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Each conflict that our leaders have seen fit to send the cream of American youth to fight has had unique challenges and obstacles to overcome.

Sarah Hughes, who an Olympic gold medal for the U.S. at the 2002 Winter Olympics, won't have the public skating rink in Great Neck, N.Y., renamed in her honor, the Great Neck Park Commission has ruled.

On Friday, Aishwarya Rai attended the premiere of Cosmopolis dressed in a glittering Elie Saab gown from the designer's Fall 2011 Couture collection. The midnight-blue embroidered ensemble featured sheer long sleeves, a velvet floral apllique at the waist and a pleated train. The actress even took time to respond to all those pesky weight gain critics.

Acting is a business of red flags, said Howard Bragman, a veteran Hollywood publicist.

Overnight price action saw European equities begin their session on a positive footing, but have since pared these gains and are now in the red as investor sentiment waffles.

While the European Economic Summit failed to provide any earth-shattering revelations this week, the topic of joint euro area bonds has re-emerged and seems to be garnering support with many political leaders

Moving swiftly from the realm of tin foil-hat conspiracy to a bullet point being openly talked about as a fait accompli by international financiers, an exit by Greece from the European common currency dominated conversation this week. But what would actually happen if Greece left the euro?

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Even as a possible Greece exit from the euro zone is creating ripples of fear in the global economy, it seems that the Asian countries, especially India, is better placed to face the euro zone breakup storm than other regions.

The common currency was punished overnight as sentiment regarding Greece turned from bad to worse.

With few presidential candidates on their side, who will Egypt's eight million Coptic Christians vote for?

U.S. stocks cut losses late in Wednesday's trading session, with two key indexes barely squeaking into positive territory on the strength of surging commodities prices and the shares of companies that produce them.

Spend a couple of days exploring this fascinating subculture of Turkey and you will discover an area steeped in ancient history, hospitality and tolerance.

Agricultural commodities, and in particular so-called softs like sugar and coffee, fell hard Wednesday as investors, eyeing the euro zone crisis, priced in the potential fallout on consumption of U.S. farm exports.

The Swiss parliament debated Tuesday whether to create a gold-backed national coin to float in parallel with the Swiss franc, becoming the first national legislature in decades to consider issuing a currency based on a commodity.

Comments regarding a rebound in the Chinese economy from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development lifted stocks earlier Tuesday and kept Asian and European bourses in the green. The comments came after Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said last weekend his government would focus more on growth than inflation.

The G8 leaders also said that it is ?our imperative to promote growth and jobs?.

The search for Mickey Shunick, a missing 21-year-old woman from Lafayette, La., is intensifying, with television personality and victims' rights advocate Nancy Grace putting a spotlight on the case.

When Malaysian cyclist Azizulhasni Awang opted to postpone his Ramadan fast until after the London Games, the decision was all about going for Olympic gold. Anything that might jeopardize the chance of a medal for the 24-year-old at his second Olympics had to be dealt with sensibly, he says.

Chrissy Teigen, had some choice words for Chris Brown fans who maliciously attacked her via Twitter after Teigen slammed Brown for lip-synching during his 2012 Billboard Music Awards performance on Sunday night.

Bond girl Berenice Marlohe has been the talk of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The French actress will play Bond girl Severine in the 23rd James Bond film, Skyfall, which will hit theaters Nov. 9, 2012. On Monday, she gave guests an exciting surprise when she unveiled the official teaser trailer for Skyfall.