Iraq’s second parliamentary election since the 2003 invasion has been hit by multiple attacks, with at least 35 people being killed.

US President Barack Obama warns of more health insurance premium hikes to come without up or down vote as he receives no “straight answer” from health insurance CEOs.

The European Commission is planning [...]

A massive earthquake in Chile has left at least 700 people dead and over one million homes damaged. The magnitude 8.8 quake also caused a tsunami that threatened the island of Hawaii but washed ashore before it could create major damage. A geophysicist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said Hawaii “dodged a bullet.”

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Facebook and Paypal may be entering into a strategic partnership, which will allow facebook users to buy facebook credits with their paypal account.

An “ongoing attempted coup d’état” was taking place Thursday in the Republic of Niger, according to the Niger Embassy in London, England. The African Union has now suspended Niger.

Investment banks will this year [...]

With much of his legislative agenda stalled in Congress, US President Barack Obama and his team are preparing an array of actions using his executive power to advance energy, environmental, fiscal and other domestic policy priorities.

In the age of growing Chinese influence, Thailand becomes another nation that won’t stamp the Dalai Lama’s passport, [...]

Immigration reform that legalizes undocumented immigrants would help improve the economy, according to a controversial study by UCLA.

ESPN will launch a 3D channel this summer. The channel’s first broadcast will be the inaugural 2010 World Cup match between host country South Africa and México.

Officials in Nye County, Nevada have voted to legalize male prostitution. Bobbi [...]

China ended 2009 with record monthly imports of crude oil and soybeans and a strong appetite for iron ore and copper, while its aluminum and steel sectors saw a welcome increase in export volumes. In fact, China’s exports rose 17.7% in December, suggesting the country has overtaken Germany as the world’s largest exporter.
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If the course of human history is any model, then the wheels are already turning on Earth’s sixth mass extinction, thanks to habitat destruction, pollution and now global warming, a scientific analysis of millions of years of data revealed. On the same note, global temperatures could rise substantially more because of increases in carbon [...]