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A no caps policy on political ads sees unprecedented rise in broadcast revenues.

Following the decision by US President Barack Obama to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, his counterpart in France has decided to take a similar undertaking.

Singapore, like much of Southeast Asia, has very draconian laws, particularly with respect to drug trafficking – for which, a conviction often leads to the death penalty.

Only days after Ron Paul famously said his candidacy is a response to endless, undeclared, unwinnable wars dumped on the young people, White House sources frantically confirmed that President Obama will shortly announce his plans to withdraw 10,000 troops from Afghanistan in a phased manner by the end of 2011.

Jon Huntsman declared his candidacy for 2012 presidential nomination from the Republican party.

Officials from Turkey and Israel are meeting secretly to restore the relations between the two nations, according to a report in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

Hezbollah, which is supported by Iran, has gained a majority of seats in Lebanon’s new cabinet. The move has led to much concern both in the West and Israel about what this development could mean.

A new set of rules proposed by the National Labor Relations Board today would speed up elections in which employees choose whether to unionize, pleasing labor groups and prompting criticism from business interests.

As the international community prepares to deploy aid for Egypt and Tunisia's ailing economies, it faces the daunting question of how to do so without perpetuating the endemic corruption and government monopolization that helped to spark the Arab Spring.

New York is one vote away from a big change in its political landscape--becoming the largest state that legalizes same-sex marriage.

Moammar Gaddafi's son says that his father is ready to hold general election in three months time if rebels stop their struggle.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a law stripping most unions of collective bargaining rights was passed legally and can go into effect, reversing a lower court's decision.

Berlusconi's conservative party suffered a major defeat in recent vote.

Mitt Romney's first litmus test in the run up to the 2012 Presidential elections - Republican Presidential Debate hosted by CNN at New Hampshire, Manchester, went quite smoothly. Romney, like all the other six republicans, chose to tread a cautious path and considered it too premature to take jibes at each other. Instead, they opted to take few digs at President Barack Obama and his policies.

Seven presidential hopefuls of the Republican Party attended the debate at St. Anslems College in Manchester, New Hampshire, to determine the presidential nominee of the Republican Party.

Republican presidential hopefuls aimed their criticisms at President Barack Obama in the first major debate of the 2012 campaign as Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann announced she is entering the race.

Turkey's efforts in improving ties with its neighbors in the Middle East over the past decade may witness a challenge in the unabated unrest in Syria that may force a rethinking of its foreign policy, now that Sunday's election is out of the way.

Word from top Democratic officials that Congressman Anthony Weiner would seek treatment is new but the revelation he intends to take a leave of absence is not.

While Syrian pour across the border into Turkey to escape the armies of Assad, the Turks already have their hands full with a crucial national election this weekend. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is expected to score an easy victory.

Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda emerged on Thursday as a leading candidate to replace the increasingly unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan, possibly this month.

Good things come to those who wait?