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The US government was due to run out of cash on 15 January.

Sales are slower year-on-year but are still rising amid more hobbyists and looser control

Pro-Mujica upper chamber set to swing senate in favour of historic legalisation of cannabis.

Sixteen broken-down G222 turboprop aircraft worth $486m languishing at Kabul airport.

Charles Ó Ceallaigh believes that Nelson Mandela's greatest legacy will be to challenge us all to be better.

By winning 28 seats in Delhi Assembly, AAP decimates ruling Congress and denies BJP clear majority.

Israeli prime minister not to attend Mandela memorial due to expenses involved.

While Congress is losing and BJP winning, emergence of AAP seen as political game changer.

Labor Department reveals 203,000 jobs added to US economy in November.

Father of modern South Africa inspired pop musicians all over the world during lifetime struggle against apartheid

Morgan Freeman and Idris Elba among the actors to have played the role of the former South African president.

Icon of modern South Africa fondly known as Madiba dies aged 95 in his Johannesburg home.

Chancellor's boast that Plan A is working as UK growth forecasts lift rings hollow.

For Hindu nationalist BJP and its leader Modi, reviving the debate is an imaginative political gambit.

WTO member India refuses to dilute its $24bn food subsidy plan.

National public opinion poll shows two thirds of Americans think there will be another shutdown.

Centre for London says the recommendation is the next step in deterrence and enforcement.

The US could print huge amounts of dollars to repay its debt says Dagong's Guan Jianzhong.

Singer-songwriter faces suit for comments made about Croatians in Rolling Stone interview.

From scrapping green levies to cracking down on tax avoidance, whatever Osborne does it'll be against the backdrop of economic recovery.

With four students elected to parliament, the battle for free education in Chile enters new era, claims Pablo Navarette.

Libya Prime Minister Zeidan says the nation faces a financial crisis and the country will be forced to borrow.

Controversial US broadcaster compares Senate vote change on filibusters to group deciding whether women can be raped or not

GQ Magazine lists the 25 Least Influential People of 2013

Xi plans to promote his well-wishers in coming months as part of reshuffle at party, government and military.

Rising oil import bills contributed significantly to India's huge current account deficit.

Leaked document on Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty suggests jailbreaking or unlocking iPhone could be illegal.

Socialist president can rule without consulting national assembly.

A politician has scared voters by warning that voting machines will give electric shocks if they vote for other candidates.

The Third Plenary session of the 18th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress commenced in Beijing on 9 November 2013 and concluded on 12 November.