Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is suffering from the H1N1 flu virus, a government official said on Tuesday.
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday demanded an end to the rampant sexual violence that has engulfed war-ravaged eastern Congo.
President John F. Kennedy's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family's public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally disabled, died Tuesday morning, her family said in a statement. She was 88.
A judge greenlit a major Michael Jackson movie deal Monday, and the film is scheduled to be in theaters later this year. The accompanying Michael Jackson merchandise will have to wait, for now.
Aung San Suu Kyi's sentence was commuted to 18 months house arrest after a district court sentenced her to three years in prison Tuesday for violating her terms of house arrest.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's temper flared on Monday when a Congolese university student asked her for her husband's thinking on an international financial matter.
Love him or loathe him, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has earned himself celebrity status -- at least on Facebook, where a good 20 forums are dedicated to the Lebanese Shiite militant leader.
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso hinted Monday that he will not make a visit to the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo for those killed in the World War II on Aug 15, Kyodo News reported.
Al-Qaida is reorganizing its activities in northwest Pakistan and seeking to appoint a new chief of Pakistan Taliban after the claimed killing of Baitullah Mehsud, local TV channel reported Monday.
Putin -- now back as prime minister after eight years in the Kremlin -- Sunday marked a full decade in power after making a decisive contribution to Russia's history after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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