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Guinea is in advanced talks with state-owned China Power Investment to develop a bauxite mine and build an alumina refinery, deep water port and a power plant in the West African state, Guinean government sources said.

Guinea is in advanced talks with state-owned China Power Investment to develop a bauxite mine and build an alumina refinery, deep water port and a power plant in the West African state, Guinean government sources said.

Arizona filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging a U.S. federal voting rights law governing how the state conducts its elections.

Anna Hazare edged closer Thursday to a deal to end his 10-day public fast after Prime Minister Manmohan's Singh government agreed to discuss his anti-graft proposals.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told a group of reporters that unions plan to scale back their direct involvement with the Democratic party

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, in danger of losing his 2012 Republican primary front-runner status, on Wednesday he would not place restrictions on carbon emissions if elected.

A beleaguered Muammar Gaddafi vowed on Wednesday to fight on to death or victory after jubilant rebels forced him to abandon his Tripoli stronghold in an apparently decisive blow against the Libyan leader's 42-year rule.

Tuesday's unusual East Coast earthquake sent tremors from Georgia to New York, surprising residents who were not expecting such an event.

WPP, the world's largest advertising group, expects to feel the impact of the economic slowdown in 2012, it warned on Wednesday, as it reported strong first half results bolstered by emerging markets and digital.

Tuesday's unusual East Coast earthquake sent tremors from Georgia to New York, surprising residents who were not expecting such an event.

The Indian government Tuesday stepped its up efforts to end national anti-corruption protests led by an activist's hunger strike, but the first meetings to broker a truce ended without result.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich discussed topics such as marijuana legalization, universal healthcare and the Patriot Act while addressing a crowd at Seattle's Hempfest.

While in Mongolia to enhance economic ties with the mineral-rich nation, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was treated to a lavish celebration and was caught joking around with some Mongolian wrestlers.

Anti-graft activist Anna Hazare's hunger strike entered its seventh day on Monday with opposition parties calling for nationwide rallies this week, prompting the government of Premier Manmohan Singh to take tentative steps to open talks.

Canadian opposition leader Jack Layton died early Monday morning after battling cancer. He was 61 years old.

The CEO of Harmony Gold, the world's fifth largest gold producer, said reported plans to shift mineral ownership in Papua New Guinea to local communities from the state would complicate negotiations but nationalisation was not being discussed.

Prosecutors on Monday appeared set to drop sexual assault charges against former IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a stunning reversal in the case against a man who many had seen as the next president of France.

Israel and the Hamas Islamist group which controls the Gaza Strip have agreed to a ceasefire after five days of cross-border violence, officials said Monday.

Egypt and Israel tried Sunday to defuse a diplomatic crisis over the killing of five Egyptian security personnel during an Israeli operation against cross-border raiders, as crowds of Egyptians protested angrily at the Israeli Embassy in Cairo.

Anna Hazare whose hunger strike has galvanised millions to hold the biggest protests in decades appeared on Sunday ready to end a standoff with the government, saying he was open to dialogue.

According to reports, five Egyptians were killed in the fire-fight between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants. The event occurred Thursday, near the southern Israel city of Eilat.