Thousands of people from all walks of life converged at South Africa's Union Building to witness President Jacob Zuma's inauguration on Saturday.
Hiroshi Nohara is on a layover at the Mexico City airport. It has lasted almost three months, and he has no plans to leave.
Prime Minister Taro Aso's top aide urged him on Friday to watch what he says, the second straight day that the Japanese leader was warned after a series of gaffes that have left some analysts wondering about his grip on power.
President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for a former first lady.
Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed during a speech Thursday night and lost consciousness, a Justice Department official said.
Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has been ordered to stand trial for his role in an alleged plot to smear Nicolas Sarkozy, now president, when they were rival ministers.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has engaged three prominent lawyers to help President-elect Barack Obama vet her candidacy for secretary of state even as some insiders criticized the pick and advisers to the former first lady said she was weighing whether to take the job if Obama offered it.
Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the downfall of a pillar of the US Senate and Alaska icon who apparently couldn't survive his conviction on federal corruption charges.
Yahoo! Inc is more likely than ever to be acquired by Microsoft Corp after Yahoo Chief Executive Officer Jerry Yang said he plans to step down, investors said.
Jerry Yang, the chief executive of Yahoo Inc , will step down from his role as soon as the board finds a replacement for the Internet company, Yahoo said on Monday.
Thailand's fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has divorced his wife in Hong Kong, Thai newspapers reported Saturday.
A former host of a TV stunt show put himself and others in danger because he was reckless and selfish enough to try to parachute from the Empire State Building 2 1/2 years ago, a prosecutor told jurors Friday.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is among the candidates that President-elect Barack Obama is considering for secretary of state, according to two Democratic officials in close contact with the Obama transition team.
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