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Why would Israel take such a risk to engineer such acts against one of their deadliest enemies, Iran?

The Broncos' quarterback was subjected to unnecessary scrutiny in 2011.

As we remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this frigid January Monday, we should also take the time to commemorate his misunderstood contemporary Malcolm X, who society refuses to grant the full credit his legacy demands.

Polygamist Warren Jeffs may be serving a life sentence for sexual assault, but the former head of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints continues to run his radical off-branch of the Mormon Church behind bars. His attempts to restrict and control his followers, however, is causing a rift within the fundamentalist community, in what may come to be the biggest split in the FLDS Church since it broke away from mainstream Mormonism.

Dr. King remains one of the most iconic figures of the Civil Rights Movement and one of the most recognizable and quotable men in American history. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, remember the man and his beliefs through some of his most famous and moving quotes, from I Have a Dream to his views on the Vietnam war to his unwavering belief in the strength and love of his fellow man.

The nation celebrated the legacy of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday; President Barack Obama spoke at the King Memorial on Sunday, after attending services at Zion Baptist Church with the First Family.

Internet giants Google and Facebook told the Delhi High Court on Monday that it is not possible for companies to block offensive content that appears on their websites, in a case that has stoked fears about censorship in the world's largest democracy.

Thousands of Chinese workers protesting over compensation and job security at a Sanyo Electric Co Ltd plant clashed with police in southern Shenzhen, media said on Monday, the latest outbreak of labor unrest in China's manufacturing hub.

Child suicide bombers from Afghanistan say they were led to believe their bombs would obliterate only the infidel Americans and spare those executing the mission.

The Tim Tebow-Tom Brady showdown during the Broncos-Patriots game might have absorbed all attention Saturday night, but a 30-second John 3:16-themed commercial from Focus on the Family might have piqued some interest.

Canada's David Hearn responded in the best possible way to some good-natured banter from his compatriots by charging up the second-round leaderboard at the Sony Open in Hawaii on Friday.

Tunisia is one of the few Arab Muslim countries that still has a significant Jewish community (which traces its origins back 2,000 years).

Myanmar's government said on Saturday 302 of the 651 detainees it freed this week were political prisoners whose release had been sought by the National League for Democracy (NLD) party of Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

The prohibition on eating pigs stretches back to antiquity.

Tunisians Saturday marked the first anniversary of the revolution that started the Arab Spring with celebrations that were true to the spirit of the revolt: raucous, unscripted and driven by the energy of ordinary people.

The ancient enmity between Shia and Sunni Muslims exploded in violence again on Saturday in Iraq when a suicide bomb killed at least 50 Shia pilgrims and wounded almost 100 in the southeastern city of Basra, according to Iraqi police and security officials.

Paul’s views on Israel have been controversial to say the least.

A human-rights body of the United Nations has expressed its support for a Sikh man in France in his battle to wear his turban in defiance of French laws against religious headgear.

A German Catholic priest admitted in court Thursday to 280 counts of sexual abuse involving three boys in the past decade, adding that he didn't think he was doing anything wrong.

Lamido Sanusi, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has warned the strike is costing the nation’s economy $600-million every day.

Perry's father has issued a public apology for his ugly comments about Jews during one of his sermons at the Church on the Rise last week. The evangelical preacher, who insists he is not anti-Semitic, admitted his insinuation that Jews were money-obsessed and greedy was rooted in the worst anti-Semitism in the past, images that at times led to the persecution and murder of Jews. Katy Perry has yet to comment on the controversy.