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The economy is picking up. If only job growth would follow.
A spate of data Thursday showed U.S. factories grew last month at the fastest pace […]

A string of explosions hit a Baghdad market and the capital’s western outskirts on Saturday, killing at least 15 people and exposing the challenges still […]

Libya’s oil production is quickly increasing and now stands at more than 600,000 barrels a day, a prominent Libyan oil expert said Thursday.
Ali Tarhouni, who […]

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is a divisive figure at home and abroad. His defeat was once a Cold War obsession for the U.S. He has […]

Clear Channel Communications Inc. said Friday that it had dismissed some on-air and off-air staff earlier this week, in a reshaping of its regional and […]

Stock markets fluctuated on Tuesday as investors cautiously waited for European leaders to unveil a plan to tackle the continent’s debt crisis, while corporate earnings […]

Greek labor unions on Friday threatened further strikes next week, a day after parliament approved new harsh cutbacks to secure international loans despite protests and […]

Revolutionary forces celebrated the capture of one Moammar Gadhafi stronghold and closed in Tuesday on the last holdouts in the fugitive leader’s hometown of Sirte, […]

Egypt’s transitional military rulers have issued a decree prohibiting all forms of discrimination, including on the basis of religion.
The step comes about a week after […]

Five years ago, the natural gas market was defined by tight supplies, rising prices and extreme volatility. Gas utility bills of $300 or $400 a […]