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Public patience ticking as many await power in Northeast US
Frustration with continuing power outages, travel chaos, and long lines for gasoline grew on Saturday as residents of New York’s Long Island, hit hard...
US must exit region for peace: Liaquat Baloch
Pakistan Jamat-e-Islami Secretary General Liaqat Baloch, on the occasion of Malala Day, demanded the United States (US) to end intervention in the region and...
US stocks, oil rebound on strong consumer data
Stocks later trimmed gains after President Barack Obama said any deal with Congress to avert a fiscal crisis must come with higher taxes on...
Wall Street to Washington: Time to compromise on fiscal cliff
With $600 billion in tax increases and automatic spending cuts due to take effect in January, investors say they would welcome an agreement that...
Euro at two-month low versus dollar on European growth concerns
The U.S. dollar and the yen advanced, while the Australian dollar weakened, as investors shed growth-linked currencies in favor of safe havens.
Growth in Germany,...
US adventurer’s bid to cross the Atlantic using helium balloons
Jonathan Trappe, 38, plans to fly 2,500 miles across the pond next summer in a seven-foot lifeboat carried by the balloons. Mr Trappe has...
Mail carrier walks by dead man, thinking he’s a mannequin
The U.S. Postal Service is defending a mail carrier who stepped around a Denver man who collapsed and died near his front door. Dale...
Asian markets hit by US ‘fiscal cliff’ fears
Fears the US economy is facing another huge economic crisis spurred a sell-off in Asian markets Thursday as Barack Obama’s re-election raised the spectre...
US backs new UN arms treaty talks
New York Hours after U.S. President Barack Obama was re-elected, the United States backed a U.N. committee’s call on Wednesday to renew debate over...
US anti-Islam filmmaker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula jailed
A US man behind an anti-Muslim film that led to mass protests in the Middle East has been sentenced to a year in jail...
World congratulates Obama on victory
Chinese leader Hu Jintao has joined other world leaders in congratulating US President Barack Obama on his re-election, noting “positive progress” in Sino-US relations...
Prosecutors seek death for US soldier charged in Afghan rampage
Military prosecutors said on Monday they would seek the death penalty for a U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers when he ventured...
Increase seen in US suicide rate since recession
The rate of suicide in the United States rose sharply during the first few years since the start of the recession, a new analysis...
UFO enthusiasts: Aliens may not exist after all
United Kingdom’s UFO enthusiasts have stated that aliens may not be present after all, mentioning that the sightings of ‘flying saucer’ declined considerably and...
First film on bin Laden raid pulls 2.7 million viewers
About 2.7 million viewers watched television premiere of the first movie about the US commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden, the National Geographic...
South Sudan expels UN human rights official
South Sudan has expelled a UN official who was carrying out a probe on the human rights situation in the fledgling state, accusing her...
Obama’s shoes hard to fill, even for himself
The benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 Index .SPX.INX has rallied 66 percent since President Barack Obama took office - one of the most impressive...
