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IMF head warns US debt crisis threatens world economy
The head of the International Monetary Fund is warning that if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling the consequences could be ...Shots fired at US Capitol, female suspect killed
A woman suspected of being involved in a car chase across central Washington was shot and killed by police outside the U.S. ...Indian politician Lalu Prasad sentenced to five years in prison
Former Indian Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has been sentenced to 5 years in jail Thursday in a fodder scam case.130 dead in migrant boat disaster off Italian coast
At least 130 people died and scores were missing after a boat carrying African migrants, mostly from Eritrea sank off the Sicilian ...Japan nuclear plant leaking again
A new radioactive water leak has been discovered at Japan\'s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant and may have flowed into the Pacific Ocean, ...Suicide car bombing kills 15 people in Pakistan
At least 15 people were killed in an attack on a pro-government militia commander in Pakistan\'s lawless northwestern tribal area on Thursday ...Italian PM Enrico Letta wins Senate confidence vote
Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta won a confidence vote in his government by a wide margin Wednesday, after former premier Silvio Berlusconi ...US expels 3 Venezuelan diplomats in tit-for-tat row
The US has expelled Venezuela\'s charge d\'affaires in Washington and two other diplomats in reprisal for the expulsion of three American diplomats ...Best-selling US author Tom Clancy dies at 66
Tom Clancy, the bestselling U.S. author of popular spy and military-themed thrillers such as "The Hunt for Red October" and "Patriot Games," ...Obama shortens Asia trip, cancels stops in Malaysia, Philippines due to government shutdown
U.S. President Barack Obama is canceling part of his planned trip to Asia this weekend because of the government shutdown, the White ...




