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A small group of French activists have organized an Internet campaign to send roses to the woman who has accused former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempting to rape her in New York.

The United Nations and the European Union in Lebanon on Monday appealed for an immediate release of seven Estonian cyclists who were kidnapped in east Lebanon last March.

The United Nations Security Council has demanded an “immediate withdrawal” by northern Sudanese armed forces from the disputed town of Abyei.

Lord Hurd's daughter-in-law, Catherine, was discovered dead, apparently from a suicide plunge from her four-story apartment in New York City.

President Barack Obama's speech at AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs) Policy Conference as prepared for delivery in Washington DC.

It is confirmed that Dominique Strauss-Kahn has announced his resignation from as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chariman. He is amidst sexual assault charges and a growing pressure of doubt in his ability to run the organization. A resignation letter from Strauss-Kahn to the IMF board described his denial to the allegations and hopes of protecting the institution.

In his wide-ranging speech on his vision for the Middle East, U.S. Barack Obama said the map of Israel and Palestine should adhere to the borders that existed prior to the Six-Day War of 1967.

The IMF warned Greece on Wednesday it must redouble reform efforts to avoid derailing its fiscal program, key to dealing with a huge debt mountain.

The IMF warned Greece on Wednesday it must redouble reform efforts to avoid derailing its fiscal program, key to dealing with a huge debt mountain.

After the talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan ahead of a full week of intense negotiation, Obama has guaranteed that he will call for a two-state solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict.

More than 750,000 people have fled Libya and another 150,000 have relocated in the country since the conflict started, Panos Moumtzis, United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Libya, said on Tuesday.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been arrested by US authorities for rape allegations. There is a very good chance he won’t be returning as the head of the IMF.

As if tensions weren't high enough between the United States and Pakistan, new internal Pentagon documents reviewed by the Wall Street Journal reveal that the U.S. has been denying 40 percent of Pakistan's expense claims.

William Henry Bill Gates III, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, laid out his vision for the impact that broadening access to vaccines can have on the world.

Two Palestinian protesters who infiltrated Israel from Syria during the Sunday demonstrations at Israeli borders were banished on Tuesday.

The Palestine Authority has rejected the principles Netanyahu laid out in his speech as unacceptable, adding that they were part of “preconditions.”

Libya security forces are accused of using sexual enhancement drugs and gang-raping protesting women by stopping them at the checkpoints by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

Elizabeth Whitman travels to Jordan for a rare glimpse into the home life of the Bedouin of Petra as they struggle to balance tradition with modernity.

Euro zone finance ministers are ready to back an EU/IMF bailout of Portugal at a Monday meeting overshadowed by the arrest of International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual assault charges.

The arrest over the weekend of Dominique Strauss-Kahn on charges of sexual assault has raised many troubling questions. Among them: does the IMF managing director have diplomatic immunity?

Iran and North Korea have shared ballistic missile technology which China has blocked, diplomats said.