call him the Yuva Samrat, or young emperor. Yet Rahul Gandhi has so far shown no inclination to claim the throne of the world's largest democracy.

The domestic economic evidence in the U.S. has remained upbeat in early 2012, with a much better than expected employment report for January being the latest piece of good news according to the report by IHS Global Insight.

An Egyptian military delegation abruptly cancelled its meetings with U.S. lawmakers to return to Cairo Monday after warnings from both Congress and the White House that Egypt's crackdown on non-governmental groups could threaten its $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid.

Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White claims Gov. Mitch Daniels should also be charged with voter fraud, based on the standards used by the prosecution in his conviction.

Chanel star designer Karl Lagerfeld is already bored with the French presidential election.

Josefina Vázquez Mota has been selected to represent the ruling National Action Party (PAN) in Mexico's 2012 presidential elections.

Three years after receiving a hefty bailout check from the United States government and enduring a bankruptcy and restructuring process, General Motors Co. is set on attaining a goal of earning more than $10 billion a year.

The rhetoric against illegal Bangladeshi immigration in India is strikingly similar to what right-wing American politicians say about illegal Mexican immigrants

By all indications, the Republican poll scenario in Minnesota and Colorado will be as volatile as it can be.

The official final results from Nevada Republican caucus are out now and Mitt Romney has won the state with 50 percentage of vote. Romney received 16,486 votes while Newt Gingrich has come second with 21.1 percent (6,956) votes. Ron Paul is close behind Gingrich with 18.7 percentage (6175) votes, while Santorum has finished fourth with just 9.9 percent (3,227) votes.

Greece's coalition parties must tell the European Union on Monday whether they accept the painful terms of a new bailout deal as EU patience wears thin with political dithering in Athens over implementing reforms.

Greece's coalition parties must tell the European Union by Monday whether they accept the painful terms of a new bailout deal as EU patience wears thin with political dithering in Athens over implementing reforms.

Greece's prime minister scrambled Sunday to convince lenders and politicians to sign off on a 130 billion euro rescue, after his finance minister said just hours remained to clinch a deal to avoid a messy default.

Euro zone finance ministers told Greece it could not go ahead with an agreed deal to restructure privately held debt until it guaranteed to implement reforms to secure a second financing package from the euro zone and the IMF.

An Egyptian government building was set on fire on Sunday as protests disrupted the heart of Cairo for a fourth day and public figures demanded a faster transition to civilian rule. It was unclear who was behind the attack, with the state news agency blaming unknown arsonists.

Bitterly cold weather that has claimed hundreds of lives in eastern Europe swept westward over the continent on Saturday, as Russian natural-gas exporter Gazprom acknowledged it had been unable to meet increased demand as it battles its own deep freeze and had thus cut its supply for a few days.

Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos faces the critical task of convincing international lenders and political-party leaders on Sunday to agree to the stringent terms of a 130 billion euro ($171 billion) rescue plan to stave off looming default.

There are up to 3,500 sex workers from the former Soviet Union plying their trade in New Delhi alone.