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The United States has not decided whether to satisfy a request from the Taliban to release five prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan said on Sunday.

Appearance Vs. Reality: The recent death of a senior al-Qaida leader as the result of a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal badlands -- the first such strike in almost two months -- signaled that the U.S.-Pakistan intelligence partnership is still in operation despite political tensions.

The same house was attacked last Sunday and police believe the incidents are hate crimes because the victims are immigrants from Nigeria

In case you missed the Republican presidential debate in Charleston, S.C., Thursday night, here are the highlights, from Newt Gingrich's opening tirade against moderator John King of CNN to Ron Paul's defense of leaving abortion laws to the states.

Megaupload, one of the world's largest file-sharing sites, was shut down Thursday by the U.S. government. Its founder, Kim Schmitz, and several company executives were arrested in New Zealand at the request of U.S. officials for mass copyright infringement and conspiracy to commit money laundering, reports Wired.com.

A militant who acted as a senior operations organizer for al-Qaida was targeted and killed in one of two U.S. drone strikes launched against targets inside Pakistan last week, a U.S. official said Thursday.

Pakistan's ties with the United States remain on hold following a NATO cross-border air attack, its foreign minister said Thursday, and Washington should not push Islamabad to go after militant groups or bring them to the Afghan peace process.

According to federal authorities and a revised indictment, a New York City man is accused of planning one of the most devious terror plots since Sept. 11.

Janne Kristiansen, the head of Norway's intelligence service, made a not-so intelligent gaffe when she revealed that Norway had spies working in Pakistan on Wednesday night.

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned a contempt hearing for Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani in a case that could push him from office and is adding to growing pressure on the unpopular civilian government.

India and China have agreed to try to avoid flare-ups along their disputed 4,000-km border through the Himalayas, a positive development in often fractious relations between Asia's emerging giants.

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Pakistan has rejected U.S. special envoy Marc Grossman's request to visit the country, a senior official said on Wednesday, highlighting the increased tensions between the uneasy allies.

Tensions between Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and the military have risen over the Supreme Court investigation into a purported government memo seeking help to prevent a possible military coup.

All told, 600 people are believed to have been executed in Iran last year.

Arfa Karim Randhawa, Microsoft's youngest certified professional and computer prodigy, has died after suffering from an epileptic seizure and cardiac arrest. She was 16.

Kale believes physicians in Canada and the U.S. should adopt policies that limit the information released about the sex of unborn fetuses to after 30 weeks. Kale indicates that because families can discover the sex of their child early in pregnancies, selective abortions occur that target female fetuses.

Arfa Karim Randhawa, a 16-year-old child prodigy who was the world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional and the pride of Pakistan, died Saturday in a Lahore hospital after an epileptic seizure and cardiac arrest left her in a coma in Dec. 28.

The embattled Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani has apparently offered to resign.

Child suicide bombers from Afghanistan say they were led to believe their bombs would obliterate only the infidel Americans and spare those executing the mission.