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Raul Castro proposed term limits yesterday for Cuban politicians – including himself – a remarkable gesture on an island ruled for 52 years by him and his brother. The 79-year-old President lamented the lack of […] […]

Twenty-five years after the Chernobyl disaster, Europe is still divided on the use of nuclear energy. But the Fukushima crisis stirred new fears that could slow down nuclear expansion. “The accident at the Fukushima nuclear […] […]

The Libyan Government says Al Qaeda is involved in the nation’s uprising and has hinted that a “very well known leader” of the organisation is involved. “The involvement of Al Qaeda in the conflict in […] […]

TRIPOLI, LIBYA—Libyan government forces rained scores of rockets into residential districts of Misrata for a third consecutive day Saturday as ground troops tried to cut the city’s access to the port, its lifeline for food, […] […]

KABUL, Afghanistan—Three more NATO service members were killed in attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday, the international coalition said, making a total of eight killed on one of the deadliest days for NATO troops this year. […] […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—A New Jersey man is facing murder and weapon possession charges connected to a killing in the parking lot of a high-end resort in a popular tourist area of Puerto Rico’s capital, […] […]

Bobby Bradley is ready. He has been training for about five years and learned from some of the most experienced and decorated pilots in the sport of ballooning. But he’ll be making his own mark […] […]

The operator of the nuclear plant leaking radiation in northern Japan says it aims to bring the crisis under control within six to nine months. Tokyo Electric Power Co. chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata told a news […] […]

THE Obama administration has launched an intense search for a country that could provide refuge to Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi. But amid looming indictments against Gaddafi by the International Criminal Court in the Hague for […] […]

As this article was written, 935,110,239 people throughout the world were undernourished. By the time it’s read, dozens more would be added to the list. World Bank’s running tally of global hunger is escalating with […] […]