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Nine people were killed dead and dozens injured In Chechnya on Tuesday when three suicide bombers detonated explosives in the capital city of Grozny.

U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, the former top commander of the U.S's efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq, retired from the Army to become the head of the CIA on Wednesday.

Diehard followers of Moammar Gadhafi are refusing to surrender, raising the prospect of new fighting in Libya when an ultimatum expires after this week's Eid holiday.

WikiLeaks said Wednesday morning its Web site was the target of a cyber attack late Tuesday as it proceeded with the release of thousands of previously unpublished U.S. diplomatic cables, some still classified.

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Rejecting the notion that he called the shots and thus pulled the strings for President George W. Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney defended the Iraq War, saying it was the president's decision to invade and go after Saddam Hussein in 2003.

Legal commentator Nancy Grace, Cher's daughter Chaz Bono and basketball player Ron Artest are among the celebrities taking part in the new season of Dancing with the Stars, the network behind the show said on Monday.

The 2011 cast of Dancing with the Stars includes a film and TV star, a U.S. veteran, an NBA champion, a TV host and journalist, a Grammy-nominated singer, a supermodel, a reality TV star, a showbiz legacy and activist and a World Cup player.

The Pentagon on Monday defended its efforts to eliminate wasteful wartime spending in Iraq and Afghanistan, as two new reports accused it of squandering tens of billions of dollars while tripling the amount of no-bid contracts.

Chaz Bono, actor Ryan O'Neal, celebrity legal commentator Nancy Grace and one of the Kardashians are expected to be among the celebrities taking part in the new season of Dancing with the Stars.

Official announcement is expected Monday night

A day before the release of Dick Cheney's memoir, In My Time, Former Secretary of State Collin Powell said some of the ex-vice president's revelations are nonsense.

Ankara’s military warned it will continue to bombard Kurdish/PKK bases in both Iraq and within Turkey itself.

Syrian armor surrounded a town near Homs Monday after the defection of tens of soldiers from the area, activists and residents said, in the latest operation to counter dissent within the military.

Libyan rebel forces were converging on Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte Monday morning, hoping to deliver the coup de grace of their revolution but uncertain if the fallen strongman was holed up there.

Libyan forces closed in on Muammar Gaddafi's home town Sunday, vowing to seize it by force if negotiations failed, and their leaders ruled out any talks with the deposed ruler.

Even as chaos reigned on Tripoli following the ouster of Muammar Gaddafi from power, hundreds of Islamic militants were freed from a Libyan jail this week, according to reports.

The people of Tripoli ventured out to mosques on Friday, praying for peace and offering thanks for the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, though the Libyan capital remained locked down and dangerous as rebel fighters hunted the fugitive strongman.

Libyan rebels said they were sending in special forces units in their hunt for fugitive strongman Muammar Gaddafi, whose supporters are now pinned down in pockets of resistance in the capital, Tripoli.

Libyan rebels said Friday morning they were sending in special forces to hunt for Moammar Gadhafi, whose supporters are now pinned down in pockets of resistance inTripoli.

Libya's rebel council announced Friday morning it has moved from Benghazi to Tripoli even as the hunt for Moammar Gadhafi continues and his loyalists fight on in the capital and elsewhere.