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Iran has hanged two men for their activities during the turmoil following President Ahmadinejad’s controversial election victory in 2009. Iran has now executed 64 people is just the past twenty-four days, or on average one person every nine hours.

Lovers of chocolate probably have no clear idea where the Ivory Coast is located, but political turmoil in that West African nation will likely drive up the price of their favorite sweet treat.

BP, Total, Eni and other international majors were awarded concessions to explore in Angola's ultra-deep water blocks known as pre-salt blocks, Angola's state-owned oil firm Sonangol said on Monday.

Nigeria wants U.N. backing for military intervention in Ivory Coast to prevent it slipping into a civil war that could destabilise the West African region, Foreign Minister Odein Ajumogobia said on Monday.

A deadly blast at Moscow's Domodedovo airport killed at least 23 people on Monday, agencies have reported. Following is a timeline of major attacks in Moscow in recent times:

Political parties in Ireland will hold crisis talks following the abrupt departure of the Green Party from the coalition led by Prime Minister Brian Cowen.

The latest sex scandal surrounding Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has damaged his public image but support for his party has risen, meaning he would likely win an early election, a respected pollster said on Sunday.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to resume its rate hike cycle at its quarterly monetary policy review next week as soaring inflation stalks Asia's third-largest economy.

Controversial, colorful politicians like Silvio Berlusconi are a dying breed.

Pro-democracy leader in Myanmar granted Internet access two months after her release from house arrest

Rutherford B. Hayes is running for President of the United States in 2012. So is Jeff Davis, Robert Lee of Virginia, and Jonathon “the Impaler” Sharkey.

The U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, supporting her fight for democracy.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered a one month delay to the inauguration of parliament after a special election court asked for more time to look into fraud allegations, his office said Wednesday.

Uganda's central bank said on Wednesday it would adopt a more aggressive stance towards the shilling's exchange rate after the local currency sunk to an all-time low of 2,395/2,400 versus the dollar.

Report from state media indicate that the country’s interim president and prime minister have resigned from the ruling party of former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who fled to Saudi Arabia as street protests rocked the nation.

Republican strategists are juiced up about the announcement today that Sen. Kent Conrad, D-ND, has decided not to seek re-election in 2012.

Four ministers of the day-old new national unity government have quit, as the streets of Tunis again witness a fresh round of protests.

U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar is seeking to renew the Federal Assault Weapon Ban (AWB) which expired on September 13, 2004.

Rights groups on Monday demanded Haiti arrest former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier for crimes against humanity after his surprise return from 25 years in exile, which strained an edgy political atmosphere in the volatile Caribbean state.

A significant number of young women prostituted themselves with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, prosecutors investigating him said in a document made public on Monday.

Three people were killed in central Nigeria on Monday when soldiers opened fire to quell a fight between Christian and Muslim youths over voter registration for April elections, police and witnesses said.