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The mounting crisis that has gripped the Eurozone countries seems to have boosted China's ongoing efforts to secure a prominent diplomatic space among its western allies.

The White House administration have released a statement saying that there is no evidence that extraterrestrials exist, nor that any aliens have ever tried to contact humans.

NASA has won a GreenGov Presidential Award from the White House Council on Environmental Quality. The GreenGov awards celebrate exceptional efforts to promote sustainability in federal agency operations.

Following the uproar caused by the Palestinian New UNSECO membership, an official has warned the outcome of the vote will "open the door" to 16 other UN agencies, a move which could further anger the U.S. and Israel.

The 29-second earthquake which struck Turkey has killed at least 138 people. The country continues to reel in hundreds of aftershocks, received in less than ten hours, one of which was at 6.0 magnitude strong enough to create more damages.

Pakistan is still hitting back at allegations from Afghan officials that its intelligence agency masterminded the assassination of Kabul's chief peace negotiator with the Taliban, threatening the region's stability and pointing the finger at their neighbour rather than looking at the lack of efficiency of domestic forces.

A new explosive biography about Sarah Palin is rumored to have dissolved her marriage. Her husband, Todd Palin, is reportedly filing for a divorce. Apparently, Palin has been told by her advisers that it would be political suicide to announce a White House candidacy. The press and her opponents would have a field day digging into the dirty details of her background. Sarah Palin could lose both her marriage and her political career after this fiasco.

The new biography of Sarah Palin, 'The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin,' has apparently exposed Sarah Palin for the drug taking in her youth as well as accusing the former governor of Alaska of having extra marital affairs.

The Palestinian statehood bid at the United Nations is threatening to turn into a real diplomatic incident as supporters and opponents battle over whether or not Palestinian leaders should go ahead with the move.

Newly released tapes of interviews Jacqueline Kennedy gave just months after her husband's 1963 assassination show an outspoken and not always liberal former first lady.

Climate Change: UN and Rick Perry Opposed on the Science, Can a Deal Ever be Struck?

The Channel Four Documentary "Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill" aired on British television Wednesday night, four months after American Special Forces stormed the al-Qaida leader's compound in Pakistan and shot the man responsible for thousands of deaths across the world.

Barack Obama's Congressional speech addressing the job creation plan next Wednesday has been postponed by a day after clashing with a Republican debate to be held on the same evening.

People on the East Coast of the Unites States are still in a state of shock after a magnitude-5.8 earthquake centred on the state of Virginia was felt in Washington and New York.

Assad’s “Attack” on Palestinian Refugees : A History of Oppression ?

Director Kathryn Bigelow has yet to create the story and cast on her movie about the capture of Osama bin Laden but the project is already stirring up controversy.

Following Israel's announcement that the government had approved the construction of more settlers' homes in east Jerusalem, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Friday expressed her "deep regret" over Israel's latest move.

A film project focusing on the U.S. raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is already causing controversy after Peter King, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, demanded an inquiry after learning of the Pentagon's collaboration with Oscar-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow.

Following the President's 50th birthday celebration on Thursday, analysts were surprised to see how the celebrations quickly turned to a campaign rally, with the president even given his supporters a pep talk in Washington D.C.

President Barack Obama turned 50 today, but despite making it into a 2012 campaign fundraiser like he did Wednesday; Obama has more festivities planned for his actual birthday today.

President Barack Obama signed newly passed legislation to boost U.S. borrowing power, helping the nation avert default.

After weeks of debate, struggles and hesitation, a divided US House of Representatives has approved a massive austerity plan to prevent the U.S. from entering into default.

Barack Obama has announced he has reached an agreement with both Republican and Democratic congressional leaders. Addressing the nation from the White House, the President remained cautious as he warned: "We are not done yet."

President Barack Obama has called for Democrats and Republicans to overcome their divisions and reach a deal over raising the debt limit before a deadline on Tuesday.Calling for unity in the face of adversity, the leader on Friday, positioned himself as a leader who insisted political rivalries should not get in the way of the U.S.'s future, by telling the press, and the Americans that he was ready to work with Democrats and Republicans alike through the weekend to reach a consensus and...

US Republican leaders are frantically trying to rescue their deficit-cutting bill hours as the party, fractured and divided, struggles to find a consensus.A House of Representatives vote planned on Thursday night had to be re-scheduled after the plan proposed failed to heal the rift that divides the Conservative leading observers to say an internal revolt now threatens the party, which in due of the Presidential elections in 2012, does not come as good news for their partisans.

House Republicans are decided to press ahead with a vote on a newly modified plan to avoid the dreaded government default next week, despite warning from the White House that President Obama could veto the plan with the backing of Senate Democrats.

Just a week before the Aug. 2 deadline for Congress to act, hope for a compromise between Republican and Democratic proposals, and with Washington looking stuck in an impasse, Washington the mood in the U.S. is becoming more and more tensed as the risks of a downgrade to the top-notch US credit rating are looming everyday a little bit closer.

U.S Credit Downgrade Closer as Leaders Stall on Austerity Plans

As the Muslim world prepares to enter Ramadan, it seems that Libya's rebels asked France for extra arms to help them overrun Tripoli within "days", indicating they are preparing for a pre-Ramadan offensive against Muammar Gaddafi' s forces.

President Obama today praised the much talked about proposal by the bipartisan "Gang of Six" to try and break the debt reduction deadlock with a plan to wipe $4 trillion off the ballooning national deficit.The group's ambitious new plan, offers a ray of hope in an increasingly grim standoff that has threatened the United States' top-notch credit rating, but while the president said the deal was a 'very significant step' he also warned that 'We are in the eleventh hour an...