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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Republican-leaning areas in states vital to President Barack Obama's re-election prospects are drawing top-tier Democratic congressional candidates who, even if they lose, could help turn out the vote and boost Obama's chances of winning a second term....

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Republican-leaning areas in states vital to President Barack Obama's re-election prospects are drawing top-tier Democratic congressional candidates who, even if they lose, could help turn out the vote and boost Obama's chances of winning a second term....

GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) -- Police said Thursday that they believe a former Marine with ties to neo-Nazi and Minutemen groups shot four people and then took his own life in a suburban Phoenix home....

Bei Ling says that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton must tell the Chinese dissident in person that the U.S. is committed to his safety and freedom

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Officials in Rio de Janeiro are trying to make one of the globe's most beautiful cities even more stunning....

The UK Border Agency turns hundreds of people away from a key office in south London after the major foreign national ID card computer system stops working.

US car giant General Motors reports a sharp drop in quarterly profits, in part due to its loss-making European operations.

PARIS (AP) -- France's two presidential candidates held a spirited televised debate - the only one before Sunday's vote - but a pollster said Thursday that incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy did not pull off the clear victory that he needed to win re-election....

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A large-scale Olympic security exercise has been taking place, forming the basis of military advice to the government for the 2012 Games.

The insurer Aviva loses the vote on executive pay at its shareholders' meeting, with investors angry about bosses' bonuses.

A professional golfer from Wales has been recognised for her role as a successful Muslim woman in sport.

More than 100 former professional football players, including former Atlanta Falcons Jamal Anderson, Chris Doleman, and O.J. Santiago, are adding their names a growing list of players suing the NFL.

Dame Monica Mason, director of the Royal Ballet, says that any dance company director who claims never to have worked with an anorexic performer is lying.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In letters from his last hideout, Osama bin Laden fretted about dysfunction in his terrorist network and crumbling trust from Muslims he wished to incite against their government and the West....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In letters from his last hideout, Osama bin Laden fretted about dysfunction in his terrorist network and crumbling trust from Muslims he wished to incite against their government and the West....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In letters from his last hideout, Osama bin Laden fretted about dysfunction in his terrorist network and crumbling trust from Muslims he wished to incite against their government and the West....

Newly released papers from Osama Bin Laden's hideout reveal a frustrated al-Qaeda leader struggling to master an unruly network, the US military says.

Exasperated road users in the Colombian capital are using Facebook to map potholes and help local authorities prioritise repairs.

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks will give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry on Friday 11 May, the inquiry says.